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KTOY News Update

• The Clay Eichler Memorial Fund Raises $160,000 in support of The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club of Texarkana

  On Saturday, May 18th, The Clay Eichler Memorial Fund, through Clay’s Golf and Guitars event, raised $160,000 in support of The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club of Texarkana.

• One in Four Texas Moms Lacks Health Coverage

  Texas leads the nation in the rate of uninsured women of childbearing age, according to a new report from Georgetown University. States that expanded Medicaid coverage saw a 50% greater reduction in infant mortality than non-expansion states including Texas.

• Texas House advances school security bill after shooting

  The move marks the first major action by state lawmakers since the May 2018 shooting at Santa Fe High School .

• Former state lawmaker in Arkansas sentenced to four months behind bars

  Fonda Hawthorne was accused of using public money from the Ashdown-Little River Chamber of Commerce to buy alcohol and tobacco when she was serving as the organization’s director

• Lieutenant governor serving as honorary race director

  Arkansas’ lieutenant governor is serving as the honorary race director at NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600 this weekend.