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From The Newsroom: Service Dogs For Vets; Dallas Shuts Down Two ‘Escape Rooms’

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The top local stories this morning from the KERA Newsroom: Service dogs are often trained to help veterans with physical disabilities, and in some cases, post-traumatic stress. The U.S. Veterans Administration wants to study whether service dogs benefit veterans with mental health issues.

Other stories this morning:

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.