“This has become part of who we are as a country,” said Julián Castro. “The free availability of guns has not made us safer in the United States or here in the state of Texas.” A South Texas town is reeling Tuesday after at least 21 people—including 19 students and two adults—were killed and an unknown number […]
AST reports that a dead body was discovered on the playground of the Big Lake Elementary School Tuesday morning by an employee of the school which resulted in the school going into “stay put” status for several hours as authorities conducted an investigation at the scene. The identity of the victim initially was not divulged […]
ANCHORAGE—Governor Bill Walker Tuesday announced the winner of the 2017 Choose Respect: Alaskans Pulling Together for Each Other poster contest as part of his Safer Alaska initiative. Liliana Rovira, a Government Hill Elementary School fifth-grader, was selected as the contest winner. Liliana will receive a framed copy of the winning artwork and will be awarded […]
A 49-year-old Big Lake man was arrested for DUI and reckless driving after an investigation in front of the Big Lake Elementary School of a single vehicle rollover accident on Monday. Alaska State troopers determined that Wayne Robertson “was speeding and passing in a no passing zone when he lost control of his vehicle and rolled several times,” the trooper […]