The Lowndes County Board of Supervisors is considering making storm shelters at county barns accessible to the public as efforts to get grant money for shelters in Districts 4 and 5 bog down.
Work is underway after voters in Palatine Elementary School Dist. 15 last November supported a $93 million property tax referendum that will fund upgrades in all 20 district schools, implement full-day kindergarten and allow more students to attend their neighborhood schools. All of this work is estimated to cost around $186 million and the district
Parents and students are upset that a longtime principal in Palatine Township Elementary School District 15 was abruptly removed from her duties last week and placed in another position in the district.
Demonstrators will rally outside the Texas statehouse this weekend to demand action in response to the United States-Mexico border crisis, asking lawmakers to "declare an invasion of our southern border" and create a state-funded "Border Protection Unit."