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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Please send items for the calendar to Elisabeth Slay, eslay@news-star.com and/or newsroom@news-star.com. May 26 Wesley United Methodist Church will have its Free Clothes Closet from 10 a.m.

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Bethel Upper Elementary announces honor rolls

The Bethel Upper Elementary School Principal’s Honor Roll includes the following students: Third grade: Tayla Arnold, Kaleb Beals, McKinney Beals, Owen Beesley, Grayson Brooks, Brantley Brown, Jacob Burnett, John Campbell, Ryan Campbell, Korbyn Childers, Brendan Cloud, Dominic Coronado, Cade Curry-Burke, Bailey Davidson, Timothy Duke, Brooklyn Gamble, Allie Hays, Wyatt Hill, Saylor Holland, Damien Ketcherside, Jolee Kirkwood, Aubrie Lee, Lukas Lomeli, Ember Luna, Antonio Marquez, Collyn McGinty, Carter Nowlin, Jaxon Nugent, Jimmie Petty, Kinsley Pinson, Embir Powis, Isabella Prather, Chevelle Rollins, Gabe Samsal, Romeo Schnitker, Jayda Shaw, Bella Spiwak, Jace Stein, Paisley Tackett, Deyla Tucker, Lilly Wade, Carsten Winsett, Greyson Wellman. Fourth grade: Kaydee Jo Anthony, Camreon Beals, Autumn Belvin, Phoenix Brown, Daesha Caudle, Kade Caudle, Alexis Colson, Jakori Dodson, Marshall Dority, Nathan Enoch, Paisley Farris, Eva Giddens, Huck Harris, Mason Lewis, Bentley Logan, Tatum Luschen, Michela Macri, Josie Owens, Garret Pierce, Steven Rogers, Ryan Rose, August Self, Brody Shore, Gage Stevenson, Lara Steward, Chelsea Sweetin, Ali Thomas, Gabriel Tubbs, Jude Turner, Bodee White, Waylon Wilkerson, Ethan Willis, Lydia Winchester.

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NATION AND WORLD NEWS

Gunman kills 19 children, 2 adults in Texas school rampage UVALDE, Texas (AP) — An 18-year-old gunman killed 19 children and two adults as he went from classroom to classroom at a Texas elementary school, officials said, adding to a gruesome, yearslong series of mass killings at churches, schools and stores. The attacker was killed by a Border Patrol agent who rushed into the school without waiting for backup, according to a law enforcement official.

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