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A canine distemper outbreak has caused local shelters to refuse accepting incoming animals and is causing issues within Ellis County, commissioners were told at Tuesday’s regular Commissioners’ Court meeting.

Last week, Texans were asked twice to voluntarily conserve energy at home as record demand put stress on the power grid. These conservation requests don’t mean that power outages are imminent — instead, it’s one of the many tools that Texas’ Electricity Reliability Council uses to prevent mass power outages.

LOS ANGELES — Juan Soto bet heavily on his own talent and health by turning down a massive, longterm contract extension from the Washington Nationals. Soto then went to the Home Run Derby at Dodger Stadium and showed why he almost certainly can’t lose.

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Cameron Smith made eight birdies on the final day of the British Open. His 8-under 64 was the lowest closing round at St. Andrews by the champion golfer of the year. His name on the claret jug includes his score of 268, the best ever on the Old Course.

Global supply chain issues have provided a setback to the construction of Jean Coleman Elementary. The new elementary school scheduled to open by the first day of school in August will now be pushed to open at the start of the second semester in January 2023.

UVALDE — The Texas Department of Public Safety is reviewing how 91 state troopers and Rangers responded to the Robb Elementary School shooting to determine if they violated any policies or laws. The agency’s announcement Monday that it had formed an internal committee last week for the inquiry comes nearly two months after an 18-year-old gunman killed 19 students and two teachers in Texas’ worst school shooting — and one day after a Texas House panel report found that 376 law enforcement officers from several agencies descended on the scene in a chaotic, uncoordinated response that stretched for 73 more minutes before the gunman was confronted and killed.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is hosting a blood drive in conjunction with American Red Cross Blood Services from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 6 at the church located at 2418 Brown Street in Waxahachie.