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Top Stories: State GOP Convention Kicks Off In Dallas; A School For Clowning Around

Bob Daemmrich/The Texas Tribune
Front row delegates at Day 3 of the Texas Republican Convention in 2014.

The top local stories this morning from KERA News: The Texas Republican Convention gets into full swing today at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center in Dallas.

10,000 Republicans are expected to attend this year. Texas Senator Ted Cruz is expected to speak.

Other stories this morning:

  • The Lone Star Circus School in Dallas teaches classes like juggling and contortion to students from ages 2 to 71. It’s one of 250 such schools in the country.
  • The Stars are out of the Stanley Cup hockey playoffs. Dallas lost to St. Louis last night 6 to 1.  

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

Former KERA staffer Krystina Martinez was an assistant producer. She produced local content for Morning Edition and KERANews.org. She also produced The Friday Conversation, a weekly series of conversations with North Texas newsmakers. Krystina was also the backup newscaster for the Texas Standard.