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'It was just a whirlwind': Lubbock firefighter recalls battling Smokehouse Creek Fire
Lubbock firefighters were deployed by the Texas Intrastate Fire Mutual Aid System on Feb. 25 for a two-week stint in Childress as the state geared up for severe red-flag weather conditions. Little did they know they'd soon be on the front line battling the largest wildfire in Texas history, burning...
Women share their experience in Vernon College CDL program
VERNON, Texas (KAUZ) - In honor of Women’s History Month, Vernon College is highlighting women who are taking part in the CDL program. For the first time, nearly half of the students are women, pursuing their truck driver’s licenses. The students share they want to encourage other women...
Vernon ISD finds firearm on middle school campus
VERNON, Texas (KAUZ) - The Vernon Independent School District and Wilbarger County Sheriff’s Department found a handgun on the Vernon Middle School campus. The WCSD informed VISD the morning of March 25, a Facebook post from VISD said. The same morning, the School Resource Officer and WCS deputies searched a student’s locker and found a handgun.
Jared McCain makes 8 3s, scores 30 points as Duke ends James Madison’s March Madness run
NEW YORK (AP) — Jared McCain scored 22 of his 30 points in the first half and set a Duke record for an NCAA Tournament game with eight 3-pointers as the Blue Devils ended 12th-seeded James Madison’s dream season with a 93-55 second-round victory. The fourth-seeded Blue Devils...
Heartbreak in University Park after 9-year-old girl dies in car accident
DALLAS — The Park Cities community is coming together for a family involved in a serious crash in Vernon on Saturday. Neighbors and friends say the Mullens family was driving back to Dallas from a spring break trip, when a car hit them head-on, killing their youngest daughter, 9-year-old Molly Mullens."When you hear about it for another parent, you know, your heart just hurts because it can happen to anybody and especially in your own community," says parent, Gia Cicilese, who has a daughter close to Molly's age and goes to her same school. "But when it's when it's a small child,...
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