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

ST. PAUL, Minn. – State Senator Rich Draheim, who represents Madison Lake, is presenting his proposed legislation to the Education Policy Committee of the Minnesota Senate. If it were to become law, it would make it mandatory for high school seniors in Minnesota to complete an online course on personal finance before graduating. The course … Read more

On February 27, 2023, Anthony John “Duke” Balady Sr., of Durham, North Carolina, and formerly of Wayne, New Jersey, passed away quietly in his own home. He was 64. Duke Balady was born on May 23, 1958, in Paterson, New Jersey, as the sixth of his parent’s eight children. He graduated in 1976 from Paterson’s … Read more

A loving wife, mother, grandmother, and GG, Mary Louise (Regini) Colturi, 99, passed away quietly on February 27, 2023, at The Village at South Farms, a memory care community in Middletown. She was the daughter of the late Francesco and Lucia (Lauretti) Regini, immigrants from Italy who emigrated to the United States in search of … Read more

SANTA ROSA, Calif. On Thursday, detectives investigated a confrontation between three Northern California high school students, culminating in one fatally stabbing the other in front of more than two dozen classmates. A 15-year-old freshman was arrested for homicide and other crimes after a fatal stabbing in an art classroom at Montgomery High School in Santa … Read more