Patricia Gault 
The island of color in the midst of the yard contrasts sharply with the heavy hearts burdening Sumter all week. On Thursday afternoon, many bright floral arrangements, plush animals, including an orange Tow Mater from “Cars,” and other mementos of remembrance heaped up in front … Read more
DALLAS — A 17-year-old was shot and killed in Old East Dallas on Wednesday, according to Dallas police. According to the Dallas Police Department (DPD), officers were called to the 600 block of North Prairie Avenue at 9:10 p.m. on Wednesday about a person found unconscious … Read more
A man whose son was killed in the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting was arrested Thursday after disrupting a joint subcommittee hearing by Republicans in defense of Second Amendment rights. Manuel Oliver, 55, was detained in the Rayburn House Office Building on Thursday, … Read more
On March 9, 2023, Myrtha Castellvi, 88, of Bolingbrook, Illinois, passed away. She was born to Mirta Aguiar and Fernando Casado in Santiago, Cuba, on November 16, 1934. Loving mother to Robert (Laura) Castellvi, Paul (Alicia) Castellvi, and Margaret (Jay) Bucsa. Grandma of Mathew and … Read more
AUSTIN — Following the mass shooting on May 24 that left 19 children and two teachers de@d, parents in Uvalde can now see what the new elementary school that will replace Robb Elementary will look like. The new campus is expected to accommodate 800 students. … Read more
EAST LANSING —Five months before the massacre that left eight students de@d on the Michigan State University campus, two faculty members voiced their concerns to the school’s administrators about the absence of door locks in campus facilities. At a board planning meeting on September 8, … Read more
According to his defense attorney, a 15-year-old student was charged with using a long gun in a shooting outside Arlington’s Lamar High School on Monday morning, leaving one classmate dead and another injured. Ja’Shawn Poirier, 16, was named as the victim of Monday’s shooting outside … Read more
DENVER — The body of a 17-year-old student suspected of shooting two administrators at his Denver high school earlier in the day was discovered Wednesday night in the woods of Colorado close to the student’s abandoned car, according to a sheriff. The body was located … Read more
DENVER — According to soccer coach Kirk Bast, Wednesday’s shooting at East High School was the third school-related shooting of his time as an educator. “Shocked, and then to be honest I’m angry,” Bast said. “It brings things back up, that’s for sure.” For ten years, … Read more
The Metropolitan School District of Washington Township board has named Indiana City A new North Central High School interim principal. According to the school board, Dr. Eugene White will start on Thursday. The committee expressed excitement to have White, a former North Central principal and … Read more