A Mansfield ISD student was arrested after a gun was found in his backpack on Friday morning, officials said. He now faces a second-degree felony charge of possessing a weapon in a place where it's prohibited. Texas School Shooting Legacy High School Principal Stephanie Bonneau informed parents via email about the incident involving a student carrying a firearm on campus. view article

Large sets of data are being scrubbed of references to transgender and LGBTQ+ people, among others, which could compromise their use in research. view article

Abbott’s letter to state agencies follows President Trump’s executive order restoring biological truth to the federal government.   view article

Flu cases are spiking across North Texas, according to Cook Children’s Health Care System, overwhelming hospitals and forcing schools to adapt. Godley ISD — a rural district about an hour southwest of Fort Worth — closed Wednesday, Jan. 29, for the rest of the week after nearly one-fourth of its students fell ill. And while one Fort Worth-area school district is seeing a rise in absences, others are on constant watch, according to officials. view article

Kansas is currently experiencing a rare outbreak of tuberculosis (TB), the world’s deadliest infectious disease. TB is spread via germs in the air and usually affects the lungs but can also affect the brain, the kidneys or the spine. Two people have died since the outburst started in January 2024. Health reports from Jan. 24, 2025 show67 people are sick with active TB cases: 60 in Wyandotte County and seven in Johnson County. An additional 79 people in the two counties are sick with latent cases, (also known as “inactive tuberculosis,” which means non-contagious and asymptomatic). Though Kansas officials have said this is the largest outbreak in history, the Centers for Disease Control rebutted that claim. From 2015 to 2017, Atlanta experienced 170 cases of TB and more than 400 latent cases through outbreaks in homeless shelters. view article

Tatum ISD police officers arrested a student Wednesday after a weapon was found in a student’s backpack. The school was first informed a student may potentially have an unloaded weapon on the high school campus around 12:15 p.m., according to a school release. The school said police found the student less than a minute later and an unloaded weapon was found in their backpack. view article

Flu cases are on the rise at local schools and hospitals, and the illness is forcing one school district to shut down for the remainder of the week. Godley ISD announced on Tuesday that it will shut down for the rest of the week and reopen on Feb. 3 due to sweeping absences among students and staff. view article

Last November, a 13-year-old boy tragically lost his life after suffering an asthma attack during his first day of basketball practice at Thornton Middle School. Now, a prominent Houston attorney is getting involved. In a mediation demand letter sent to Cypress-Fairbanks ISD Superintendent Dr. Douglas Killian, attorney Tony Buzbee called eighth grader Xavier Thompson’s death a “preventable tragedy.” view article

CISCO, Texas — Over 150 students and faculty have gotten sick in Cisco ISD. The schools were closed Tuesday and Wednesday due to a widespread sickness going around. view article

The Department of Defense announced they are sending more than a thousand troops to the southern border, along with airlift support to carry out deportations. view article

A reversal from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security allows immigration raids on public school campuses.   view article

ABILENE, Texas — Abilene has seen a declining amount of deaths related to opioid overdoses, according to the Taylor County Sheriff's Office. view article

As the Trump administration continues sweeping measures to undo damage at the southern border caused by the Biden administration’s policies, Gov. Greg Abbott has directed the Texas military to work with federal authorities to secure the border.  view article

Emboldened by Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s nomination and disdain for pandemic-era mandates, skeptics are pushing for bills to make it easier to opt out of vaccines.   view article

Klein ISD police said a student brought a gun to school on Thursday, and one of his parents could be charged. Police told Eyewitness News that officers discovered a 9-millimeter gun after a student at Klein Oak High School reported that another student had a firearm in his backpack. Klein ISD says the student is facing felony charges and has been expelled. view article

The Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District said an HVAC unit was fixed after it caused carbon monoxide detectors to activate last Monday. In an email to parents on January 13, the district said around 8:40 a.m. a carbon monoxide alarm activated automatically in an upstairs classroom at Shady Brook Elementary School. The district said everyone was safely evacuated until first responders investigated. view article

In a letter to families, Klein Oak High School principal Thomas Hensley says a staff member was alerted about a student having a weapon. Administrators and Klein ISD police investigated the report and "safely detained" the student. Officials searched the student's backpack and found a handgun inside. view article

The Tornillo Independent School District experienced a cybersecurity incident resulting in student information being copied by an unauthorized user outside of the United States. According to a statement published on the district's website, PowerSchool, the district's provider of student information systems, informed the TISD of the incident on December 28. view article

