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Houston ISD Teacher’s Assistant Removed After 4-Year-Old’s Sexual Assault Allegation
The teacher’s assistant has been removed from campus while an investigation takes place.
Denton ISD Voters Will Decide on Permanent School Property Tax Increase
School trustees unanimously voted to place the excess tax rate increase on the November ballot.
Plano Private School Teacher Gets 20 Years for Sex Crimes Against Student
Jacob Allred pleaded guilty to sexually exploiting a 15-year-old girl at Great Lakes Academy, which specializes in students with learning disorders.
Voters in Belton, Temple ISDs To Determine Upcoming Bond Elections
The two Bell County school districts are seeking voter approval for propositions that will hike taxes for homeowners.
Local Archive
Houston Oil Service Firm Loses Injection Permit Amid West Texas Earthquakes
Texas regulators have officially pulled the plug on Blackbuck Resources’ underground wastewater disposal operations following a string of powerful earthquakes tied to the company’s practices. On Tuesday, the Texas Railroad Commission voted to suspend the injection...
South Texas School Board President Faces Felony Child Porn Charge
UPDATED June 20 with new information on federal charges against Svatek. A South Texas school board president and longtime trustee was arrested for possessing child sexual abuse material following a joint investigation by federal, state, and local authorities. Jerry...
Former Houston Water Official Receives July Parole Review Despite 10-Year Sentence
Patrece Lee, a former maintenance manager at Houston Public Works, is currently serving a 10-year prison sentence for her role in a public corruption scheme involving city water-line repair contracts. However, Lee’s earliest date of parole eligibility is July 5—just...
Democrat Elected Officials Share Pictures With Violent Protest Sign
Multiple Democrat elected officials were photographed in the immediate vicinity of a protest sign that read “8647 IS HE DEAD YET?” during Saturday’s “No Kings” protests in Houston, Texas. Some elected leaders shared images of the threatening sign on their personal...
El Salvadoran Illegal Alien Receives Death Penalty for Murder of Harris County Deputy
Oscar Rosales, an illegal alien with a violent record across two countries, will face the death penalty for gunning down a Harris County deputy. Rosales, a Salvadoran national living in Texas illegally, was found guilty of murdering Precinct 5 Constable Deputy Cpl....
Former Texas Teacher Sentenced to 60 Years for Fondling First-Graders
A now-former South Texas elementary school teacher was sentenced to 60 years in prison for continuously sexually abusing several of his first-grade students while on campus. Ryan Patrick England taught first grade at Elolf Elementary (now Elolf STEAM Academy) in...
Houston ISD Extends Superintendent Miles’ Contract After STAAR Test Gains
The state-appointed Houston Independent School District Board of Managers voted in a private meeting to give Superintendent Mike Miles a five-year contract extension. This means he will continue leading the district throughout the Texas Education Agency’s (TEA)...
DeSoto ISD Substitute Teacher Arrested for Sexually Assaulting Student
A Dallas-area substitute teacher is accused of sodomizing a student, and local parents say the school district never notified them of the allegations, even after the suspect was arrested. Bryson Lanier Newton, 23, was arrested in March and charged with sexual assault...
Harris County Officially Ends Failed Guaranteed Basic Income Program
Harris County Commissioners voted Thursday to officially end its troubled guaranteed income pilot program and reallocate $14 million in unspent federal COVID-19 relief funds. The program, originally launched as Uplift Harris and later rebranded as the Community...