Latest local news, weather and high school sports from Amarillo

Friday, May 03, 2013  Amarillo Independent School District named the 2013 Elementary and Secondary Teachers of the Year Friday morning at the Lamar Lively Teacher of the Year Breakfast.

Saturday, April 20, 2013  Annual Pantex  Electric Car Race hosted at Tascosa High School.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012  There's a program in Amarillo that gives students from every background a chance to get full scholarships. It's now been expanded to include kids who will go to Tascosa High School.

Friday, February 03, 2012  The Amarillo Independent School District is soon going to have to pay a hefty price for Tascosa High School athletes to be able to travel to games next year.

Thursday, August 18, 2011  Teen pregnancy is a hard enough issue for parents and adults to talk about, much less teens. But that's what this group of young people is committed to doing in their own schools.

Monday, July 18, 2011  When a controversy in the 1970's forced Tascosa High School to replace it's flag, school song and mascot, a new flag took it's place.

Friday, February 18, 2011  A flash mob brings a message of awareness.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011  The Kids Inc. Donor Days Blood Drive was a success and four deserving schools took home some cash too.

Thursday, October 14, 2010  A Tascosa High School student was attacked Thursday morning in the school's parking lot.

Thursday, February 18, 2010  The teenager arrested after officers found two handguns, a baton, drug paraphernalia, and a bulletproof vest in his car at Tascosa High has been let go.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010  A Tascosa High School student has been arrested and booked into Potter County Jail for Weapons Prohibited a third degree felony.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009  Newsweek Magazine has ranked Tascosa High School, in Amarillo, in the top 1,500 high schools in the country.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009  17-year-old Jessica Ruiz was indicted on one count of false alarm or report emergency stemming from the February 25th incident where she allegedly called in a tip to Student Crime Stoppers that she saw a student put a handgun into a locker at the school.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009  The Tascosa High School gym in Amarillo was packed to the rafters Tuesday night, for the annual Woodlands Elementary School PE program.

Thursday, February 26, 2009  A Tascosa High School student was arrested after making a false claim that a student had brought a gun to school.