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Former Valentine ISD employee pleads guilty for stealing federal funds">Former Valentine ISD employee pleads guilty for stealing federal funds</a></h4> <div class="story-row__abstract"><a class="story-row__abstract-link" href="https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/crime/former-valentine-isd-employee-pleads-guilty-stealing-federal-funds/513-a8be05af-ff7e-4257-a78a-e7440d114b67" data-tracking-category="module" data-tracking-action="click" data-tracking-label="storyRow; Former Valentine ISD employee pleads guilty for stealing federal funds">Ernesto Villareal Jr. was believed to have caused the Valentine Independent School District to lose over $300,000.</a></div> </div> </li> <li class="story-row__item story-row__item_size_full"> <div class="story-row__photo"> <div class="story-row__ratio-enforcer"> <div class="story-row__ratio-enforced"> <a class="story-row__image-link" href="https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/as-seen-on-tv/midland-storytelling-festival-connects-communities-through-the-art-stories/513-19a15a04-98a3-4648-8ab8-d695b442b6c1" aria-label="Read Midland Storytelling Festival connects communities through the art of stories" data-title="Midland Storytelling Festival connects communities through the art of stories" data-tracking-category="module" data-tracking-action="click" data-tracking-label="storyRow; Midland Storytelling Festival connects communities through the art of stories"> <img class="story-row__placeholder" loading="lazy" src="https://media.newswest9.com/assets/KWES/images/de1df8bb-9532-41d7-b0d5-9328936b53c2/20241123T013314/de1df8bb-9532-41d7-b0d5-9328936b53c2_16x9.jpg" /> <img class="story-row__image" loading="lazy" alt="" src="https://media.newswest9.com/assets/KWES/images/de1df8bb-9532-41d7-b0d5-9328936b53c2/20241123T013314/de1df8bb-9532-41d7-b0d5-9328936b53c2_750x422.jpg" srcset="https://media.newswest9.com/assets/KWES/images/de1df8bb-9532-41d7-b0d5-9328936b53c2/20241123T013314/de1df8bb-9532-41d7-b0d5-9328936b53c2_16x9.jpg 16w, https://media.newswest9.com/assets/KWES/images/de1df8bb-9532-41d7-b0d5-9328936b53c2/20241123T013314/de1df8bb-9532-41d7-b0d5-9328936b53c2_140x79.jpg 140w, https://media.newswest9.com/assets/KWES/images/de1df8bb-9532-41d7-b0d5-9328936b53c2/20241123T013314/de1df8bb-9532-41d7-b0d5-9328936b53c2_360x203.jpg 360w, https://media.newswest9.com/assets/KWES/images/de1df8bb-9532-41d7-b0d5-9328936b53c2/20241123T013314/de1df8bb-9532-41d7-b0d5-9328936b53c2_540x304.jpg 540w, https://media.newswest9.com/assets/KWES/images/de1df8bb-9532-41d7-b0d5-9328936b53c2/20241123T013314/de1df8bb-9532-41d7-b0d5-9328936b53c2_750x422.jpg 750w, https://media.newswest9.com/assets/KWES/images/de1df8bb-9532-41d7-b0d5-9328936b53c2/20241123T013314/de1df8bb-9532-41d7-b0d5-9328936b53c2_1140x641.jpg 1140w, https://media.newswest9.com/assets/KWES/images/de1df8bb-9532-41d7-b0d5-9328936b53c2/20241123T013314/de1df8bb-9532-41d7-b0d5-9328936b53c2_1920x1080.jpg 1920w" style="opacity:0" onload="this.style.opacity=1" /> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="story-row__text"> <h4 class="story-row__title story-row__title_size_full"><a class="story-row__title-link" data-title="Midland Storytelling Festival connects communities through the art of stories" href="https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/as-seen-on-tv/midland-storytelling-festival-connects-communities-through-the-art-stories/513-19a15a04-98a3-4648-8ab8-d695b442b6c1" data-tracking-category="module" data-tracking-action="click" data-tracking-label="storyRow; Midland Storytelling Festival connects communities through the art of stories">Midland Storytelling Festival connects communities through the art of stories</a></h4> <div class="story-row__abstract"><a class="story-row__abstract-link" href="https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/as-seen-on-tv/midland-storytelling-festival-connects-communities-through-the-art-stories/513-19a15a04-98a3-4648-8ab8-d695b442b6c1" data-tracking-category="module" data-tracking-action="click" data-tracking-label="storyRow; Midland Storytelling Festival connects communities through the art of stories">The festival returns for its 32nd year, bringing together eight storytellers from across the country to celebrate the oral tradition that unites communities.</a></div> </div> </li> </ul> <a class="story-row__more" href="/local">Local News</a> </div> </div> </div> <h3 class="grid__module-heading">VERIFY</h3> <div class="grid__module grid__module_loaded_true grid__module_padding_full" data-analytics-name="Story Row-2"> <div class="grid__module-sizer grid__module-sizer_name_story-row" data-module-sizer="story-row" data-count="2"> <div data-module="story-row" class="story-row"> <ul class="story-row__list"> <li class="story-row__item story-row__item_size_full"> <div class="story-row__photo"> <div class="story-row__ratio-enforcer"> <div class="story-row__ratio-enforced"> <a class="story-row__image-link" href="https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/verify/donald-trump/trump-new-york-hush-money-case-not-dismissed-fact-check/536-9e713f52-5cf9-4237-9873-f0cbde1a5aab" aria-label="Read No, Trump’s New York hush money case was not dismissed" data-title="No, Trump’s New York hush money case was not dismissed" data-tracking-category="module" data-tracking-action="click" data-tracking-label="storyRow; 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No, Trump’s New York hush money case was not dismissed">No, Trump’s New York hush money case was not dismissed</a></h4> <div class="story-row__abstract"><a class="story-row__abstract-link" href="https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/verify/donald-trump/trump-new-york-hush-money-case-not-dismissed-fact-check/536-9e713f52-5cf9-4237-9873-f0cbde1a5aab" data-tracking-category="module" data-tracking-action="click" data-tracking-label="storyRow; No, Trump’s New York hush money case was not dismissed">A judge indefinitely postponed Trump’s sentencing and allowed his legal team to file a motion for dismissal. 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