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Top Stories: Students Across North Texas Will Join School Walkouts Against Gun Violence

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Dakota Rudzik speaks at the March For Our Lives Fort Worth event on the court house steps in downtown Fort Worth on March 24, 2018.

The top local stories this morning from ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº: Thousands of students across North Texas as part of the

It's the latest in a series of student-led protests following the February school shooting in Parkland, Florida. It's also the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting. 12 students and a teacher were killed.

will begin at 10, while others will be scheduled .

Some students are also working with their school administrators to hold student-led assemblies or demonstrations on campus. 

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Other stories this morning: 

  • Former President George W. Bush and U2 frontman Bono  Thursday night at the Bush Center in Dallas. Bush presented Bono with the inaugural 'Medal for Distinguished Leadership' for his humanitarian work in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa.
  • The Bush Center's Forum on Leadership wraps up Friday night with a keynote speech from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. In our , we talk with Bush Center CEO Ken Hersh about the organization's fifth birthday. 

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.