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Top Stories: After Widespread Water Outages, Mineral Wells Waiting On Water Line Repairs

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The top local stories this morning from ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº:

Repairs are expected this morning on that’s left many without running water.

A main 24-inch water line broke yesterday, causing widespread water outages and low water pressure for almost 17,000 residents. The city’s been passing out bottled water to residents in the meantime.

Other stories this morning:

  • is planned tonight regarding the controversial arrest in Fort Worth .
  • The Dallas school district has been losing students to charters. They’re responding by developing more programs for students, and
  • If you attended a cheerleading competition in North Texas in the last two months, from the state health department warning of possible exposure to mumps.

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.