This year, the Taft Raiders debuted a new mascot named Rowdy! It’s the first time Taft has had a physical mascot in years.

A program funded by the Texas Department of Transportation and the Youth Safety Council is helping Taft High School students behind the wheel.

Four football players out of Taft High School signed letters of intent to play college ball Thursday afternoon.

Taft High School Fine Arts students say there's a notable reputation that follows their school's name.

A 15-year-old boy who was killed after being ejected in a West Side car crash has been identified as a Taft High School student-athlete.

A Taft High School alumnus has died after a shooting outside of a bar in Manhattan, Kansas early Saturday.

KSAT12 has launched a new series called “KSAT Educator of the Month” and the first winner is Amanda Pyle, Taft High School’s fine arts coordinator and theater director.

Taft High School comes out ready for their Christmas Eve game Thursday afternoon against Buda Hays. SAN ANTONIO – The high school football playoffs continued the day before Christmas, a rare occurrence considering there are still games to be played before all the champions can be crowned. PLAYOFF SCHEDULE: Saturday

SAN ANTONIO More than 100 demonstrators, many of them students, gathered in the hot afternoon sun Thursday in San Antonio to protest police brutality. Demonstrators marched along Culebra Road to the parking lot at Taft High School, where Justin Howell once roamed the halls. Howell, a 2018 graduate of Taft, was seriously injured May 31 when police fired bean bags into the crowd of protesters during a demonstration outside Austin Police Department Headquarters, . Its wrong and theres no other explanation for it, said Billie Billington, who was among one of the marchers Thursday. These kids are out here in this hot sun, pouring out their heart and soul, trying to hear them and hear their cries and hear their pain, she said.

AUSTIN, Texas A black activist who was critically injured after he was shot by Austin police with less-lethal ammunition has been identified by family as Justin Howell, a 20-year-old Texas State University student who recently graduated from Communications Arts High School in San Antonio. GoFundMe information for Taft Band alumni Justin Howell injured in Austin this week. Texas State President Denise Trauth also issued a statement on Twitter confirming Howell is currently a student. Today, I learned one of our students, Justin Howell, was critically injured in a protest in Austin on Sunday, May 31. Howell blasted Manley in the op-ed for failing to take responsibility or apologize to his family and the group of protesters carrying his brother.

Great Graduates 2020: Kaylee BurgessPublished: May 18, 2020, 3:37 pmKaylee Burgess is a senior at Taft High School and she said she is excited about heading to Harvard in the fall.

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