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Five school districts in the Amarillo area earned B ratings across the board in Texas's latest accountability report, with River Road ISD making the biggest leap by jumping nine points from a C to a B. The progress shows schools are closing achievement gaps and helping more students succeed.
At Amarillo's MLK celebration, community leaders literally passed torches to youth mentors in a moment that brought hundreds to their feet. The ceremony transformed a traditional memorial into a call for young people to carry civil rights work forward.
Two Amarillo students studying animal science at Oklahoma State University earned prestigious scholarships as part of a record $1.8 million awarded to agriculture students. One student also earned membership in the nation's oldest collegiate honor society.
An Army veteran's wind turbine recycling company has exploded from 10 to 120 employees in just one year, keeping hundreds of thousands of tons of turbine blades and metal out of landfills. Destructable is proving that renewable energy can be truly sustainable.
An Amarillo high school teacher just became the first educator in Texas history to win a national teaching honor. Theresa Miller's 27-year dedication to servant leadership education just earned her Chick-fil-A's Teacher of the Year award.
Amarillo ISD is rolling out a dedicated virtual school with teachers focused solely on online students, not juggling both in-person and remote classes. The program opens this fall with a $200,000 grant backing the first two years.
After losing 15 years to addiction and sleeping on streets, Cassandra Tortoreo just got accepted to Amarillo College's Nursing Program. Her story captivated over 600 people at a luncheon celebrating women rebuilding their lives through recovery.
When Rebecca Boening's blood sugar plummeted while driving, she barely made it to a Burger King drive-thru. What employee Tina Hardy did next saved her life.
The Wichita Wind Surge made baseball history Thursday night, launching 10 home runs in one game. Only one Major League team has matched that feat in over a century.
A fruit company and Texas supermarket chain turned apple and pear sales into 5,000 pairs of warm socks for people experiencing homelessness. For those living on the streets, a dry pair of socks can mean the difference between cold misery and basic comfort.
After wildfires tore through the Texas Panhandle, volunteers and organizations turned out in force to make sure families didn't face recovery alone. From temporary housing to donated clothes filling a church gym, the community is wrapping its arms around neighbors who lost everything.
A team of college students just drove a solar-powered car they built from scratch nearly 2,000 miles from Minneapolis to Texas, becoming the first team ever to win the championship twice. Their homemade vehicle weighed just 660 pounds and ran entirely on sunshine.
A desperate farm kid's theft of a guitar changed country music history. The judge who gave Roger Miller a choice between jail and the Army accidentally launched one of the genre's most beloved careers.
Costa Rica's capital is fighting urban heat with a massive greening project. The city will plant 3,000 trees this year to create shade and lower temperatures in neighborhoods where concrete has trapped heat.