Tyler Marx 
Duncan, S.C. Friday’s Byrnes High School active shooter simulation included all Spartanburg School District 5 personnel. The drill tested law enforcement, EMS, fire, and Spartanburg County Emergency Management with phony victims, miscommunication, and other stressors. “We no longer have the luxury of saying, ‘This will never happen here,’” District 5 Director of Public Communications Melissa … Read more
Following the lawsuit roadmap set by Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims, the son of one of 10 people slain at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 is suing Sturm, Ruger & Co. on how it marketed the firearm used in the massacre. Sturm, Ruger & Co., based in Fairfield, Connecticut, was sued Tuesday for “reckless” … Read more
Several holders of student loans are displeased with recent efforts by the Biden administration and financial authorities to save Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank as interest in the Supreme Court’s long-awaited ruling on loan forgiveness rises. “It makes it clear to students and anyone who looks to the government for support that we … Read more
Due to her academic success at Western University, a Wallaceburg high school graduate has been named the inaugural winner of a new scholarship. The first Liu Shiming scholar for the 2022–2023 academic year is Kate Murphy, a studio arts student in her second year. One undergraduate student in the university’s visual arts program will receive … Read more
The family of Jacqueline Marie O’Sullivan McDowell announces her departure at the age of 92 with a mixture of deep sorrow and gratitude for a bright mother. William Michael O’Sullivan and Helen Beatrice Gleason O’Sullivan welcomed Jacqueline on June 29, 1930, in Roslindale, Massachusetts. She attended schools in and around New York City and the … Read more
AL BIRMINGHAM — The Crimson Tide’s pursuit of a national championship has been overshadowed by a fatal shooting in January that involved members of the top-ranked Alabama men’s basketball team. However, the shooting may have been even deadlier because surveillance footage revealed two players in a car hit by bullets in the crossfire. Jamea Harris, … Read more
Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez says a 3-year-old girl accidentally shot and killed her 4-year-old sibling in Texas. “This involves a 3-year-old and a 4-year-old,” Gonzalez said. “The 3-year-old is the alleged shooter. It appears to be unintentional.” The sheriff called the occurrence “tragic” but “extremely preventable,” saying a group of family and friends—five adults … Read more
TEXAS — Lawyers for a guy accused of killing 10 people in a high school shooting in Texas in 2018 want the judge overseeing the case dismissed because they claim he is biased in favor of having experts rule that the former student is competent to stand trial. Dimitrios Pagourtzis, 22, was found unfit to … Read more
Presentation preparations At a Tuesday Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 Board of Education meeting. A discussion about the tutoring program between Oakdale Elementary School and Waukegan High School quickly turned into a memorial for second-grade teacher Kaitlin Schaumberger, who passed away on Friday at age 25. Oakdale Principal Catalina Quinones-Nelson announced that the intended … Read more
On March 9, 2023, Lynda Barr Langford, an attorney, former teacher, and advocate for education passed away. Parents Fredrick Elgin Barr and Lois Watkins Barr, brother Lt. Cmdr. John Frederick Barr, a Navy pilot shot down during the Vietnam War, sister Helen Janette Rhoderick, and aunt Kathie B. Henderson also predeceased her. Her adoptive parents … Read more