The top local stories this evening from ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº News:
As Austin Police and federal investigators piece together the personal connections between victims of the three package bombs this month, the NAACP’s regional president says the third attack .
Nelson Linder says he’s personal friends with members of both families that lost a loved one. He says the bomb that severely wounded Esperanza Herrera on Monday was intended for a relative of 17-year-old Draylen Mason who died from an attack earlier that morning.
Other stories this evening:
- Last year, the North Texas teen theater company, Cry Havoc, created an acclaimed show about the July 7th Dallas police ambush. Now they’re tackling a closely related but even more controversial subject. For today's Art & Seek Artist Spotlight, director Mara Richards Bim and her students as they’ve been developing a new play, about the entire issue of gun violence.
- More than a thousand music acts are performing this week during South by Southwest. Amy Miller is Program Director for ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº's sister station, KXT 91.7. She's in Austin and she talked to Art&Seek's Anne Bothwell about taking it all in.
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.
