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I asked if he ever talked about it. Jason shook his head no. Did they find out anyway? “Always.” The first time was at Fort Benning in 1994, in the middle of the hell of basic training. The ex-cop recruits in boot camp with him said that prisoners had more freedom than they did. There were guys who faked suicide attempts to get out of basic. But Everman never had any doubts. “I was 100 percent,” he told me. “If I wasn’t, there was no way I’d get through it.” He had three drill sergeants, two of whom were sadists....

EVERMAN, Texas — A high school principal has left her position two weeks after singling out black students' poor test scores over the school's intercom system. The Everman Independent School District announced Kathy Culbertson's departure in a Tuesday statement. It said her comments had overshadowed district achievements. During an address on the first day of classes at Everman High School, Culbertson said black students who failed math on the state's accountability test had caused the high school to be rated unacceptable. The remarks set off a racially charged debate at the suburban Fort Worth campus, which is about 59 percent...

Everman Principal Leaves Following Remarks EVERMAN – The Everman High School principal who highlighted black students’ poor math scores over the school intercom has stepped down. The decision was announced Tuesday afternoon after Superintendent Jeri Pfeifer met with faculty and school board members. A written statement released by the district said Kathy Culbertson’s comments on the first day of school have overshadowed other district achievements and put the high school at the center of attention for the last two weeks. “Neither the district nor Ms. Culbertson believes in the isolation of any student group or that students are solely to...

2 dead, 1 wounded in Everman shooting Everman police say attack in home appears to be murder-suicide 02/08/2003 By LAURIE FOX / The Dallas Morning News WFAA-TV Police set up crime scene tape around the scene of the shooting. EVERMAN - A man, his wife and teenage son were found shot early Friday in what police described as an apparent murder-suicide. A 19-year-old University of Texas at Arlington student died at the scene from a gunshot wound to the head. His father died on the way to John Peter Smith Hospital, and his mother was critically injured. All three...

Three shot in Tarrant County 02/07/2003 From Staff Reports One person died and two others were wounded Friday morning in a shooting incident in Everman. The shooting was reported about 8:30 a.m. in the 800 block of West Barron Avenue in that southern Tarrant County community. WFAA-TV Police set up crime scene tape around the scene of the shooting. Police said one man was killed in the gunfire; a man and a woman were wounded and transported to local hospitals. Authorities were continuing to investigate the incident late Friday morning. No additional information was immediately available. WFAA-TV reporter Karin...