State Sen. Gutierrez reflects on anniversary of Uvalde shooting
State Senator Roland Gutierrez has been a part of state government since 2008. But he's never experienced anything like the Robb Elementary School shooting. It happened in his district on May 24, 2022. And the state hasn't been the same since. KRLD's John Liddle reflected on the anniversary with S…
As Uvalde marks anniversary, Allen residents hope community stays united
Wednesday marks one year since the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde. Police there say an 18 year old gunman killed 19 students and two teachers before he was shot and killed by authorities.
In the year since Uvalde, how has the legislature addressed school safety?
Lawmakers are making a final push for their bills at the state Capitol as the 88th Texas legislative session enters its final weeks. And as the anniversary of the Uvalde mass shooting nears, the spotlight will shine on bills that would address school safety. To learn what lawmakers are doing to im…
Outrage toward police in Uvalde following Nashville school shooting response
Texas state Senator Roland Gutierrez represents Uvalde and says the police response at the Covenant School, in which three students and three teachers were gunned down, was the opposite of the response at the Uvalde massacre. Police in Nashville ran towards the gunfire and killed the shooter in l…
2022 in Review: Uvalde becomes the site of the worst school shooting in Texas history
Elementary school students in Uvalde were two days away from the end of the school year, instead, they were killed in the worst school shooting in Texas history.
Uvalde parents want school district police officers suspended
Parents of Uvalde CISD students want the district to suspend its entire police department. They have been holding vigils and camping outside district headquarters. One of the officers hired by Uvalde CISD was a Department of Public Safety trooper and responded the day of the shooting. CNN reports …
Families of Uvalde shooting victims call for lawmakers to raise age to buy an AR-15
The families of those killed in Uvalde met with Texas Democrats Wednesday to send a message to Gov. Greg Abbott (R): they want the age to buy an assault-style rifle raised to 21. Image credit: Getty Images
After Uvalde, Tarleton State researchers look at mass shooting similarities
Researchers at Tarleton State University have spent the past three months looking at similarities among mass shootings. The team at Tarleton's Institute for Predictive Analytics in Criminal Justice studied 178 mass shootings from 1966 through 2021. Image courtesy of Getty Images
Heavy law enforcement presence in Uvalde on second day of school
Texas Department of Public Safety troopers were positioned outside Uvalde Consolidated ISD on Wednesday -- the second day of school for students. School started after Labor Day this year in the wake of the deadly mass shooting in May.
Uvalde students return to school for first time since mass shooting
Students in the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District returned to class Tuesday for the first time since the mass shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers in May. Chris Fox reports that while some security measures have been added, not every recommendation has been implemented.