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From The Newsroom: Veterans Honored In Fort Worth, Veterans Court In North Texas

KERA | By Courtney Collins
Published November 11, 2014 at 6:51 PM CST
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Retired LTC Elmer Polk poses in front of Trimble Tech High School's Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps.
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The top local stories this evening from the KERA Newsroom:

Thousands endured a chill wind in Fort Worth Tuesday to honor veterans with an annual parade. And for veterans struggling with post-traumatic stress, physical disability, and drug and alcohol addiction, the court system has come up with an answer.

You can listen to the top local news stories weekdays at 6:20 p.m. and 8:20 a.m. on KERA 90.1 FM.

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Courtney Collins
Courtney Collins has been working as a broadcast journalist since graduating from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 2004. Before coming to KERA in 2011, Courtney worked as a reporter for NPR member station WAMU in Washington D.C. While there she covered daily news and reported for the station’s weekly news magazine, Metro Connection.
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