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Top Stories: Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price Will Not Be Retried

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Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price is surrounded by media as he leaves the federal courthouse in Dallas on Friday, July 25, 2014.

The top local stories this evening from KERA News:

Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price will not be retried on any charges related to his case, federal prosecutors announced Friday.  The jury in the federal corruption trial of John Wiley Price has found the longtime Dallas County Commissioner not guilty on seven of 11 counts, including bribery and mail fraud. 


The jury was deadlocked on the other four counts, related to tax returns.  KERA’s Bill Zeeble has more.
 
 Other stories this evening:

  • Fashion and art are merging next week at the Dallas Museum of Art. Beyonce’, Lady Gaga and Bjork are just a few of the artists who have worn Iris Van Herpen’s futuristic fashions. Her bold concepts often are art themselves – which is why the 32 year old designer from the Netherlands is the subject of next week’s DMA exhibit. As Jessica Diaz-Hurtado reports, Van Herpen uses 3D printing and new fabrics to create work at the intersection of fashion, technology and science.
  • Dallas’ third annual Soluna Festival, going on now in the Arts District, has major performances planned by the Dallas Symphony, Texas Ballet Theater and Dallas Black Dance Theatre. Art & Seek’s Anne Bothwell and Jerome Weeks spotted two smaller works that signal opportunities, too.

 You can listen to North Texas stories weekdays at 8:22 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on KERA 90.1 FM. 

Gus Contreras is a digital producer and reporter at KERA News. Gus produces the local All Things Considered segment and reports on a variety of topics from, sports to immigration. He was an intern and production assistant for All Things Considered in Washington D.C.