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Middle Schooler Critically Injured in Stabbing Incident At Mansfield ISD

Middle Schooler Critically Injured in Stabbing Incident At Mansfield ISD

Mansfield, TX (WBAP/KLID) – Just days before the last day of school for Mansfield ISD, a student was critically injured during a stabbing incident at Rogene Worley Middle School. Official say the incident happened Monday in the school cafeteria around dismissal time. The victim was rushed to a hospital. Today is the last day of…MORE

Slain DART Officer Posthumously Honored In Washington

Slain DART Officer Posthumously Honored In Washington

Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – President Donald Trump honored 14 public safety officers for their acts of heroism with the Medal of Valor on Wednesday at the White House, with honorees a fallen Dallas officer killed during a mass shooting at a police protest march. Slain DART Officer Brent Thompson was killed in the line of duty…MORE

Texas Moves to Arm More Teachers to Prevent School Shootings

Texas Moves to Arm More Teachers to Prevent School Shootings

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas moved a big step closer to arming more teachers and school personnel as a way to help prevent future campus shootings, under a bill sent to Gov. Greg Abbott. The measure approved Wednesday night by the state Senate changes the 6-year-old school marshal program that had limited the number of…MORE

$3 Billion to Help Pay for Flood Control Projects, Post Hurricane Harvey

$3 Billion to Help Pay for Flood Control Projects, Post Hurricane Harvey

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Nearly two years after Hurricane Harvey battered Houston and the Texas coast, state lawmakers approved setting aside more than $3 billion to help pay for flood control projects. Flood response efforts were set as a top priority for Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and the Legislature when the session began and the…MORE