Tarrant County ends partnership with unclaimed body program The county has officially ended its partnership with the science center when it comes to unclaimed deceased bodies donated for research. The program was abruptly shut down due to concerns about how it was being handled. The order The Tarrant County District Court voted Tuesday to end […]
NEW YORK — Six New York City public school employees took their children or grandchildren on trips to Disney World, New Orleans and other locations using tickets intended for homeless students, investigators said in a recently released report. The trips, intended to enrich students living in shelters and other transitional housing, also included field trips […]
COLUMBIA, SC — South Carolina baseball coach Ray Tanner knew it was time for a change more than a decade ago when his program was at the height of its success. Tanner couldn’t help but feel that way in his final months as athletic director, even as the Gamecocks were on the upswing. Tanner, 66, […]
Suspect and father in Apalachee High School shooting appear in Georgia court The suspect in the Apalachee High School shooting and his father appeared before a judge Friday morning. Earlier this week, Greenville County Schools (GCS) Superintendent Burke Royster and Greenville County Sheriff Hobart Lewis asked parents for help in reporting potential threats at the […]
Buckeye principal accused of luring will not face criminal charges The order Buckeye Union High School Principal Joseph Kinney will not be charged by the county prosecutor’s office after children were lured to him on the Internet. The Buckeye School Board voted to fire him on September 9. The MCAO stated that conviction was not […]
OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) — The shooting that a 15-year-old critically injured At an Omaha high school on Tuesday, two boys got into a physical altercation before one shot the other in the stomach with a gun hidden under his hoodie, court documents show. The 14-year-old suspect appeared in court Wednesday afternoon and was charged as […]
The moment a group of high school students learned of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center was captured in “harrowing” footage. On September 11, 2001, four coordinated terrorist attacks were carried out by the Islamist extremist group Al-Qaeda. Two planes crashed into the North and South Towers – the Twin Towers – of […]
OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) — About a half-hour after a shooting Tuesday that left a teenager seriously injured at a high school in Nebraska’s largest city, Omaha police have arrested a suspect. Families rushed to Omaha Northwest High School after the school liaison officer reported the shooting during the lunch break at 12:23 p.m. Omaha Deputy […]
Woman completes radiation treatment for breast cancer and wins $5 million lottery A woman who had just completed radiation treatment for breast cancer received good news when she won $5 million on a scratch-off ticket. Scripps News Two years after winning a million dollars in the lottery, a woman in South Carolina hit the jackpot […]
HORRY COUNTY, SC (WPDE) — The South Carolina Department of Education adopted its first cell phone policy on Tuesday. The new policy bans the use of mobile phones in classrooms from January 2025. Parents have begun to express safety concerns and wonder how they can contact their children in the event of an emergency at […]
