From The Newsroom: Purple Hearts For Fort Hood Victims; Gardening As A Teaching Tool

KERA | By Krystina Martinez

Published April 10, 2015 at 8:41 AM CDT

The top local stories this morning from the KERA Newsroom: After years of resistance, the victims of the 2009 shooting at Fort Hood will receive Purple Hearts today.

Also, how Dallas is trying to balance historic preservation with revitalizing downtown, and how one North Texas school is using gardening as a teaching tool.

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Krystina Martinez

Former KERA staffer Krystina Martinez was an assistant producer. She produced local content for Morning Edition and KERANews.org. She also produced The Friday Conversation, a weekly series of conversations with North Texas newsmakers. Krystina was also the backup newscaster for the Texas Standard.

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