UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The commander overseeing police during a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, was not informed of panicked 911 calls coming from students trapped inside and it’s unclear who at the scene was aware of the calls as the massacre unfolded, a Texas state senator said Thursday.
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Javier Cazares raced to his daughter’s school when he heard there was a shooting, leaving his truck running with the door open as he ran into the school yard. In his rush, he didn’t bring his gun.
This spring has been an exciting competition season for the Life High School Waxahachie choir. Scoring the highest scores of their last 10 competition seasons, the group ended the Region 20 University Interscholastic League Concert and Sight-reading contest by making school history.
Waxahachie High School celebrated its graduation of the Class of 2022 on Friday night at Lumpkins Stadium. Below is a Q&A completed by valedictorian Niki Holmberg and co-salutatorians Lillie Loose and Elena Rojas, as well as a list of the 2022 graduates.
Global High School celebrated its graduation of the Class of 2022 on Thursday night at the Sheaffer Center at Southwestern Assemblies of God University. Below is a Q&A completed by valedictorian Preston Hoggard and salutatorian Alexis Trojan, as well as a list of 2022 Global graduates.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The call came from one of the many people Wanda Howard Battle considers a family member, whether they’re related or not. They were asking her to do something different: Lead tours of one of the nation’s most historic places, Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church in her hometown of Montgomery.
The old saying, “It’s not about the destination, it’s about the journey,” isn’t always true. Sometimes it’s both. And a water arrival could be just the thing to level up your next vacation. Here’s a look at a few resorts that you can reach via an adventure on the water.
ROANOKE, Va. – Quinton Cruse and April Ragan drank beer and sulked by a downtown Roanoke bridge the morning of May 5, dispirited by the difficulty of moving from the streets into Section 8 housing. • Years without housing had cost them – he the use of an arm, her a pregnancy that ended in miscarriage. A home would mean safety and not postponing dreams, like getting married. • They never got the apartment. But life did them one better. • Unknown to Cruse, three members of his family who hadn’t seen him in more than 20 years were driving toward the city to reunite at that hour. They learned his whereabouts from Roanoke Times coverage of homeless people camping downtown and from the reporter who wrote it last year. • As reported, Cruse, 58, and Ragan, 34, met last year at the Greyhound bus station and lived together in his tent near the Taubman Museum of Art. She became pregnant. He was shown in a photo with a black cast over a knife cut to his arm received in a fight. • For his part, Cruse would later say that he didn’t think his family wanted contact with him, citing “the way I’ve been living.” He lived on the streets of Roanoke or in a jail cell since his marriage ended in 2009, he said. Multiple drinking in public and trespassing charges appear on his online court record.• Ragan marked three years as a homeless person this year, an odyssey that began with the death of her grandmother with whom she shared a home, she said, and has been summoned to court on multiple alcohol-related charges, online records show. • Family members wondered before visiting Roanoke whether Cruse would welcome them after years of estrangement. They had no idea where he was, much less the knowledge that he was homeless, before discovering the mention of him in the newspaper.
On a sultry summer day, there’s nothing better than cold, delicious ice cream. It makes sense that July and August are the top months for enjoying ice cream, but it’s popular any time. The average American eats 23 pounds of ice cream and frozen desserts a year, making it a big business: The industry has a $13.1 billion impact on the U.S. economy, supports 28,800 jobs and generates $1.8 billion in wages, the International Dairy Foods Association says. Here’s a look at one of the world’s favorite foods:
Always book your flight on a Tuesday. Never book a hotel room on a Monday.