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Top Stories: Seven More People Died From Flu In Dallas County, Bringing Total To 18

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The top local stories this morning from ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº News: Dallas County Health and Human Services has reported seven more flu-related deaths in the county, bringing the total number in the county to 18 this season.

Six of the patients were residents of Dallas and one patient was a resident of Garland. All patients had high risk health conditions and died after complications from the flu.

According to the CDC, Texas is experiencing widespread flu activity. Learn more about .

Other stories this morning: 

  • Dallas City Council members say  after Dallas Police changed how it enforces panhandling ordinances.
  • The Irving-based Boy Scouts of America recently in some area schools to introduce more kids to scouting. 

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.