Gideon Rogers

1 week ago | texasstandard.org | Paul Flahive |Gideon Rogers

From Texas Public Radio:This story is part of When Home is the Danger, a multi-part series on how Texas is leaving children in dangerous homes and families without ongoing support or monitoring. In July 2022, Lauralei Crouch searched the Internet for advice on how to report child abuse. Her inquiries were not academic: Prosecutors say Crouch had for weeks been watching her boyfriend pummel his 2-year-old son, Wyatt, slapping and flinging him into tables and door jambs as punishment.

3 weeks ago | texasstandard.org | Paul Flahive |Gideon Rogers

From Texas Public Radio:This story is part of “When Home is the Danger,” a multi-part series on how Texas is leaving families without ongoing support or monitoring and children in dangerous homes. Until the end of October, Susie Wilson drove every few weeks the 90 minutes south from Abilene to a tiny speck of a place called Trickham — a ghost of a town with a population last registered as 12. “This is the first time I have made the trip by myself.

Dec 3, 2024 | texasstandard.org | Josh Peck |Gideon Rogers

From Texas Public Radio:Joshua Reyna moves past Hard Rock Cafe downtown in his horse-drawn carriage. “Snowman’s a full Clydesdale but he’s not fast, he’s just nice,” he said. Snowman is Reyna’s horse, who he’s been partnered with for about a year. Snowman is one of the 40 to 50 horses Reyna has worked with during his time as a carriage operator. Reyna works for HRH Carriage Company, one of the five permitted horse-drawn carriage companies in San Antonio. Each has permits for five carriages.

Jan 20, 2024 | army.mil | Gideon Rogers

MCALESTER, Okla. — Colonel Gabriel Pryor, commander of McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, addressed key educators and influencers at Kiamichi Technology Center-McAlester’s “Sending School" Appreciation Luncheon, Jan. 12. "Sending Schools" are partner schools that send vocation-focused 11th and 12th grade students to Kiamichi Technology Center (KTC) for specialized training.

Dec 21, 2023 | army.mil | Gideon Rogers

McALESTER, Okla. — McAlester Army Ammunition Plant (MCAAP) covers 45,000 acres, which is comparable in size to Washington, D.C. It encompasses more than 16,000 acres of timberland, 14,000 acres of grassland, 10,000 acres of brush land and 1,000 acres of aquatic habitat and wetlands.