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The Wages of Inequality—Behind Bars
A version of this story ran in the July / August 2024 issue. Editor’s Note: Harris, the author of this essay, is incarcerated at the Lane Murray Unit in Gatesville. The following piece is drawn from her memory of events in approximately 2010 at another unit. Before being released into the general prison population this May, she spent over eight years in solitary confinement.
Killeen W.S. Young fatal shooting victim identified
Killeen, Tx (FOX 44) – UPDATE: The victim in the fatal shooting on W.S. Young Drive in Killeen has been identified. Detectives with the Killeen Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division have identified the victim as 21-year-old Willie Bibbins IV. Police were originally called to the 2100 block of...
Jackpots Baby! Texas Lottery Players Win Millions This Past Week
Over the past week, quite of few Texans have won big prizes playing Texas Lottery games. A total of 8 stores in Texas sold tickets or cards that paid out $250,000 or better. Here are the details for those big payouts. Texas Two Step. The winning numbers for the July...
LOOK: 28 Texas Cold Case Murders Have Been Solved Since 2019
I'm an avid watcher of TV shows such as NCIS, Law & Order, and the various CSI dramas. I enjoy them, but I realize that the breakneck speed at which they can solve crimes is a massive exaggeration of how things play out with detectives in the real world. Yes,...
Boy completes epic journey to every Harley Davidson in Texas amid terminal illness
NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas - A remarkable 9-year-old boy from New Braunfels, Gaven Quirarte, has achieved something extraordinary despite battling a terminal illness. Gaven, who has a deep love for motorcycles, has fulfilled his dream of visiting every Harley Davidson dealership in Texas, a feat made possible by the support of the biker group "Mile Monsters."
With fate of Blocks 16 and 18 decided, focus could turn to 11th and 12th Street corridors
City Council has given the OK for the Urban Renewal Agency to move forward in negotiations with the developer selected last month to lead the redevelopment of the 900 and 1100 blocks of East 11th Street. Known in city planning circles as Blocks 16 and 18, the roughly 2 acres...
Killer Virus Now Spreading All Over Texas
As Texas is dealing with the scorching summer temperatures, but the extreme ultraviolet radiation is just the tip of the threat the outdoors brings in the Lone Star State during this time of year. We have grown accustomed to dealing with the presence of West Nile Virus over the past twenty years, but now a new viral threat is surging across Texas, and once again we have the world's most deadly animal to blame.
WV paid more than $900,000 sending National Guard members to Texas border in 2023
The state of West Virginia spent more than $900,000 in 2023 sending a group of volunteers from the West Virginia National Guard to the southern border as part of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s controversial Operation Lone Star initiative, according to documents obtained via the Freedom of Information Act and shared by nonprofit watchdog group American […] The post WV paid more than $900,000 sending National Guard members to Texas border in 2023 appeared first on West Virginia Watch.
A&M-Commerce Faculty’s Research on Texas Districts of Innovation Posted on Brown University’s EdWorkingPapers Website
Dr. Kathryn Dixon, associate professor and assistant dean for the College of Education and Human Services at Texas A&M-Commerce, and Dr. Sarah Guthery with the University of Oklahoma have researched the first iteration of Texas Districts of Innovation (DOI). DOIs allow school districts to hire uncertified or under-certified teachers in certain high-need areas.
CCISD hires new principal for Clements/Parsons Elementary
A new principal has been named to lead Clements/Parsons Elementary School. Tuesday, the Copperas Cove ISD Board of Trustees unanimously approved the hiring of Mrs. Robin Grabitz as the new principal at the campus. Grabitz’s campus administration experience includes serving as Curriculum Instructional Specialist at Bellaire Elementary School in Killeen...
Sheila Jackson Lee, long-serving Democratic congresswoman and advocate for Black Americans, dies at 74
Sheila Jackson Lee, a longtime Democratic congresswoman from Texas who was an outspoken advocate for Black Americans for decades, has died, according to a statement from her office. She was 74.
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