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
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
DARROW – After a shooting in Ascension Parish on Sunday, a teenage boy was slain and his sibling remains in critical condition. The incident took place in Darrow on LA 22, according to the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office. The other kid was brought to a hospital in severe condition, and deputies discovered a teenage male … Read more
BROCKTON, Mass — A Brockton man accused of shooting and injuring his girlfriend and fatally shooting his stepson early Tuesday morning has been held without bail, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz has announced. Shortly after the incident, Justelino Resende, 38, of Brockton, located him at 229 Grafton Street and took him into custody. … Read more
PHILADELPHIA — The investigation continues into the shooting death of a 15-year-old. The child was struck by a shower of gunfire Monday afternoon, only steps from his high school. Grief counselors were at two Philadelphia high schools Tuesday after the 15-year-old was shot 10 times and murdered. Police identified the 15-year-old as Neko Rivera. He’d … Read more