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Top Stories: Fort Worth Cliburn Contestant Feels Right At Home; Cowboys Put Valley Ranch To Pasture

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The top local stories this afternoon from KERA News: The Seventh Cliburn Amateur Piano Competition starts Sunday with 69 competitors coming from as far away as Taiwan and Turkey. And then there’s Clark Vann Griffith.  KERA’s Jerome Weeks sat down with the contestant who can drive to the Cliburn performances – from his home in Fort Worth. 

The Dallas Cowboys closed a major chapter in their history this week. They’re leaving Valley Ranch after three decades, and they’re heading to a sparkling new home in Frisco.  

Other stories this afternoon:

  • Expected big traffic headaches at a couple of North Texas hotspots this weekend. KERA’s Stephanie Kuo tries to make some sense of the changes.

You can listen to North Texas stories weekdays at 8:22 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on KERA 90.1 FM.