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DAILY LIGHTTHurSDAY

5.29.2014

Waxahachie iSD FaceSThReaTS

Police detain 2 juveniles for text message threat

Photo by Scott Dorsett/Daily Light A Waxahachie Police De-

partment tactical officer directs other units at the Waxahachie High School and

Ninth Grade Academy campuses while students and teachers sheltered in place after two students

received anonymous text message from someone threatening to “shoot up” the school.

Finley receives third bomb threat this year

Shelly conlonDAILY LIGHT STAFF WrITer

Waxahachie police de-tained two Red Oak high school students connected to threatening text mes-sages, which triggered Waxahachie Independent School District to issue a “shelter in place” alert for Waxahachie High School and the Ninth Grade Academy on Wednesday morning.

At approximately 9:45 a.m., WHS officials re-ceived concerning infor-mation that warranted heightened security due to a potential unauthor-ized visitor, a statement by WISD officials read.

Lt. Todd Woodruff of the Waxahachie Police De-partment said a couple of

students received threat-ening text messages from an unknown person.

"In the texts, the sus-pect was threatening to 'shoot up' the school," he said.

WPD officials worked with Red Oak ISD police to detain the juveniles connected with the threats. The students are now in WPD custody.

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Photo by Scott Dorsett/Daily LightWaxahachie Police Chief Chuck Edge (left) talks with WISD Superintendent Jeremy Glenn about the situation.

By Shelly conlonDAILY LIGHT STAFF WrITer

Finley Junior High faced it’s third bomb threat this school year on Wednesday.

At 11:40 p.m., a bomb threat was made by a written threat, and stu-dents were immediately evacuated to the College Street Church of Christ. Finley faced two threats on Feb. 27 and Feb. 28, of which police have stated don’t seem to be related to a March threat at the Ninth Grade Academy. No one had been taken into custody as of 4:40 p.m., according to WISD spokes-woman Nicole Mansell.

Currently, it’s not con-firmed whether this threat is connected to the previ-ous three. However, a stu-dent was arrested for the

threat made in March, the day the threat occurred. As of press time, The Waxa-hachie Daily Light had not received a return call or email from the Waxa-hachie police on further details about Wednesday’s threat.

If a student is connected to Wednesday’s threats, WISD officials and police have stated in previous Waxahachie Daily Light articles, the consequences a student would face.

An offense like this, Waxahachie Criminal In-vestigation Lt. Todd Wood-ruff said in a previous

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By MiKe SacKeTTDAILY LIGHT COrreSPOnDenT

Ellis County Commis-sioners and residents drew lines and each side sharply argued for or against the use of biosolids on county farmland Tuesday after-noon.

The subject was brought to the commissioners court by Commissioners Ron Brown and Paul Perry. Brown placed an item on the agenda requesting the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) enforce regula-

tions in regard to the application of biosolids in Ellis County.

Perry’s agenda item requested a discussion on waste-based products being distributed in Ellis County.

Of the more than 10 public speakers address-ing the commissioners, there were as many for as against the use of biosol-ids in the county. But all speaking were passionate with regards to their posi-tion on the subject.

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county court unable to regulate biosolids

11 percent of ellis County voters turn out for runoff

Photo by Tiffany Russell/Daily Light internPolitical signs for the District 10 State Representative candidates John Wray and T.J. Fabby are posted outside a pollling location in Waxahachie on Tuesday.

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By anDReW BRanca DAILY LIGHT STAFF WrITer

Ellis County residents voiced their opinions on Tuesday night by casting their ballot in the runoff election. There were ap-proximately 11.5 percent of the 91,000 registered voters who turned out for the runoff.

“I thought that it was a very impressive turnout for a runoff election right off of a holiday weekend. I would think that if you are

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