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Active Shooter Drill Conducted At Irving School

The Irving ISD was closed on Friday, but one campus was still buzzing with emergency officials, staff members and student volunteers as an active shooter drill was conducted.

2013/03/29

A man views an image December 16 , 2012 in Washington, DC of Robbie Parker and his daughter Emilie on a Facebook site memorializing the young girl, who was one of the victims in Fridays' mass shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. Robbie Parker, a 30-year-old hospital physician's assistant who cares for sick newborns, said the death of his loving six-year-old Emilie should "inspire us to be better, more compassionate and caring toward other people." Parker included the family of the apparent shooter, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, in his condolences, addressing them through the news media to say: "I can't imagine how hard this experience must be for you." AFP PHOTO/Karen BLEIER (Photo credit should read KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images)

Sandy Hook Victim’s Father To Throw First Pitch At Rangers’ Home Opener

The father of six-year-old Emilie Parker, who was killed in the horrific tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, will throw the ceremonial first pitch prior to the Texas Rangers’ home opener on Friday, April 5.

2013/03/22

Henry Honors Victims Of Conn. School Shooting

J.J. Henry slipped on a white golf cap that prompted questions because of the four letters stretched across the front. That was the whole idea.

2013/01/04

DFW Gun Shows Expect High Attendance

Two gun shows will be held in Dallas this weekend, as well as one in Weatherford, and attendance at the shows is expected to be high — perhaps even record-breaking.

2013/01/03

Shooting Tragedy Vigil Held In Richardson Sikh Temple

Members of various religious communities gather at a Sikh Temple to offer prayers for the families whose young children and their teachers were shot and killed in the Newtown tragedy.

2012/12/23

Fort Worth Gun Show Attendance Up

A little more than week after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary the debate over control has many people interested in buying new weapons.

2012/12/22

Wylie High School Students Honor Newtown Victims With Silence

As the nation paused at 9:30 a.m. on Friday morning to remember the victims of the Newtown, Connecticut shootings, students thousands of miles away at Wiley High School took part in a silent memorial.

2012/12/21

NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre calls on Congress to pass a law putting armed police officers in every school in America during a news conference on December 21, 2012 in Washington, DC. (credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

NRA Calls For Armed Police Officer In Every School

The nation’s largest gun-rights lobby called Friday for armed police officers to be posted in every American school to stop the next killer “waiting in the wings.” The NRA broke its silence on last week’s elementary school shooting that left 26 children and staff dead.

2012/12/21