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Texas Governor Signs Bill Allowing More Armed Teachers

Texas Governor Signs Bill Allowing More Armed Teachers

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed into law several measures meant to boost school security, including ones that will allow armed teachers in schools and increase mental health services for students. The bills signed Thursday were passed this year in response to the 2018 shooting at Santa Fe High School near…MORE

Trump, Macron Honor Soldiers on 75th Anniversary of D-Day

Trump, Macron Honor Soldiers on 75th Anniversary of D-Day

OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) – President Donald Trump is praising the veterans of D-Day, saying they are “among the very greatest Americans who will ever live.” Trump spoke in France at the Normandy American Cemetery of Colleville-sur-Mer, near Omaha Beach, where the Americans landed on June 6, 1944. Trump said that on that day -75…MORE

Driver of Athens ISD School Bus Involved in Deadly Train Accident Indicted

Driver of Athens ISD School Bus Involved in Deadly Train Accident Indicted

ATHENS, Texas (WBAP/KLIF News) – The driver of the Athens ISD school bus involved in a deadly accident involving a train has been indicted on injury to a child and manslaughter charges. 78-year-old John Franklin Stevens of Maybank was behind the wheel when the bus was hit by a Union Pacific freight train at a…MORE

Suspected Armed Robber Shot & Wounded After ‘Lunging’ at Fort Worth Police

Suspected Armed Robber Shot & Wounded After ‘Lunging’ at Fort Worth Police

Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – An investigation continues into an officer-involved-shooting in Fort Worth last night. Police responded to a suspected armed robbery call at home on Rickee Drive in South fort worth around 9pm. Police had been notified that the suspect may have be armed with a gun or knife. on scene police say that…MORE