Vietnamese immigrants sue US officials over detentions
Three Vietnamese immigrants have filed a lawsuit alleging U.S. authorities are rounding them up for deportation — even though the Vietnamese government has not agreed to take them back. Vietnam has only agreed to repatriate deportees who arrived in the United States after the two countries … Read More
Letters to the Editor, Wednesday, Feb. 28
The election is on, and I would like to borrow President Donald Trump's “drain the swamp” approach. Charlie Geren has been in the Texas House for about 18 years, and his wife is a lobbyist. I say let's give Bo French an opportunity to see if he can lower taxes …
Big 12 bids: Latest projections show eight teams earning NCAA berths
TCU's 20-year wait for a return to the NCAA tournament is going to end on March 11, Selection Sunday. TCU is slotted as a No. 6 seed in the latest bracketology projections from ESPN's Joe Lunardi. It's the highest the Horned Frogs have been since Jan. 18. The Big 12 …
New federal guidelines lead to closing of Cook Children’s hospital in Hurst
“We did not anticipate this change occurring,” King said in an email to the Star-Telegram. In 2017, there were 25 in-patient cases, 3,587 surgical cases, 7,157 imaging cases, 25,806 urgent care visits and 5,717 emergency visits to the hospital. The average in-patient daily census for 2017 was .001 and in … …
Rep. Summerfield sets listening sessions
State Rep. Rob Summerfield, R-Bloomer, has announced the details of his next three new and rescheduled in-district listening sessions. The events, which are free and open to the public, provide an opportunity for constituents of the 67th Assembly District to ask questions or discuss issues affecting the … Read More
Letter: You’re not from here — you don’t understand
19 letter in The Telegram, “ASF is swimming against the tide”). … minister's comments were supported by Jed Sampson, who suggested in his own letter that it was time the government showed this organization the door (“Come-from-away's comments on wild salmon not welcome,” The Telegram, Feb. Read More
Investors clamor for Telegram ICO
The much-anticipated ICO for Telegram raised $850M in its first round, according to Bloomberg's sources, and the company is more than tripling the price for a new round expected to close early next month. The tokens are called Grams and were initially offered to larger investors for $0.37 each. They're … …
The Latest: Superintendent says most students returned
Broward County Schools superintendent Robert Runcie said about 95 percent of the student body of 3,293 has returned to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, two weeks after a mass shooting killed 17 people. He called Wednesday's attendance "outstanding." Runcie added that there were about … Read More
2 pets killed in Fort Worth house fire, two people critically injured
Two people were critically injured and two family pets were killed early Wednesday in a house fire on Stewart Street, a fire official said. One person was taken to Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth and another was rushed to John Peter Smith Hospital. Two dogs were killed in …
Oxford police chief favors arming schoolteachers
OXFORD – The police chief said he's not against armed teachers in schools, while at least two selectmen are dead set against it. During a presentation titled “What Oxford does to protect its students” given Tuesday to the board of selectmen, Police Chief Anthony P. Saad addressed the selectmen and … …