A push to remove LGBTQ-themed books in a Texas county could signal rising partisanship on school boards
Hood Countyโs refusal to remove two books from the childrenโs section of the library sparked a yearslong political battle. Now school board races have taken on a deeply partisan tone, and elections serve as a purity test for far-right politics.
Missing North Texas man killed in suspected mountain lion attack, sheriffโs office says
LIPAN, Texas โ Deputies found the body of a missing 28-year-old North Texas man in a wooded area after he was killed in a suspected mountain lion attack, the Hood County Sheriffโs Office said Saturday. Christopher Whiteley, who was reported missing on Dec. 2, was found around 3:30 p.m. Thursday in a wooded area near the 15000 block of Howell Road in Lipan, Texas. After canvassing the area, the deputies found Whiteleyโs body, the sheriffโs office said. The sheriffโs office has contacted a governmental trapper with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Texas Game Wardens, who are now working to locate the mountain lion. Residents in the Lipan area are urged to be mindful of their surroundings and should keep their young children and pets indoors at night out of precaution in the meantime, the sheriffโs office said.