U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin called Larry Rogers Sr. a hero who blazed a trail for generations of lawyers and helped the Black community defend its most vulnerable members.. Rogers, 75, died Jan. 19 after a battle with cancer.
A Texas school board president submitted his resignation after he was accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl. He is charged with indecency with a child.
The president of the Prosper Independent School District Board of Trustees was released from the Dallas County Jail early Thursday after his arrest Wednesday.