The top local stories this morning from the KERA Newsroom: Tonya Couch, the mother of the “affluenza fugitive” Ethan Couch, posted bond last night and will walk out of a jail today with a GPS monitor.
A judge in Fort Worth yesterday reduced bond for Tonya Couch from $1 million to $75,000.
Once she’s out of jail, Tonya Couch will have to undergo regular drug testing and weekly check-ins. She also has to stay in the Fort Worth home of her other son.
Other stories this morning:
- Violent crime’s up nearly seven percent from 2014 in Dallas. The murder rate rose 17 percent – from 116 killings in 2014 to 136 last year. Still, that’s among the lowest murder rates in Dallas history. However, Dallas Police Chief David Brown yesterday told a city council committee keeping the crime rate down is taking a toll on the Dallas police department. The Dallas Police department spent more than a million dollars in overtime last year on officers responding to 911 calls.
- Thanks to the legislature, Texas school districts have new scheduling options: measuring teaching in minutes.
- President Obama will give his last State of the Union address tonight, and several Texans have been invited to attend. Among them: Oscar Vazquez of Fort Worth, who’s a veteran and DREAMer. KERA will have live coverage of the President’s address tonight at 8.
Photo credit: Paul Moseley/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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