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Elgin ISD adds required armed security guards to district schools

Published Sun, 02 Feb 2025 12:14:32 GMT

ELGIN, Texas (KXAN) — Elgin ISD schools now have armed security guards, after a Texas law required districts across the state to improve security. The law, House Bill 3, mandates the presence of at least one armed security officer on every school campus during regular school hours. The exact number is left up to the districts. KXAN INVESTIGATES: Multiple Texas school districts claim exemption to armed officer requirement The Elgin ISD Board of Trustees contracted with security firm Texas Public Safety and Investigations (TXPSI) on Sept. 18. The guards began their work in Elgin schools on Tuesday.“We appreciate our school board’s support and work to ensure our schools are safe,” said Bridgette Cornelius, Elgin ISD's executive director of safety and risk management, in a press release.That press release also states that the guards "hold non-commissioned and commissioned security licenses with Texas Department of Public Safety, and are certified in CPR, first aid, and AED (Automate...

Search warrant: Couple suspected of selling meth before 5 officers shot in Benton County

Published Sun, 02 Feb 2025 12:14:32 GMT

Drug task force officers suspected a central Minnesota couple of selling methamphetamine when they raided their house in an operation that left five officers and one resident wounded last week, according to a search warrant released Wednesday.Gunfire broke out last Thursday when Sherburne County Drug Task Force officers attempted to execute the search warrant at the home of Karl Thomas Holmberg, 64. He was charged the next day with six counts of attempted first-degree murder of a peace officer and six counts of first-degree assault of a peace officer.It wasn’t immediately clear from the documents available Wednesday whether investigators found any drugs at the home, but at least one more warrant had not been released as of Wednesday evening.Karl Thomas Holmberg, 64, is charged with shooting five law enforcement officers serving a drug-related search warrant at his rural Benton County, Minn., home on Oct. 12, 2023. (Forum News Service)A second warrant released showed that polic...

Here are four films worth checking out at the Twin Cities Film Festival

Published Sun, 02 Feb 2025 12:14:32 GMT

The Twin Cities Film Festival, which runs through Oct. 28, offers a slate of more than 140 films, 30 percent of which have a Minnesota connection. And more than 50 films are also available for streaming.Single tickets as well as passes for both online and in-person screenings are available via twincitiesfilmfest.org. The festival takes place at the Showplace ICON Theaters at The Shops at West End in St. Louis Park.Here’s a look at four films worth catching:“The Holdovers”: Writer/director Alexander Payne made his name through a series of widely acclaimed films, including “Election” (1999), “About Schmidt” (2002), “Sideways” (2004) and “The Descendants” (2011). He also won best adapted screenplay Oscars for the latter two. But his career slumped for much of the past decade, when several projects fell apart and the one movie he released, 2017’s “Downsizing,” earned scathing reviews. But the warm reception given to “The Holdovers” on the festival circuit suggests Payne is b...

Missouri senior group discusses priorities for upcoming legislative session

Published Sun, 02 Feb 2025 12:14:32 GMT

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Dozens of bills are up for debate in Jefferson City, but lawmakers aren't in session. Instead, a group of seniors is inside the House and Senate chambers, passing legislation.The Missouri Silver Haired Legislature (SHL) was founded in 1973 and was the nation's first after the Older Americans Act was amended to include advocacy groups. For 50 years, the group of Missouri seniors has been debating, amending and passing legislation, which turns into priorities sent to the General Assembly."To me, this is the highlight of the year," Missouri SHL President John Kramer said. "To be able to be in the House and the Senate and make bills, pass or not pass, it's just like being a regular representative or senator."It looks a lot like an average day of session inside the Missouri Capitol. While you don't have to be a Democrat or Republican to be in this legislature, you must be at least 60 years old."We come from all over the state, but we come for the purpose of getting ...

Denver DA drops one of two murder charges in I-25 road-rage killings

Published Sun, 02 Feb 2025 12:14:32 GMT

Denver prosecutors on Wednesday dropped one murder charge against the man accused of killing two brothers in a road rage incident on Interstate 25 earlier this year.Prosecutors did not think they could prove the first-degree murder charge against 25-year-old Stephen Long in the death of one brother, said Matt Jablow, a spokesman for Denver District Attorney Beth McCann. But prosecutors are continuing to pursue a first-degree murder case in the death of the second brother.The move comes days after 11 Denver City Council members sent McCann a letter expressing concerns about how her office handled Long’s case. In the Oct. 9 letter, the council members compared the road-rage shooting to the slaying of 12-year-old Elias Armstrong, a Black boy who was shot by a white man who claimed self-defense and was not criminally charged.“We cannot help but be struck by a seeming double standard…” the letter read. “Both claimed self-defense. Both appear to have had lega...

