The top local stories this morning from the KERA Newsroom: Yolanda Cuevas grew up picking cotton in Central Texas, but these days, she runs a successful small business in Fort Worth. Her business was recently awarded a $150,ooo grant from Chase Bank. Also, the subjects of the Oscar-nominated documentary Cutie and the Boxer are in town for a show in Deep Ellum.
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