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No Prison for Brazosport ISD Teacher Guilty of Sexually Assaulting Student
Former Brazoswood High School teacher Brandyn Hargrove was sentenced to 10 years of probation and must register as a sex offender for life.
Moms Arrested for Running North Texas Choir Booster Club
Cleared of charges, moms still lost choir booster club money to the school district.
Farmersville Proposes Double-Digit Tax Increase
City officials drafted a balanced budget based on the highest property tax increase allowed without a public vote.
Marfa ISD Teacher Arrested for Sexual Misconduct With Student
Educational aide Rebecca Ontiveros is charged with a second-degree felony.
Local Archive
Dallas City Manager’s Travel to Left-wing Events Costs Taxpayers $13k
Dallas’ interim City Manager Kim Tolbert is costing taxpayers thousands of dollars in travel to various leftist events. Tolbert’s first trip was to an International City/County Management Association event in Austin in October 2023, where the itinerary included an...
Elon Musk Opening New Montessori School in Bastrop This Fall
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is opening up another experimental private school, this time in the small Austin-area town of Bastrop. The school is named Ad Astra, Latin for "to the stars," and plans to serve children aged three to nine by providing...
Austin ISD Chief Financial Officer Arrested for Insurance Fraud
UPDATED 8/16: The charges against Eduardo Ramos were dropped. The primary financial watchdog for Texas’ eighth-largest school district, Austin ISD, is facing criminal charges related to alleged insurance fraud. According to the Austin American Statesman, Eduardo Ramos...
McKinney Mayor and City Council Want More Terms, More Money
McKinney City Council members are asking voters to give them more time in office and more money for doing their job. During a meeting Tuesday, council members voted 5-1 to place four city charter amendment propositions on the November 5 ballot. Two would set longer...
Grand Prairie ISD Limits Student Cell Phone Use in Class
Grand Prairie ISD is the latest school district to crack down on student cell phone use during class. The North Texas district will provide every student with a lockable pouch and require them to lock their phones inside every day. CBS News reported that students...
Carlisle ISD Security Guard Accused of Sexually Abusing a Child
A security guard who worked at an elementary school in Carlisle Independent School District is in jail, accused of a sex crime involving a child. Keith Russell McFarland was arrested Monday and charged with indecency with a child by sexual contact, a felony. Carlisle...
Carroll ISD Says Federal Civil Rights Investigation Lacks Evidence
Carroll Independent School District has refused to negotiate with the U.S. Department of Education over civil rights complaints that could require the district to re-implement diversity trainings. The four students who lodged the complaints with the department’s...
Austin City Council Member Proposes New Budget Plan That Avoids Raising Property Taxes
Austin City Councilmember Mackenzie Kelly proposed a city budget plan for the 2024-2025 fiscal year that would include additional revenue for the General Fund while ensuring that homeowners, renters, and businesses would not see increases in property taxes. "When my...
Austin’s Four Points Residents Concerned Over New Homeless Encampment
Residents in the Four Points area of Austin are concerned over a new homeless encampment that has formed at the site of a vacant restaurant and has grown over the past few months. Four Points News reported last week that the new encampment started earlier this summer...