 and then sometime in the middle of next week, it will emerge of a funnel system over the Mississippi Valley, and that will be the end of Beryl. State and local officials in Texas have urged coastal residents to be prepared for possible storm surge, flooding, heavy rains, and high winds. Some Texas cities called for voluntary evacuations in low-lying areas prone to flooding. Also at townhall.com, correspondent Jackie Quinn reports on a mass shooting at a birthday party in northern Kentucky that's left four people dead.