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Correction: Severe Weather-Texas Town story

May 26, 2024, 1:20 PM | Updated: Aug 28, 2024, 3:12 pm

VALLEY VIEW, Texas (AP) — In a story published May. 26, 2024, about tornado damage in Texas, The Associated Press misspelled the name of the Valley View police chief. The chief’s name is Justin Stamps, not Stamms.

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Correction: Severe Weather-Texas Town story