Patricia Gault 
AL. DECATUR – According to a Decatur City Schools (DCS) representative, Decatur High School, and Decatur Middle School were dismissed early on Friday after a potential former student allegedly threatened a teacher in an email. According to Elizabeth Gentle, the communications director for DCS, the school system received three threats of gun violence in the … Read more
When asked by CNN on Wednesday if he would support additional laws to stop gun violence, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy declined, stating he wanted to see “all the evidence.” Mr. McCarthy’s remarks follow the Monday shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, which left three adults and three children, all under nine, dead. “We … Read more
Following a shooting at a community college in North Carolina that put students and staff on lockdown just days after six people were killed in a mass shooting at an elementary school in Tennessee, two suspects are still at large. According to Winston-Salem Police, at about 10:10 a.m. on Thursday, police responded to reports of … Read more
THE NEW YORK several unsettling “swatting” incidents across the state on Thursday are being looked into by the New York State Police. When someone makes a fictitious 911 call regarding a critical situation, that is. It’s important to highlight that we ordinarily wouldn’t write on trends like these. Still, in the wake of Monday’s school … Read more
Agawam Katherine R. Glaessner 1943–2023 Katharine R. (Woods) Glaessner, also known as “Kathy,” “Woodsy,” “Mom,” “Ma G,” or “Mimi,” passed away on March 29, 2023, at the age of 79, in her Agawam home with the help of her family. She fought a stoic fight against metastatic mesothelioma. The oldest child of the late William … Read more
On March 23, 2023, Arlyce A. (Totsy) Moody, 78, of Clear Lake in Gemmell, Minnesota, passed away. The Blackduck, Minnesota-based Cease Family Funeral Home is planning a Celebration of Life. Kenneth W. and Anne E. (De La Barre) Treitline’s daughter Arlyce was born in Waukegan, Illinois, on May 1st, 1944. Arlyce’s family traveled around a … Read more
UTAH’S UVALDE — Further discussions on gun control and school safety have been sparked by the Monday shooting at a school in Nashville, Tennessee. At The Covenant School, a Presbyterian elementary school for preschool through sixth-grade children, three 9-year-olds and three adults were shot and killed. Police shot and killed Audrey Hale, 28, the shooter, … Read more
While spending the winter in Naples, Florida, with his wife Margaret, Daniel Pehrson, age 69, of Rochester Hills, Michigan, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly from a cardiac arrest on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. He spent his final days basking in the sunshine he loved and watching the dolphins and boats in Doctors Pass. His 44-year-old … Read more
On March 25, 2023, Kathryn Ann Zwickel, 78, passed away in the Augusta University Medical Center. Her parents, the late Hadley DeLorme and Frances Day Brown gave birth to her on March 14, 1945. David R. Zwickel, Kathryn Ann’s spouse of 27 years, her cherished sister Rebecca “Becky” Skelton, and her brother-in-law Raymond Skelton predeceased … Read more
LANSING — After extensive renovations, Steele Elementary School in Mason reopened with new classroom doors last fall. They had locks that worked, but they also had devices with visual indications that showed if the door was locked. Anyone within the room can see a red indicator when the deadbolt is engaged and the door is … Read more