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  • DPS: Colorado Kid Threatens Lubbock Schools

    09/13/2024 - 15:45 , by nick
    On September 9th, around 1:30 pm, the Texas Department of Public Safety was alerted to potential bomb threats targeting several local high schools: Coronado High School and Lubbock High School in the Lubbock Independent School District, Frenship High School in the Frenship Independent School District, and Monterey High School in LISD, as well as Lubbock-Cooper High School in the Lubbock-Cooper Independent School District.
  • The Fence-Cutting War and the Cattle Queen of Texas

    09/13/2024 - 11:34 , by live
    COLEMAN COUNTY, TX — On this day in 1883 (Sept. 13), the quiet hills of west central Texas became the battleground for one of the most consequential disputes in the history of the American West—the Fence-Cutting War. The conflict began when free-range cattlemen, enraged by the growing number of fenced ranches, targeted the property of Mabel Doss Day, a widow who managed Texas’s largest enclosed ranch. The fence cutters' actions were part of a broader struggle between those advocating for open grazing and the new ranching elite who were fencing off vast swaths of land.
  • Sonic Drive-In Murder Suspect Elevated to "Texas Top 10 Most Wanted"

    09/12/2024 - 16:00 , by live
    SAN ANTONIO, TX — The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has added 17-year-old Adiah Namir Roberson to its Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives List, seeking the public’s assistance in her capture. Roberson, from San Antonio, is wanted for murder after allegedly shooting and killing a manager at a Sonic Drive-In restaurant in July 2024. In addition to the murder charge, she is wanted in Bexar County for forgery of a government document and faces other charges, including evading arrest, criminal trespass, and possession of marijuana.