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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 ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº: 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 .

Other stories this morning:

  • 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 ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº 90.1 FM.

Former ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº staffer Krystina Martinez was an assistant producer. She produced local content for Morning Edition and ËÄ»¢Ó°ÔºNews.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.