An Austin ISD custodian has been arrested for indecency with a child, the district told parents and guardians in a letter sent Thursday. AISD said on Wednesday, U.S. Marshals arrested Agustin Ibarra Lopez, a regional custodial specialist for the district, on a charge of first-degree felony indecency with a child. view article

Two shootings Thursday morning left a woman injured and her alleged shooter dead.  At 10:57 a.m. Thursday the Orange County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call reporting a shooting near the 3700 block of Granger Lane in Orangefield.  Due to the close proximity of the reported shooting to the Orangefield Independent School District and local daycares, school district officials and daycares were notified, and lockdown procedures were initiated. view article

Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee, recently reconstituted by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., met to debate changes to childhood immunizations and coronavirus vaccines. The final votes could have been worse, but the advisers’ comments offered a troubling preview of what lies ahead. view article

The parents of Cile Steward, the last camper who has yet to be found from Camp Mystic, demanded on Thursday that the private camp not reopen its doors next summer as the search for their daughter's body continues.  CiCi and Will Steward sent a letter to the Christian summer getaway destination for girls on Wednesday, following its announcement of resuming operations at Camp Mystic Cypress Lake next year.  view article

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A student is being investigated after allegedly bringing two knives to Dessau Elementary and threatening students and a staff member on Tuesday. Principal Daniela Guardiola sent a letter to families following the incident informing them that a serious incident took place on campus. view article

The second of Laredo's two major school districts has made changes to its schedule due to the inclement weather in the area. United Independent School District announced Thursday morning before 6 a.m. that its schools would be operating under a delayed start due to the downpour and flooded streets around the area. view article

Lufkin ISD says it is investigating after an unloaded gun was brought to the Lufkin Middle School campus earlier in September. The district says it received a report Monday and has confirmed that more than one student witnessed a gun on the middle school campus on Sept. 12. The district, in a statement, said it was working on recommending further measures to enhance campus security and reminded students, parents and guardians that failing to report incidents was “unacceptable.” view article

Health experts hope data out of Texas will raise awareness about a type of infection commonly spread through kissing bugs.  Researchers with Texas A&M University and the Texas Department of State Health Services analyzed state health data and found it supports classifying Chagas Disease as endemic in the U.S., meaning consistently present in a community like the common cold and strains of influenza.  The U.S. doesn't have standardized surveillance of Chagas, and that can make its presence difficult to study. view article

TEXARKANA, Texas -- Liberty-Eylau Independent School District held a regular school board meeting Thursday and made decisions regarding school security officers and financial decisions for the district.  Superintendent Jeff Wright asked the board to approve the continued use of armed security officers on LEISD campuses, referring to a recently enacted statute. view article

The White House clarified its change to H-1B visas after workers, companies and foreign governments scrambled to respond to its latest immigration crackdown.  The surprise order from the Trump administration imposing a new $100,000 fee on some visas set off a day of frantic travel as workers, companies and foreign governments scrambled to respond to Washington's latest immigration crackdown.  By the time the White House clarified that existing holders of the H-1B visas for skilled workers were not affected, the chaos had already been sewn: U.S. allies expressed concern and their nationals abandoned holidays, business trips and plans to see their families as they raced back to America before the new rules took effect Sunday. view article

lease explore to learn more about kissing bugs, the parasite they transmit, and how you can submit your insects and observations to our research program. view article

Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza recently announced that his office secured a hate crime conviction for Michael Boone. Timeline: On August 11, 2023, the Austin Independent School District’s Police Department investigated a terroristic threat sent to the Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees via their "Let’s Talk" App prior to the Board of Trustees' participation in the Austin Pride Parade on August 12, 2023. view article

A youth baseball game turned terrifying Sunday morning when a 27-year-old coach was shot in the shoulder by a stray bullet, reportedly fired from nearby recreational gunfire. The coach was airlifted from the scene in front of stunned families and players at TheRac Baseball complex in Katy. view article

A youth baseball game turned terrifying Sunday morning when a 27-year-old coach was shot in the shoulder by a stray bullet, reportedly fired from nearby recreational gunfire. The coach was airlifted from the scene in front of stunned families and players at TheRac Baseball complex in Katy. view article

RIO GRANDE CITY — Jake Margo Jr. stood in the triage room at Starr County Memorial Hospital explaining why a person with persistent fever who could be treated with over-the-counter medication didn’t need to be admitted to the emergency room.  “We’re going to take care of the sickest patients first,” Margo, a family medicine physician, said.  It’s not like there was space on that June afternoon anyway. A small monitor on the wall pulsed with the vitals of current patients, who filled the ER. An ambulance idled outside in the South Texas heat with a patient waiting for a bed to open up. “Everybody shows up here,” Margo said. “When you’re overwhelmed and you’re overrun, there’s only so much you can do.” view article

Riviera Independent School District was briefly placed on lockdown Wednesday after a report that a student might have had a firearm on campus. District officials said staff immediately followed safety protocols and contacted law enforcement after receiving the report. Officers and school staff searched the student, their belongings, and the entire district. No weapon was found. view article

For more than two decades, Joe Nino has walked the halls of Alice Independent School District with one goal in mind: keeping the school safe. As the district's chief security guard and longest-serving member of the security team, Nino has dedicated 24 years to protecting students and staff. An Alice graduate himself, he said serving and protecting has been his calling. view article

All students are safe and making their way to school after a Gladewater ISD bus was involved in a wreck with an 18-wheeler Friday morning. Officials said the crash happened on U.S. Highway 271 near County Road 3104 in the Gladewater area. view article

