*Due to differences in data processing, timing, and methodology, there may be discrepancies between the information presented in this report and the Texas DSHS dashboard.
You know, it’s hard to write anything this week in my usual twisted, sarcastic way, simply because it’s hard to stop thinking about the poor kids trapped in that Uvalde classroom, pleading for help from the 911 operator, and yet no one came to their defense.
Ed. note: I don’t normally put a press release on the front page above the fold, or at least I try not to because that usually means someone hasn’t been writing enough stories. That would be me. However, this week, this message seemed too important not to place it where it will garner the most attention (front page, above the fold).
As this story is being written, Tuesday, May 24, it’s been 12 days since convicted killer Gonzalo Lopez escaped from a state prison bus in Leon County, which lies about halfway between Houston and Dallas. The Hidalgo County native and former resident hasn’t been seen since, even though more than 300 members of law enforcement, bloodhounds, helicopters, you name it, have been searching for him high and low.
McALLEN — Tuesday, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) released the following statement regarding the school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, TX:
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