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Sgt. Mitchell Woodard of the Amarillo Police Department has made several visits to the Northwest Texas Healthcare system in Amarillo this week following his roadside efforts to help a man who was severely injured in a single vehicle accident last weekend.
“I did some inquiries and I found out where he was, and I’ve been going up there almost every day,” said Woodard, who was off duty at the time when he came across a serious accident in Donley County.
The man and his relatives, who have become “like family” to Woodard, will be released from the hospital today.

Amarillo Community Market is moving to the Santa Fe Building Parking Lot at Ninth Avenue and Tyler Street once again today to make room for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. Market hours are from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Because Polk Street will be closed to traffic, the best way to arrive will be to exit I-40 on Washington and go north on Tyler Street to the market.
The Komen race starts at 8 a.m. at Fourth Avenue and Polk Street.
Registration is $35 adults and $30 children and $50 for pet dogs.
For more information call 806-354-9706.

“This is a mission where you get to learn what it takes to be a spy,” said Sarah Silva, Marketing Manager at the Don Harrington Discover Center.
The Discovery Center’s new exhibit for all ages is Top Secret: License to Spy, where you can test your dexterity and stealth as you maneuver through laser beams without getting caught, learn how to write and crack codes, and be enveloped in the covert and surreptitious world where video surveillance, shoe phones, and encoded messages will help find clues to solve the case.

Carlos Mencia remembers his trip to Amarillo in 2012 because of his experience with Rocky Mountain oysters (deep-fried bull testicles) at The Big Texan Steak Ranch.
“I grew up poor,” Mencia said, so “I eat anything and everything and I try to make it taste good.”
Mencia will return to Amarillo on Friday for his Laughin’ and Livin’ tour at the Amarillo Civic Center Complex.
The comedian has evolved over the years, overcoming accusations of joke stealing and completing a weight-loss journey.

“Why, sometimes, I’ve believed six impossible things before breakfast,” the Queen told Alice in Lewis Carroll’s famed writings.
Good advice. Belief in the impossible allows us to move beyond the status quo and pursue a world better than the one in which we currently live.
Belief in the impossible is the foundation for progress.
This might have been the theme of my friend Allison Garrett’s investiture ceremony as president at Emporia State University. Allison even had a student perform a brief portion of this story during her ceremony.

In the intimate, stained-glass venue of First Christian Church, contemporary Christian music group, 1GN, shared a message of strength through the cutlure-inspired tracks of their sophomore album, “Unite.”
Children, teens and young adults gathered to the front of the sanctuary while 1GN raised cellphones in the air to surrender the pressures, the bullying and the unachievable standards placed on their generation by social media.
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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz endorsed Donald Trump on Friday after months of withholding his support from the Republican presidential nominee who defeated him in the primaries. 
"After many months of careful consideration, of prayer and searching my own conscience, I have decided that on Election Day, I will vote for the Republican nominee, Donald Trump," Cruz said in a statement released to The Texas Tribune.
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Sara Freese, director of the Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport, resigned today for personal reasons, according to an internal memo sent out by Interim City Manager Terry Childers.
An acting director will later be named by Childers, the memo read.
Amarillo City Council members said they were shocked by the news and said they didn’t know why Freese resigned.

Texas wants to take its voter identification battle to the U.S. Supreme Court. 
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According to several social media messages published on Thursday, an incident allegedly occurred during an Amarillo High School Mexican-themed pep rally that involved throwing tortillas.
“We are disappointed to learn of the context of Amarillo High's pep rally,” said a statement from Amarillo Independent School District Thursday night. “Before the game tonight, Amarillo High students met with Caprock’s principal to apologize. We hope this situation opened up an opportunity for discussion about the importance of being respectful of others.”