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Students got hold of
personal data
law enforcement officials said.
“We were told it had something to
do with a homework compromise, so
we are a little late in the game [for in-
vestigation purposes],” Wilkerson said.
Melaynee Broadstreet, the district’s
director of communications, said the
breach was discovered when campus
administrators called in a student to
discuss another issue.
“The student asked the administra-
tors if he was being questioned about
Corinth police start
investigating breach
at Lake Dallas High
breach at Lake Dallas High School.
Assistant Police Chief Greg Wilker-
son said Tuesday that a parent reported
on Feb. 3 that his daughter’s lunch ac-
count was hacked into last spring.
“He reported someone hacked into
it and began charging up [items on] his
daughter’s account,” he said.
The case, which was assigned to a
detective Friday, will be investigated as
fraudulent use or possession of identify-
ing information.
The charges to the account were
made only during a short period of time
last year, Wilkerson said. They could
very well be linked to the data breach
that school district officials discovered
in December, he said.
On Jan. 16, Lake Dallas ISD sent let-
ters to the families of students, former
students and employees indicating that
personal information belonging to
about 3,900 students and 320 employ-
ees was exposed when a few students
accessed two files on the district net-
work. District officials said the informa-
tion obtained included names, birth
dates, Social Security numbers and
lunch code numbers.
“The parent put two and two togeth-
er after getting the notice from the
school and made a report,” Wilkerson
said.
He said the police department re-
ceived many calls when parents re-
ceived the letter last month, but police
have had only the one report of illegal
activity so far.
The district’s school resource officer
first learned of a potential data breach
on Dec. 17, but the district decided to do
its own internal investigation instead,
By Megan Gray-Hatfield
and Britney Tabor
Staff Writers
mgray @ dentonrc.com
btabor@dentonrc.com
Corinth police are gearing up to be-
gin a thorough investigation into a
claim of identity theft finked to a data
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complaints about how
Hispanics were portrayed
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and Emily Wagster Pettus
Associated Press
CHARLESTON, WVa.
rampant diabetes and obesity, Missis-
sippi and West Virginia have struggled
with health crises. Yet when it comes to
getting children vaccinated, these states
don’t mess around.
The states, among the poorest in the
country, are the only ones that refuse to
exempt schoolchildren from mandato-
ry vaccinations based on their parents’
personal or religious beliefs. Separate
efforts to significantly loosen those rules
died in both states’ legislatures last
week.
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From left, volunteers Bill Bonds, Ted Trippe, John Williamson and Craig Schmidt unload produce Tuesday morning at
Vision Ministries.
Fresh options
Mississippi has the highest immuni-
zation rate in the country for children
entering kindergarten at 99.7 percent,
while West Virginia is at roughly 96
percent, according to the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention. The
figures cover vaccines for measles,
mumps and rubella; diphtheria, teta-
nus and pertussis; and varicella, or
chickenpox.
Public health officials say a 90 per-
cent immunization rate is critical to
minimizing the potential for a disease
outbreak.
“Mississippi is not traditionally
viewed as a leader on health issues. But
in this area, they should be proud of the
fact that they have not changed this law.
Mississippi and West Virginia could be
NBC announced Tuesday
that it is suspending Brian
Williams as Nightly News
anchor and managing
editor for six months
the North Texas Food Bank are eligible to
pick up about 1,000 pounds a week.
For now, they are picking up as much
as they can distribute, which is turning
out to be a challenge, according to Mi-
chael Pirtle, spokesman for Vision Min-
istries.
Vision Ministries distributes to any-
one who says he or she is in need, Pirtle
said. The agency doesn’t verify financial
need as long as the individual doesn’t
come more than once every 90 days.
Essentially, if someone comes in and
asks for help, Vision will help the person
fill a food basket, Pirtle said.
Jodi Massey, at First Refuge, said its
clients are happy and excited to have the
produce. Many of the nonprofit’s clients
use food stamps to help buy their grocer-
ies, but they often choose not to use the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Denton food banks start
offering fruits, veggies
By Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe
Staff Writer
pheinkel-wolfe @ dentonrc.com
Local food banks are now receiving
weekly deliveries of crisp apples, juicy
grapefruit, nutritious sweet potatoes and
other fresh produce for hungry residents.
Vision Ministries and First Refuge
Ministries take turns meeting a truck
that drops off fresh fruits and vegetables
every Tuesday in Lewisville. Thanks to a
grant, the Denton groups that are part of
without pay for mislead-
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experiences covering the
Iraq War.
‘It’s a wonderful problem to have,” he
said.
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Pirtle stops short of saying the pro-
duce is available to anyone. The nonprof-
it doesn’t want the food to go to waste,
but it also wants to make sure the food
gets into the hands of people who need it.
“We tell people you can take as much
as you can make [into meals],” he said.
INTERNATIONAL
Fighting intensified Tues-
day in eastern Ukraine as
pro-Russia rebels and
Ukrainian troops sought
to extend their gains
ahead of crucial peace
talks, and the government
accused the separatists of
shelling a town far behind
the front fines
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Gov. Greg Abbott did not attend the
announcement and no plans have been
formalized. But an extended guard de-
ployment is the latest signal that Texas’
new conservative leadership is planning
record state spending on border security,
even while acknowledging that illegal
crossings have slowed dramatically.
Patrick, who also took office in January,
would not say how many guard troops
would remain. He said maintaining the
mission through May would cost an extra
$12 million, and that he expects Abbott to
call for emergency spending to keep the
guard on the border through August.
We cannot pull back now,” Patrick
said. “Under no circumstance should we
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slated for March return
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By Paul J. Weber
Associated Press
AUSTIN — National Guard troops
sent to the Texas-Mexico border last sum-
mer are now in fine to stay indefinitely and
not come home in March as originally
planned, Republican Texas Lt. Gov. Dan
Patrick said Tuesday.
The shift comes only four weeks after
Rick Perry, who ordered 1,000 armed
guard troops to the Rio Grande Valley in
one of his last major acts as Texas gover-
nor, was replaced by a successor who has
promised an even tougher fine on border
security.
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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, right, makes his way to a news conference Tuesday at the
Capitol in Austin. National Guard troops sent to the Texas-Mexico border last
summer are now in line to stay indefinitely and not come home in March as
originally planned, Patrick said Tuesday.
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