{"id":355619,"date":"2015-05-20T15:52:04","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T20:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=355619"},"modified":"2015-05-21T15:52:08","modified_gmt":"2015-05-21T20:52:08","slug":"first-lady-visits-tornado-ravaged-van-receives-briefing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=355619","title":{"rendered":"First Lady Visits Tornado-Ravaged Van, Receives Briefing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2015\/05\/image0021.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2015\/05\/image0021-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"image002\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-355620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2015\/05\/image0021-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2015\/05\/image0021-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2015\/05\/image0021.jpg 457w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>VAN \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Texas First Lady Cecilia Abbott Wednesday visited Van, still recovering from extensive damage as a result of a May 10 tornado. According to a news release from the Governor&#8217;s office, the First Lady visited Van Middle School, where she met with school officials, teachers, and students affected by the tornado.  She then toured Van Intermediate School, which sustained heavy damage as a result of the tornado and is closed for the remainder of the school year. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Following the school visits, the First Lady received a briefing from local and state officials regarding ongoing recovery efforts.  Among those who participated in the briefing were Van Mayor Dean Stone, Van Zandt County Sheriff Lindsey Ray, County Judge Don Kirkpatrick, County Emergency Management Coordinator Chuck Allen, county commissioners, and officials from the Texas Department of Public Safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Even among this tremendous devastation, I remain amazed and inspired by the resilience and strength of the Van community. Many in Van lost everything, but I have no doubt they will reemerge even stronger than before,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said the First Lady. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I am heartened to see so many Texans from across the state respond to this tragedy with their help and support. The State of Texas will continue to provide assistance and relief for Van and all those across the state affected by the recent severe weather, and Governor Abbott and I continue to pray for a quick recovery.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>On May 11, Governor Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration for several Texas counties affected by severe weather, including Van Zandt County, where Van is located. The Governor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Office continues to monitor the situation in Van and other Texas communities affected by severe weather, according to the news release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VAN \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Texas First Lady Cecilia Abbott Wednesday visited Van, still recovering from extensive damage as a result of a May 10 tornado. According to a news release from the Governor&#8217;s office, the First Lady visited Van Middle School, where she met with school officials, teachers, and students affected by the tornado. She then toured &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=355619\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">First Lady Visits Tornado-Ravaged Van, Receives Briefing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":355620,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-355619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-15 10:15:24","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=355619"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":355652,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355619\/revisions\/355652"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/355620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=355619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=355619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=355619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}