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Bye-bye Big 12, hello SEC: Texas and Oklahoma officially switch conferences

The three-years-in-the-making switch to the Southeastern Conference for two programs that were co-founders of the Big 12 in 1996 officially happens Monday.

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Tarrant County's restraint policies are more than 15 years old. Experts say that's a problem

Documents obtained by KERA News show that the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office restraint procedures and use of force policies haven't been updated for more than 15 years.

How Dallas County keeps track of mosquitoes to limit West Nile virus
Dallas ISD to allow community service, parenting classes instead of alternative school

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The KXT Local Show: Hanani, Ella Red, Kinsley August

Girls of DFW’s 4th installment came with a major announcement from founder Sarah Johnson
Dallas viral sensation There I Ruined It turns the hits inside out

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It’s murder on the set of Amadeus in “Death of a Hollow Man” on this weeks ‘Midsomer Murders Mayhem’ podcast episode

Sybil Fawlty named head of ‘Hotel Babylon’
Happy 92nd, Prunella Scales!

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Dallas Symphony Orchestra names new president and CEO

Michelle Miller Burns will leave the top spot at the Minnesota Orchestra to return to Dallas

Alamo Drafthouse’s Denton cinema and other shuttered DFW locations will reopen
Kinky Friedman, performer in music and politics, dies at 79
Where to catch Fourth of July fireworks in Denton County and beyond

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The scapegoats for Jan. 6th

Linda Kinstler joins us to discuss the idea of “oblivion,” allowing society to forgive low-level offenders in order to heal a fractured society.

The attention economy rising around toddlers
Why Europe is bracing for a second Trump term
A crisis of faith…in science

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Biden does post-debate damage control, and Simone Biles heads to her 3rd Olympics

The Far right wins the first round of France’s snap election
'I would tell Biden to hang in there,' former DNC Chairman Howard Dean says
CDC's Heat & Health tracker collects ER data across the country in near real time

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It’s Friday, June 28, Bekah Morr, KERA’s After

It’s Friday, June 28, Bekah Morr, KERA’s Afternoon Newscaster and Producer, bring you this week’s top stories from North Texas.

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Last year alone, there were 48,000 missing persons

Last year alone, there were 48,000 missing persons reports filed in Texas. An event in Dallas-Fort Worth is trying to help families figure out where their missing loved one went — no matter how old the case is.

Dallas, Tarrant and Collin counties, along with police and community organizations, have teamed up for Missing in North Texas Day, a one-day event where people file a missing persons report and provide DNA samples — all with the goal of figuring out what happened to their loved one.

Daniela Martinez is coordinating the event on behalf of the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office. The event is being held at a church, she said, because people often feel uncomfortable stepping into a police station or medical examiner’s office.

“It will be more an informal way for them to be able to do what they need to do to find their missing loved one,” Martinez said.

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Story by Miranda Suarez | KERA

Photo courtesy of Texas Center For The Missing

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During his six months in the Tarrant County Jail,

During his six months in the Tarrant County Jail, Kai’Yere Campbell kept asking his mom, “Am I going home?”

For a long time, Shantel Taylor didn’t have an answer for him.

Campbell is intellectually and developmentally disabled, according to Taylor, and a schizophrenia diagnosis in 2021 added another challenge. At 21, he can’t remember phone numbers, addresses or the year he graduated high school.

“He’s functioning on a childlike level,” Taylor said.

A court declared Campbell incompetent to stand trial, meaning he could not understand the charges against him or participate in his own defense. A judge ordered him to a state mental health facility.

The wait times for a bed in a state mental health facility can stretch months or even years. After being ordered to one, people have to wait behind bars, and their cases can’t move forward.

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#tarrantcountyjail #peoplewithdisabilities #disabilityrights #texas

67-year-old Anne Vonier first heard about “doggy

67-year-old Anne Vonier first heard about “doggy daycations” after her manager brought a few dogs from Dallas Animal Services to their job site.

That’s where she met Luna, an 8-month-old Labrador retriever, who Vonier thought was inquisitive and happy to be around people. By the time Luna had to go back to the shelter, Vonier was already thinking of making plans to see her again.

“I asked my boss for help, who was the one that got me involved because she knows I love dogs so much,” she said.

She took Luna out the following week for their own date together to get to know her.

The daycations are intended to give people the opportunity to take a dog out for a day. DAS re-launched the program to the public in May as they continue to deal with overcapacity issues. As of Friday, DAS is at 140 percent capacity with many dogs sharing kennels.

Luna was one of 443 dogs at DAS, where they only have room for 300.

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