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Students, Families Reunite After Shooting at Timberview HS

Students, Families Reunite After Shooting at Timberview HS

After hours of waiting around 1,7000 Timberview High School students were reunited with family Wednesday following a shooting at the school. As school buses, full of students, arrived at the Mansfield ISD Center for Performing arts, police officers scanned every student ID badge as students got off the bus to make sure every student was…MORE

Shooter in Custody in Connection with Shooting at Timberview High School in Mansfield ISD

Shooter in Custody in Connection with Shooting at Timberview High School in Mansfield ISD

UPDATE: The suspect in the Wednesday morning shooting at Timberview High School in the Mansfield ISD is in custody. 18-year-old Timothy Simpkins turned himself into Arlington police. MANSFIELD (WBAP/KLIF News) – The search for the suspect in a shooting at Timberview High School in Mansfield ISD is underway. Arlington Assistant Police Chief Kevin Kolbye said…MORE

Texas Redistricting Map Dices Up Parts of Denton County Into the Panhandle

Texas Redistricting Map Dices Up Parts of Denton County Into the Panhandle

Denton County, TX (WBAP/KLIF) The draft redistricting proposal drawn by state Republicans slices up the democratic stronghold of Denton to include parts of Amarillo, the most conservative district in Texas. “We are simply being hijacked,” is how the Denton County Democratic Party Chair described it.Delia Parker-Mims told the Dallas Morning News,“We should be able to…MORE

Cowboys cutting LB Jaylon Smith with looming $9.2M guarantee

Cowboys cutting LB Jaylon Smith with looming $9.2M guarantee

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys are releasing linebacker Jaylon Smith in what could be considered a cost-cutting move because of a guaranteed salary next season in the case of an injury. Smith’s role had been reduced after Micah Parsons was drafted 12th overall this year and the Cowboys moved free-agent pickup Keanu Neal…MORE

Opponents Of Texas Ban On Most Abortions Expand Challenges

Opponents Of Texas Ban On Most Abortions Expand Challenges

CHICAGO (AP) – Opponents of a new Texas ban on most abortions have asked a federal judge in Illinois to declare the law unconstitutional. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday. Courts have for weeks thwarted abortion providers’ efforts to block the nation’s most restrictive abortion law. The latest legal challenge comes as the Biden administration waits…MORE