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Shocking bodycam footage revealed the moment Texas police officers shot a man in the head with pepper bullets as he sat on the grass outside of a cemetery. Guadalupe County officers were seen in the footage on June 27, 2021, approaching now 44-year-old Ronald Smith, who was sat cross-legged on the grass, with weapons held out in front of them pointed at Smith. Smith's attorney, Andres Cano, told DailyMail.com: 'He's waiting for his wife to come get him and he sees this [guy] running across with a gun pointed at him, yelling shrieking, shouting.' 'Within ten seconds, another one rolls...

SEGUIN — Guadalupe County Schools announced today plans to close all campuses between Friday, May 1 and Monday, May 11. Seguin, Navarro and Marion school districts, along with Lifegate Christian and St. James Catholic schools, are following the advice of the Department of State Health Services regional medical director, who said there are a number of likely cases of swine flu cases throughout the county. The closure includes all UIL and extra-curricular activities. SISD, MISD and NISD follow the lead of Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD and Comal County school districts, which are already closed.

The time to speak out and ask questions about the Trans Texas Corridor is near. Residents in Caldwell and Guadalupe counties will get a better understanding of potential impacts to their land usage and future tax revenues next month during Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) public meetings concerning the proposed corridor. The corridor, as envisioned, would consist of a network of brand-new "transportation routes" that would carry passenger vehicles and large trucks in separate lanes and also provide for railway freight, high-speed commuter rail and "infrastructure" for utilities including water, oil, gas, electricity, broadband and "other telecommunications services," TxDOT says....