The city of Austin will not renew its contracts with Urban Alchemy, a Bay Area homeless services nonprofit that operates two downtown emergency shelters, when the current agreements expire Sept. 30.  Austin’s Homeless Strategy Officer David Gray wrote in a memo to City Council that the decision came after the nonprofit “identified staff who improperly, and without permission, misrepresented” data around when people were exiting the shelters. The data has since been corrected, Gray wrote in the memo. view article

A second Texas higher education student is no longer enrolled after controversial remarks about Charlie Kirk's death and political pressure from Gov. Greg Abbott to punish those who "celebrate" his assassination.  Texas State University President Kelly Damphousse announced Tuesday night that a student in a viral video shared by Abbott who was seen pantomiming Kirk's death and cursing the conservative activist is no longer enrolled at the university, and condemned the actions. view article

According to the Huntington ISD superintendent, a student was taken into custody by school district officers on Monday. The incident, according to Dr. Carolyn Fiaschetti, happened around 10:30 a.m. The HISD police department was notified of a possible weapon located in a student vehicle in the PRIDE alternative campus parking lot. view article

A former behavioral specialist for Brownsboro ISD has pleaded guilty to two charges of injuring a child. Kyle Lee Rocha, 40, of Chandler, entered open guilty pleas in court Monday. He has been accused of injuring a 7-year-old by knocking over the student’s desk in class while he was leaning it back. Rocha could face 2-10 years for each charge, but the defense has said there are no offers on the table yet. A judge is set to decide Rocha’s sentence on Dec. 9, following a pre-sentence investigation and report. view article

Matthew Childress arrived at Matt’s El Rancho, an Austin restaurant, on Sept. 4 with mixed feelings of anticipation and grief. He greeted the other parents with hugs.  This group had largely been strangers two months earlier, before they learned that their children at Camp Mystic were missing after a massive flash flood, before many waited all night for answers about whether search crews had found any kids alive, before parents had to do the unimaginable and identify their child’s body.  Now, in their torturous sadness, they shared a bond. Over the past several weeks, these parents had pushed their ideas for summer camp reforms through the state Legislature with remarkable speed.  The moms and dads were gathering in Austin from Beaumont, Dallas, Bellville and other Texas cities. One family came from Alabama. The next day, they expected the Texas governor to sign the bills that they championed.   The changes would require kids’ camps to move overnight cabins out of floodplains, to follow weather warnings with radios and install alert systems, and to train staff on emergency plans including where to move children to higher ground if needed. view article

AUSTIN (KXAN) — More than half of Texas’ counties have MMR vaccination rates among kindergartners below the threshold for what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says is needed for herd immunity.  The CDC says most people are protected from measles, mumps and rubella through herd immunity, also known as community immunity, when more than 95% of people in that community are vaccinated.  As of the 2024-25 school year, kindergarten students in 139 counties did not meet that threshold — 55% of the state’s counties — according to Texas Department of State Health Services data collected and analyzed by NBC News in partnership with researchers at Staford University  Just a decade ago, only 42 counties were below the threshold. view article

A Kemp ISD teacher was arrested for child grooming Sept. 9 by Kemp ISD Police. According to a statement from Kemp ISD Superintendent Dr. James Young Sept. 5, KISD Police and Administration were made aware of a concern regarding the actions of a Kemp High School employee. The district and administration immediately began reviewing and investigating an allegation of the employee engaging in inappropriate conduct. view article

The Texas Education Agency issued new guidance Monday on a state law that requires parental consent before students receive healthcare services. The announcement comes after districts said it prohibited them from simply offering children bandages, leading to a 5-year-old being sent home from school covered in vomit, his mother said. view article

NBC 5’s Larry Collins is tracking new guidance for nurses across the state that was recently released by the Texas Education Agency.

Fernando Escobar, 42, was arrested last week and charged with the sexual assault of a child. Police said the alleged crime happened more than 10 years ago when Escobar was an athletic trainer for Decatur ISD. The victim was a minor at the time. view article

Lufkin High School was placed on a "SECURE" earlier this morning after reports of a possible weapon on campus, according to a release from Lufkin ISD. An unloaded firearm was located in a restroom trash can following a swift investigation, and the school has resumed normal operations, according to the press release.  The school said it appreciated the quick and professional response from Lufkin ISD administration and police as well as the City of Lufkin Police Department in keeping students and the campus safe. view article

The suspected gunman who shot two students before shooting himself Wednesday at Evergreen High School has died, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office confirmed Wednesday night. The big picture: The shooting happened just before 12:30pm on campus grounds, both in and outside the school — which has over 900 students and is about 30 miles southwest of Denver, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.  The three students, including the suspected shooter, were taken to CommonSpirit St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood. view article

The suspected gunman who shot two students before shooting himself Wednesday at Evergreen High School has died, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office confirmed Wednesday night. The big picture: The shooting happened just before 12:30pm on campus grounds, both in and outside the school — which has over 900 students and is about 30 miles southwest of Denver, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.  The three students, including the suspected shooter, were taken to CommonSpirit St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood. view article

A former Eanes ISD student was taken into custody Wednesday on "suspicion of possessing a weapon in his car" on the Westlake High School campus, according to district officials. "Out of an abundance of caution, several schools were placed in SECURE while our Eanes ISD Police Department responded to an incident nearby," Eanes ISD officials said. "We have heard unaffected schools were also placed in SECURE." view article

The law’s authors urged districts to use “common sense.” But some nurses worry they could violate the law and face discipline for providing basic care without a parent’s approval. view article

A North Texas school district is dispelling rumors that a student overdosed on campus last week. Millsap ISD officials in a statement said that rumors of the overdose are not true. Instead, what happened was that three students on Aug. 29 were using a vape that contained THC and one of the students reported to school officials that they weren't feeling well. view article