Snakes and other critters seem to be the main concern of Marshall residents who live near overgrown lots around town.

AISD and area superintendents decry the demise of CSCOPE by the Legislature.

PHOENIX (AP) - A federal judge ruled Friday that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Hispanics in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles people.

Directors of animal shelters across Northeast Texas are applauding a state law passed May 10 which immediately bans carbon monoxide euthanasia.

Entertainment

Stew Moss: 6 p.m. Big Texan Beer Garden, 7701 E. Interstate 40. No cover. 806-372-6000.

Motionless in White, Moments till Fall, A Sight to See, Dust to Life, Leagues and Gethsemani: 6 p.m. The Wreck Room at Vientiane Nights, 6007 E. Amarillo Blvd. Cover $14 in advance, $18 at the door. facebook.com/
vientianenights.

The Average Joes: 7 p.m. Joe Taco, 7312 Wallace Blvd. No cover. 806-331-8226.

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Friends and former students are invited to attend a retirement reception Sunday in Happy honoring Carroll Killingsworth, a regional educator for more than six decades.

The reception will be from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday in Happy High School library. Those who are unable to attend may send cards to Carroll Killingsworth, 2422 Fifth Ave., Canyon, TX 79105.

Killingsworth was an area teacher for 67 years, and taught in Kelton, Briscoe, Wheeler, Plainview, Canyon, Shamrock, Happy and Sweetwater, Okla.

Officially, it will not be summer until June 21. But it will feel like summer this weekend, as the city's outdoor pools open today and the Memorial Day weekend is full of plenty of things to do, including music and wine festivals and horse races.

A tablet device for every student, new buses, a fine arts addition at the high school and an indoor practice facility at the high school are just a few of the projects that some community members are suggesting the Midway Independent School District pursu

The junior class at City View Junior/Senior High School and at Bright Ideas Charter School made a strong showing in the final exit administration of the TAKS test this year.

■ On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy told Congress: “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.”

■ In 1787, the Constitutional Convention began at the Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall) in Philadelphia after enough delegates had shown up for a quorum.

■ In 1810, Argentina began its revolt against Spanish rule with the forming of the Primera Junta in Buenos Aires.

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For almost 20 years, Carol Parrymore has hosted an annual Coke float party for each kindergarten class she taught as they graduated high school.