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From The Newsroom: What You Need To Know About Open Carry; Cleaning Up In Garland

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The top local stories this evening from the KERA Newsroom: Garland is cleaning up after last month’s deadly tornado. City officials have spent the past week making sure buildings hit by the tornado are safe for homeowners to enter. 

The city has hired a company to oversee the debris removal from city streets. That process began Monday, and Mayor Doug Athas estimates it will take about 10 weeks.

The New Year brought a new law that’s generated a lot of heat in Texas – the open carry of handguns. There's a few things you should know about the new law. 

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