Broncos coach Sean Payton on QB Russell Wilson’s outing vs. Chiefs: “That wasn’t all on him”

Published Sun, 02 Feb 2025 12:14:32 GMT

Sean Payton has ideas about how to get Russell Wilson back to playing efficient football.In fact, he said Wednesday it was a key part of the longer-than-normal break between Thursday night’s loss to Kansas City and the 1-5 Broncos’ return to work Wednesday.“Listen, we’ll get him back (on track),” Payton said. “I thought there were certain elements to the plan I didn’t like. We can correct that. That being said, and I said it after the game, I was pleased with how we ran the ball, and yet, we didn’t throw it nearly well enough. That wasn’t just on him. It starts with me relative to finding those throws for him — drive starters, for instance, and first-and-10 throws that are higher completion percentage throws.”Wilson played easily his worst game of the season and by some measures his worst as a Bronco at Arrowhead Stadium, throwing for just 95 yards and turning the ball over twice.Wilson’s been sacked eight times over the past two weeks and has turned it over three times in that stre...

Sean Payton’s reaction to his play sheet ending up on the Thursday Night Football broadcast? “I don’t worry about it”

Published Sun, 02 Feb 2025 12:14:32 GMT

It didn’t take long for the screenshots to reach Sean Payton after Thursday night’s loss to Kansas City.His play sheet, the two-minute section of it to be specific, on display for the whole country to read plainly.On Wednesday he downplayed the significance of everybody knowing that his codeword for quarterback sneak is “Converse.” Get it?Related ArticlesDenver Broncos | Broncos coach Sean Payton on QB Russell Wilson’s outing vs. Chiefs: “That wasn’t all on him” Denver Broncos | WATCH: Broncos gear up for critical two-week stretch leading up to NFL trade deadline Denver Broncos | Broncos roundtable: What do you make of this theoretical Jerry Jeudy trade to Green Bay? Denver Broncos | Broncos coach Sean Payton says run game must be part of offense’s DNA. So what’s happened so far this season? Denver Broncos | Broncos Mailbag: How many players is Denver going to deal before ...

Eastbound Interstate 70 closed near Golden for crash

Published Sun, 02 Feb 2025 12:14:32 GMT

Eastbound Interstate 70 is closed west of Golden between the Morrison Road and C-470 exits for a crash, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.Drivers should expect delays and a detour around the crash, according to CDOT. The highway is closed between exit 259 and 260.This is a developing story and will be updated. Get more Colorado news by signing up for our Mile High Roundup email newsletter.

Teacher at Los Angeles Unified arrested for alleged possession of child pornography

Published Sun, 02 Feb 2025 12:14:32 GMT

A teacher at Los Angeles Unified School District school was arrested by a special task force as part of an investigation into alleged possession and distribution of child pornography.The teacher, who was not named, was arrested in Claremont Wednesday morning.He's been identified only as a 60-year-old man who is a current teacher at LAUSD. He was arrested by members of the San Bernardino Police Department's Internet Crimes Against Children task force.The arrest was made as part of an ongoing investigation into the production, possession and distribution of pornography in the region. Police officials said a search warrant was served at a home in Redlands in San Bernardino County, which later led them to Claremont, which is in L.A. County.During the arrest, several electronic devices were discovered and seized as evidence. He was taken into custody "just before dawn" on Wednesday, and is expected to face felony charges related to the investigation.A spokesperson for Los Angeles Unified...

Man who killed mom at 13-years-old convicted of weapon possession in custody

Published Sun, 02 Feb 2025 12:14:32 GMT

A 20-year-old Garden Grove man, who stabbed his mother to death as a 13-year-old and, later, escaped custody before being recaptured has been convicted on felony charges that he manufactured a weapon while in custody at the Orange County Jail, authorities announced Tuesday.  Ike Souzer was found guilty in 2019 by a juvenile judge for voluntary manslaughter of his mother, 48-year-old Barbra Scheuer-Souzer. She was discovered by a neighbor outside of their Garden Grove home, covered in blood and suffering from multiple stab wounds to the stomach, police said at the time.  His attorney at the time, David Hammond, told the Orange County Register there was “clear evidence” that the boy acted in self-defense after years of abuse by his mother.  In 2022 when he was 18, Souzer, made headlines again when he escaped the custody of a Santa Ana halfway house after his release on electronic monitoring from the Theo Lacey Facility in Orange. He was recaptured just a few days l...