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Top Stories: North Texas Law Enforcement Still Watching For Suspicious Packages

Gabriel C. Pérez/KUT News
Police, media and crowds converge at a South Austin intersection after an explosion was reported at a Goodwill March 21, 2018.

The top local stories this morning from KERA News: Though the 24-year-old white man suspected in the Austin bombings is dead this morning, law enforcement in North Texas are still on alert.

The Terrell School district says a suspicious package was found early this morning near the sixth-grade wing of Furlough Middle School. The district's Facebook account said the package was safely removed after law enforcement determined it was not a threat.

Grenades were discovered last night near a recycling facility in McKinney and an elementary school in Dallas. There were no reports of injuries or damage, and police cleared both scenes.

The grenade in Dallas was determined to be real, but initial findings determined the grenade in McKinney may have been a novelty item.

Other stories this morning:

  • The Dallas City Council today will hear recommendations on what to do with city-owned Confederate monuments.
  • A research team at UT Dallas are building a database of all school shootings in America since 1990.

You can listen to North Texas stories weekdays at 8:23 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.