The top local stories this morning from KERA News: A renowned African eye doctor is in Fort Worth this week to train local doctors to perform surgeries overseas. Dr. Helena Ndume has treated cataracts in more than 30,000 people in her home country of Namibia.
Other stories this morning:
- Community activists have been working to make the Oak Lawn neighborhood of Dallas safer after more than a dozen attacks on gay men since last fall. “Taking Back Oak Lawn” documents that effort and screens at the Angelika Film Center in Dallas tonight at 6:30 p.m.
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