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Two people acquired Legionella while living at the Ussery Roan Veterans Home at the end of August, according to Brittany Eck, Press Secretary for the Texas General Land Office, the agency that oversees the operation of eight VA homes in Texas.
One person is being treated for Legionella at the home while the other is a patient at the Amarillo VA Hospital, officials confirmed.

Lila Casler arrived at the Amarillo Tri-State Fairgrounds on Friday morning bearing tubs of homemade cookies for the annual Tri-State Fair & Rodeo Open Culinary competition.
The 91-year-old is a veteran of the competition, whose treats went straight from the oven into the hands of her five children before some eventually landed in front of the judges, going on to win blue ribbons.
But the 1942 Amarillo High School graduate said this one will be her final contest.

Federal raids across Amarillo Tuesday left the city wondering what could have motivated the Drug Enforcement Agency, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigations, Amarillo Police Department’s SWAT Team, and special agents from the Texas Department of Public Safety to descend upon an automobile repair garage and a residential location, detaining suspects and gathering evidence.

CHICAGO (AP) — The mother of Sandra Bland, a black woman who died last summer in a Texas jail after a contentious traffic stop, has reached a $1.9 million settlement in her wrongful-death lawsuit, her attorney said Thursday.

or the second time in three years, the U.S. Border Patrol is apprehending more non-Mexicans than Mexicans along the southwest border, reflecting a renewed surge of Central American migrants fleeing violence and gang warfare in their home countries. 

An infant who was asleep was struck by a gunshot early this morning and is being treated for serious injuries.
According to Amarillo police, the owner and his family of P.D. Smoke Shop, 2714 S.W. 34th Ave., were asleep in the back of the store when someone fired a gunshot through a window on the back of the building.
The incident was reported at 6:24 a.m. today.
A bullet struck a sleeping infant. The infant was transported to a local hospital for treatment, according to a news release.

Canyon authorities are investigating a reported sexual assault at a West Texas A&M University residence hall.
The University Police Department on Wednesday became aware of an incident involving two university students, according to a crime alert posted on the WT website,
The person who reported the assault said a female student was sexually assaulted late Tuesday evening by a male student in his room in a WT residence hall, the alert read.
The victim and the alleged assailant were reportedly known to each other but were not in a dating relationship.

PLAINVIEW — Plainview police say they’ve arrested a man in connection with a shooting early Wednesday morning that prompted Coronado Middle School in Plainview to have a two-hour delayed start.
Police Wednesday afternoon identified the suspect after he turned himself in as Mark Dewayne Hallcy, age 43, of Plainview. He was placed in custody at the Hale County Sheriff’s Department with charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Two Amarillo elementary schools have been recognized as top performers in their peer group by the Texas Education Agency.
San Jacinto Elementary School and South Lawn Elementary School, both in the Amarillo Independent School District, were among more than 400 campuses statewide that met the standard in the 2016 state accountability ratings while also earning all possible distinctions, the TEA announced Wednesday.

An Amarillo Independent School District teacher under criminal investigation for possible inappropriate relationships with students has committed suicide, according to a school letter sent to parents Wednesday.
The teacher was identified as 50-year-old Tim Mohler. He was a sixth-grade social studies teacher at Fannin Middle School.