Student Stabbed On Campus

NEW LONDON — An East Texas student is stabbed in the back on campus. That’s according to West Rusk CCISD Superintendent Tommy Alexander. The student was released from the hospital Friday and is expected back in school next week. Earlier, an official with the school district confirmed that there was a “situation” at the district’s junior high school Thursday. The assistant superintendent for the school district said the event was isolated, and had been resolved, but the school district sent a letter home with sixth- through twelfth-grade students. According to KETK, the Rusk County Sheriff’s Office said the incident is being investigated and New London police had transported a juvenile to the Juvenile Detention Center in Longview in connection with the assault.