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From The Newsroom: Hood County Tackles LGBT Books; The Kennewick Man's Origins

In Hood County, parents have expressed concerns about “This Day In June,” a book about an LGBT pride celebration.";s:

The top local stories this morning from the KERA Newsroom: The discussion of LGBT-themed library books for kids continues in Hood County. This time, it’s on the agenda at the county commissioners  meeting today.

And an SMU anthropologist helped unravel the mystery of the “Kennewick Man’s” origins. David Meltzer explains to KERA’s Justin Martin why the ancient skeleton’s origins were controversial.

You can listen to North Texas stories weekdays at 8:20 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on KERA 90.1 FM.

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.