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 … 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 … 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 … Read more
Sarah Pazokian and Farah Rosaleen founded a foundation to combat period poverty as high school sophomores. Every day at Cary’s Green Hope High School, they saw what research has shown about “period poverty”—that menstruating women without period products are likelier to miss work or school. … Read more
On Sunday, February 26, 2023, Bruce Leonard MacCall Sr. CDR, CEC, USN (ret), 86, of Charlottesville, passed away quietly at home. He was the son of the late Harry F. and Beulah L. MacCall and was born on October 31, 1936, in Orange, New Jersey. … Read more
On February 24, 2023, Benito Carrillo (Ben), 89, of Merrillville, Indiana, formerly of East Chicago, Indiana, died away quietly with his devoted wife and daughters by his side. In addition to his two daughters, Monica (Patrick) Carrillo-Klein and Marsha A. Rodriguez, Benito is also survived … Read more
KY LOUISVILLE — A plan establishing state rules for how teachers and local school boards handle discipline in classrooms is being considered by lawmakers in Kentucky’s House of Representatives. House Bill 538 would require local boards of education to expel a student for at least … Read more
After a brief cancer fight, 84-year-old Marshfield resident Mary-Lou McLean died on February 21, 2023. Mary-Lou was the mother of two, grandmother of three, and friend to many. Her husband of 62 years, Mac McLean, died in 2020. Cambridge, Massachusetts, the birthplace of Mary-Lou. Scituate, … Read more
A “TikTok riot” caused a school to abandon plans for “gender neutral” PE supplies and skirt bans. On Friday, in Banbury, Oxfordshire, police broke up a “disturbance” at Warriner School. After students defied the regulations, the school closed. The school rescinded its gender-neutral uniform policy. … Read more
A Texas school shooting survivor in a Sunday audition brought the “American Idol” judges to tears. Trey Louis, 21, a salesperson from Santa Fe, Texas, often known as “Trey from the Fe,” sang a moving cover of Whiskey Myers’ “Stone” for Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, … Read more