Two Texas Democrats joined Republicans to approve a congressional bill to detain undocumented immigrants who have been accused of committing minor crimes. The bill now heads to President Donald Trump’s desk to be signed into law view article

The Corsicana ISD Police Department is investigating an incident at Collins Intermediate School after a paraprofessional was injured and required medical treatment for a broken wrist. Paraprofessional Carol Tidwell has been working in the school district for under a year and told KWTX that an agitated student from her 5th and 6th grade special education class threw a chair at her. Tidwell said she fell while dodging it, breaking her wrist. view article

An employee at a Corsicana ISD school says she was injured after a student tried to throw a chair at her. This is the second time an employee has been injured at Collins Intermediate School in the past six months. view article

As President Donald Trump cracks down on immigrants in the U.S. illegally, some families are wondering if it is safe to send their children to school. In many districts, educators have sought to reassure immigrant parents that schools are safe places for their kids, despite the president’s campaign pledge to carry out mass deportations. But fears intensified for some when the Trump administration announced Tuesday it would allow federal immigration agencies to make arrests at schools, churches and hospitals, ending a policy that had been in effect since 2011. view article

Many ofAmerica's favorite candies and sweet beverages, including Airheads, candy corn, strawberry-flavored milk, and more, contain Red No. 3 food dye — a now FDA-banned substance. view article

The Food and Drug Administration has announced it will ban the use of artificial food coloring Red No. 3, which has been linked to thyroid cancer in animals, after years of prodding by parents and health advocates, one state ban and action by dozens of other countries. view article

Snowmelt from Tuesday's winter storm took on a deadly new form after an overnight hard freeze.  Tuesday's winter wonderland in Southeast Texas is taking on a new, uglier form thanks to an overnight hard freeze rendering roads and walkways treacherously slick.  view article

We should pray for Trump not only because we are commanded to do so — but because it is wise for all. view article

If you have a chronic pain condition such as arthritis or an old injury, you might notice that on cold weather days your pain flares up. Why is that? view article

President Donald Trump’s plans to curb immigration and beef up border security began taking effect soon after he was inaugurated Monday as he made good on campaign promises.  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump rolled out a blueprint to beef up security at the southern border in a series of executive orders that began taking effect soon after his inauguration Monday, making good on his defining political promise to crack down on immigration and marking another wild swing in White House policy on the divisive issue. view article

(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-TX, is leading an effort to reverse actions taken against military service members through a U.S. Department of Defense COVID-19 vaccine mandate, including protecting religious freedom. view article

A school in Arlington was on a temporary lockdown on Thursday, Jan. 16 after a student came to school with a toy BB gun in their backpack. At around 8 a.m. officers responded to Pearcy STEM Academy after the school administration reported that a student may have brought a weapon to school, police said. The school was temporarily placed on lockdown as a precaution. view article

Corsicana ISD’s Collins Intermediate Assistant Principal Candra Rogers, 56, blinded in her right eye after a student attacked her in August 2024, had her eye surgically removed on Jan. 14. Rogers told KWTX News Anchor Julie Hays that she is at home, and although she is suffering with agonizing pain, is hopeful the surgery will relieve the daily headaches she has experienced since the on campus attack. view article

Rodents have been sighted in a Houston ISD middle school in Montrose, Superintendent Mike Miles confirmed Monday, adding that the district is following its pest control procedures. Staff members at Lanier Middle School are alleging that the campus has been dealing with the rodent issue since Thanksgiving, and it's impacting their work, according to Houston TV station ABC13. view article

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he will focus on food additives once he's confirmed as the secretary of health and human services. The Food and Drug Administration announced a ban on the use of Red No. 3, a dye used in thousands of food products that had been approved for over a hundred years but is linked to cancer. The decision comes days before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, who has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his health and human services secretary. Kennedy has long criticized artificial additives in the U.S. food supply. view article

A former Longview ISD employee is behind bars Wednesday after being accused of sexually assaulting a child. In a release, Longview ISD said the allegation against D’Marjai Dearion, 25, was made Monday. They said he was immediately placed on administrative leave and resigned after his arrest Tuesday. Longview police also released a statement, saying officers learned Dearion had sexually assaulted a teenaged girl. view article

A Celina ISD bus driver has been arrested following allegations of inappropriate conduct with a female student. In a statement released by Celina ISD, officials said they were informed on Monday, Jan. 13, about alleged inappropriate contact between Timothy Adams and a female student. The district immediately contacted police, and Adams was taken into custody. view article