Tyler Marx 
At the first Robotics Competition South Florida Regional, students from local high schools will compete with robots they have constructed. This tournament pits students from over 40 high schools around the state and even from other countries against one another using robots that the students themselves designed and constructed. The teams will even have a … Read more
Friday, a student at Cypress Grove Intermediate School in College Station, Texas, made a threat against the school, which prompted the administration to place the school in a brief lockdown. The youngster, according to the report filed by the College Station police, ” stated that they possessed an explosive device at the school.” At approximately … Read more
KLAS LAS VEGAS — The first full year of using a new online resource by the Clark County School District is more than halfway through the academic year. A 24/7 online tutoring service called “Paper” is financed using money set out for pandemic assistance. Last July, the school system agreed to a $6 million, one-year … Read more
After a brief illness, Betty Jane Rotan Hairston, a cherished mother, grandmother, aunt, teacher, and friend, passed away quietly on January 18, 2023. born in Woodville, Texas, in July 1929. She studied to become a teacher at the University of Texas in Austin after attending Stephen F. Austin University. Her life, she had held Woodville … Read more
The Supreme Court has concluded its more than three-hour discussion on the Biden administration’s authority to cancel over $500 billion in student loan debt without getting explicit consent from Congress. Many of the 6-3 majority of conservative justices on the court expressed doubt about Biden’s power and questioned the fairness of a program that aids … Read more
A Farmington High School teacher has filed a lawsuit against the Board of Education, claiming that administrators violated her right to free speech while harassing and “gaslighting” her for speaking up in support of special education kids, according to court filings. A 12th-grade English teacher named Heather Maynard claims in a lawsuit filed in the … Read more
BROOKVILLE—Jefferson County Commissioners heard from Jeff Tech (Jefferson County Vocational Technical School) students on Tuesday for Career and Technical Education Month. One student from Ridgway presented. Each student from an independent shop spoke about their distinct Jeff Tech possibilities. Student speakers: Nick Highfield of Brookville, Culinary Arts Nicole Weible of DuBois, Cosmetology Bryce Ansinger of … Read more
The 13-year-old girl heard a male say, “Don’t come to school tomorrow,” in gym class. She initially dismissed it. After school, the eighth-grader couldn’t stop thinking about those words. Newtown, when she was a toddler, was a shooting. Parkland in elementary school. Uvalde, last year, when 19 students and two teachers were shot 384 miles … Read more
On March 1, 2023, Gail E. Combs, 74, of Cambridge, passed away at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. She was the late Jesse Mack Combs and Gladys Hall Elzey’s daughter, born in Cambridge on January 24, 1949. Gail attended Cambridge High School and graduated in 1967. She continued her studies by enrolling in … Read more
Dorothy “Dort” Porter, the youngest child of Russell and Agnes Jorgensen, was born in Wilmot, South Dakota. She was a small child when the Dust Bowl hit, and at age 6, she relocated to Davenport, Iowa, with her mother, older brother Bill, sister Norma, and other family members in quest of a better life. She … Read more