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Top Stories: Funeral Services For Dallas Police Officer Rogelio Santander

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

Funeral services begin later this morning for Dallas police officer Rogelio Santander. The 27 year-old died last week of injuries after he was shot during a confrontation with a shoplifter at a Home Depot store.

Services get underway at 11 a.m. at Lake Pointe Church in Rockwall. Santander will be buried at Restland Cemetery on Greenville Avenue.

Other stories this morning:

  • Having earned failing grades for five years or more, seven North Texas schools in the next few months could face either a shutdown or a state takeover of their district. The same could happen to an elementary school in southeast Fort Worth

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.