Uvalde shooting survivors seek comfort anywhere, including in the arms of bikers
Nine-year-old Aubriella Melchor said she narrowly escaped the slaughter because she'd been in the bathroom. At a gas station, Christian bikers joined the girl and her mother to pray.
View ArticleThe front pages of Uvalde's local paper capture darkness and the lives lost
The independent paper published the faces of the victims on Sunday in a powerful homage to the 21 lives lost.
View ArticleMore than $2.7 million has been raised for the children of a Uvalde teacher
Irma Garcia was one of two teachers killed at Robb Elementary last week. Then, two days later, her husband of 24 years died of a heart attack, leaving their four children without parents.
View ArticleThe front pages of Uvalde's local paper capture darkness and the lives lost
The independent paper published the faces of the victims on Sunday in a powerful homage to the 21 lives lost.
View ArticleAfter Uvalde, mass shootings continue over the weekend across the U.S.
At least eight people were killed and another 45 wounded in mass shootings across the United States since Wednesday.
View ArticleUvalde families to begin burying loved ones this week
Funerals for some of the 21 victims of the school shooting in Uvalde are scheduled for the next few days.
View ArticleUvalde City Council postpones swearing-in of school police chief who led...
During the shooting at Robb Elementary School, Pete Arredondo was in charge of the police response. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, he made the decision to not confront the shooter...
View ArticleNeighboring florists step in to help provide flowers for Uvalde funerals
A local florist says she's putting aside sunflowers for one of the victims, the daughter of one of her high school classmates. "Their baby's favorite was sunflowers," Kelly Baker said.
View ArticleSan Antonio's COVID-19 positivity rate is up to 13%
This blog is updated on Tuesdays and Fridays. It includes COVID-19 data from San Antonio’s Metropolitan Health District, as well as statewide reporting from The Texas Newsroom. For the latest local...
View ArticleA Uvalde coroner is haunted by identifying the bodies of children and an old...
Because Uvalde is so small, a local Justice of the Peace had the horrible task of identifying slain kids after the deadly shooting at Robb Elementary School. He says the images will stick with him.
View ArticleUvalde school police chief sworn into council in secret amid criticism over...
The director of the Texas Department of Public Safety said last week that chief Pete Arredondo’s directive to not engage the shooter sooner was the “wrong decision.”
View ArticleThe story about how the Uvalde gunman entered the school is shifting
Texas officials had said a teacher propped door open at Robb Elementary just before a gunman entered and carried out a mass shooting — but they now acknowledge that the woman closed the door.
View ArticleUvalde superintendent says students won't return to Robb Elementary, district...
Students and staff will not return to Robb Elementary School.
View Article5 people dead at Tulsa medical building, in the 233rd mass shooting of 2022
"Four innocents and one shooter" are dead, says Jonathan Brooks of the Tulsa police department at a news conference on Wednesday.
View Article'Very loving, kind people': Uvalde buries teacher killed at school, husband...
Wednesday’s burial came a day after funerals for 10-year-olds Amerie Jo Garza and Maite Yuleana Rodriguez were held. More visitations and funerals for the 21 victims will continue throughout the next...
View Article911 calls were not directly communicated to Pete Arredondo during school...
“What we do know is that the 911 calls were not being communicated to the so-called incident commander, Officer Arredondo. They were being communicated to a Uvalde police officer.”
View ArticleHow we pronounce Uvalde says a lot about the power of language in mixed...
The name of the town comes from a misspelled Spanish name. The way people say it traces a long history of racializing Latinos in the U.S.
View ArticleTexas Matters: Is there a cover-up in Uvalde?
It’s been over a week since the tragic school shooting in Uvalde that left 19 students and two teachers dead. And then getting straight answers about what happened, who was responsible and what do we...
View ArticleHere are the biggest shifts in the official account of the Uvalde school...
"There's been a lot of things that have been said — some are correct, some are incorrect," Gov. Greg Abbott said the day after the shooting. But soon afterward, he would correct his own statements.
View ArticleWhat the shooting in Uvalde has meant for the Latino community
While the nation is reeling from the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the Latino community is being hit particularly hard as they see the names and photos of the victims who look and sound like them.
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