Although Connecticut may seem far removed from Texarkana, the world at large is mourning the deaths of 27 individuals, including 18 children, after 24-year-old shooter Ryan Lanza entered Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. this morning and changed this quiet bedroom community forever.
More than half of Texas ninth graders who last spring failed one or more of the state's new standardized tests skipped their chance to retest during this past Summer.