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05/27/2018 - 12:00am
The Gary Job Corps Community Relations Council presented a Certificate of Appreciation for over 10 years of support to Travis Elementa
05/27/2018 - 12:00am
NEW YORK (AP) — Revelations that an Amazon Echo smart speaker inadvertently sent a family’s private conversation to an acquaintance highlights some unexpected risks of new voice-enabled technologies. According to
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05/26/2018 - 7:45pm
Texas State fell to Troy, 10-0, in eight innings on Saturday at Russo Park in Lafayette, La.
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05/26/2018 - 3:59pm
Two schools expressed interest in Demarcus Hall during the 2017 season with an opportunity to compete at the collegiate level.
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05/27/2018 - 12:00am
One bird I can count on around my place, winter, summer, spring and fall, is the house sparrow.
Marigolds are great for those that raise chickens. They are not only a nutritous treat for a flock but are very aromatic which is good for laying hens, it relaxes and calms them. Plus, marigolds prevent flies and some other insects.
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05/27/2018 - 12:00am
Marigolds are great for those that raise chickens. They are not only a nutritous treat for a flock but are very aromatic which is good for laying hens, it relaxes and calms them. Plus, marigolds prevent flies and some other insects. Photo courtesy of Joe Urbach
Obituaries
05/27/2018 - 12:00am
Daniel Walter Roy Brown, a resident of Houston, Texas, passed away Saturday, May 12, 2018 at the age of 64.
05/27/2018 - 12:00am
Emmet Eugene Kelly, a resident of Austin, passed away Monday, May 14, 2018 at the age of 91.
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Do you think Texas should enact stronger gun regulation?
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Wednesday he could support stronger regulations for gun storage and quicker reporting to law enforcement when a court has determined someone is mentally ill in order to keep them from having weapons.
Abbott said those were top considerations to emerge after meeting representatives from a gun control group as well as gun owners and experts in mental health and education in discussions on school safety. The discussions happened after 10 people were killed last week in a shooting at a high school in Santa Fe.
Police have said the 17-year-old suspect in the Santa Fe shooting used his father’s shotgun and .38-caliber handgun. Abbott said he and lawmakers need to look at how to address gun storage laws that might have prevented the shooter from getting the weapons.
Texas allows authorities to deny handgun licenses based on a person’s mental health history and to seize weapons from people determined to be in a mental crisis in some circumstances. But mental health history information is up to the applicant to provide and is not related to the purchase of a gun.
Texas courts are supposed to tell law enforcement if a person taken in for a mental health evaluation has been ordered into a mental hospital. Abbott said that reporting could take up to 30 days and he’d like to see that window closed to within 48 hours or less.
Proponents of stronger gun regulations have said Texas should enact tougher background checks for gun sales and “red flag” laws that keep guns away from people deemed a danger to themselves or others. And gun rights advocates have spoken out against any attempt to expand laws that could be used to seize or deny guns from someone without due process or a second review if they are deemed mentally ill.
This poll includes information from the Associated Press.