Bill Zeeble

The Republican-majority State Board of Education is scheduled to vote this week on adopting curriculum changes statewide. Critics say the new social studies lessons and reading lists over-emphasize Christianity.

Twenty of the nation's top high school bands are going to New York City's Essentially Ellington Jazz Band Competition and Festival later this month, including Carroll Senior High's jazz orchestra. It's a rare honor for the band, picked from more than 100 hopefuls.

Public colleges and universities in Texas are rolling back or eliminating programs that support programs geared toward Black, Latino, Asian and LQTBQ+ students.

Texas Christian University's women's basketball team has had so many injuries it had to forfeit games and hold an open try-out for walk-ons.

Texas Christian University's women's basketball team has had so many injuries it had to forfeit games and hold an open try-out for walk-ons.

Corporal punishment is still legal in public schools in 16 states. In Texas, a principal was arrested after hitting a child with a wooden paddle. He's now back on the job. The community supports him.

Citing a shortage of school counselors, Texas passed a law allowing chaplains to be school counselors. Some say it's the government's responsibility, not churches', to provide mental health services.

Six finalists competed in the competition in Fort Worth, Texas, including two from Russia and one from Ukraine. An 18-year-old South Korean was the youngest to win in the contest's 60-year history.

We'll have the latest from the hostage situation which developed overnight at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas.

A police SWAT team is conducting operations at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, near Dallas.