Gus Contreras
Digital Producer, ReporterGus 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.
He is a first-generation American from El Paso, and attended UT-Arlington. He was the sports and managing editor of The Shorthorn, UTA’s student newspaper.
A sports nut, he enjoys traveling and spending time with friends and family. When he’s not trying to cook Mexican food at home, Gus enjoys finding new taco places in North Texas.
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The top local stories this morning from KERA News:White Rock Lake has resumed normal operations again after last week's threat of a major raw sewage leak.…
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The top local stories this morning from KERA News:Fort Worth Superintendent Kent Scribner says school district officials will meet Monday to talk about a…
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The top local stories this morning from KERA News:Officials in North Richland Hills are asking residents to shut off their sprinklers and limit…
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Friday is the rare off day in one of biggest sporting events on Earth.The World Cup starts its Round of 16 this weekend, and one North Texan spent the…
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The top local stories this morning from KERA News:Another group of North Texans is headed for Brownsville to protest the separation of migrant children…
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The top local stories this morning from KERA News:Teachers and employees in the Fort Worth school district will get a 2 percent raise this fall. The Fort…
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The drama on the U.S.-Mexico border the last few weeks has eerie echoes from a half-century ago, when then-U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy went to…
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The top local stories this morning from KERA News:Catholic Charities of Fort Worth says it's sheltering and assisting migrant children separated from…
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The top local stories this morning from KERA News:New figures from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas show the Dallas-Fort Worth economy expanding. There…
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The top local stories this morning from KERA News:Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price and Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings are in Europe this week to boost business…
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The top local stories this evening from KERA News:Nearly 100 migrant children have arrived at the Department of Health and Human Services temporary…
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The top local stories this evening from KERA News:Federal authorities say they will open a temporary shelter for unaccompanied immigrant children in far…