WEST, Texas (AP) - Four months after the local fertilizer plant blew up, killing 15 people, transforming the lives of everyone in town and destroying or damaging buildings for blocks around, including their high school, the West Trojans were to play their first football game Thursday on the field that served as the triage site after the blast. The grass was replanted and repainted in preparation for Thursday nights game, which marks a small victory in the citys efforts to reclaim the sense of normalcy that existed before the April 17 explosion. Many of the Wests 2,800 residents were expected to pack the stands for the high schools season opener against the Little River-Academy Bumblebees.
Reported by MyNorthwest.com 3 hours ago.
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