JACKSONVILLE, Fla. October 12 2022 Police say a man carrying a large ax tried to enter a Florida elementary school and was shot by an officer. First Coast News reports the suspect tried to gain entry through two entrances at Ruth Upson Elementary School on Friday. The school was placed on lockdown, and when the […]
ST CLOUD, Fla. October 10, 2022— A St. Cloud High School student was arrested Thursday after attacking a school resource officer attempting to break up a fight, according to the St. Cloud Police Department. The 15-year-old student is facing charges of battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest after grabbing Officer Russell Ball […]
Baton Rouge LA October 10, 2022, Education officials told state lawmakers Tuesday that fewer than half of Louisiana’s schools have an armed police officer on campus. Louisiana Department of Education administrators revealed the statistic during a meeting of the House Special Committee on School Safety. The department conducted a recent school safety survey, which showed 47% […]
SEMINOLE, Okla. October 7 2022 Many Oklahomans may celebrate their retirement by traveling, relaxing or learning a new hobby, but one man in Seminole chose a much different path – one that’s earned him the nickname “Grandpa” from hundreds of school kids in Seminole. “My grandpa is a very, very sweet man,” said 5th grader Jaxton […]
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. October 5 2022 The Purdue University Police Department is investigating the death of a student in a residence hall as a homicide. According to our sister station WTHR in Indianapolis, a university spokesperson said a 911 call came into the Purdue University Police Department at 12:44 a.m. Wednesday morning from McCutcheon Hall. A […]
ADEL, GA October 5 2022—A longtime Cook County deputy died Monday after breaking up a fight at a school — the first death in the line of duty in the sheriff’s office’s history. Capt. Terry Arnold, a school resource officer at Cook High School, suffered a fatal heart attack after intervening with two fighting students, […]
Tulsa OK October 3 2022 A gunman remains at large after a Friday night shooting at a Tulsa, Oklahoma, high school homecoming game that left one teenager dead and another injured, police said. The shooting occurred just before 10 p.m. at McClain High School of Science and Technology, whose football team was playing the fellow Oklahoma […]
Boston MA October 3 2022 Crime on Harvard’s campus dropped to its lowest level in over a decade last year, with 27 fewer crimes reported than in 2020, according to a report released by the University on Friday. One hundred twenty-five crimes were reported on Harvard’s campus in 2021 — a decrease from 152 in […]
OAKLAND, Calif. Oct 1 2022 At least six adults were wounded in a shooting at a school campus in Oakland on Wednesday, with at least some of the victims found inside the school, authorities said. The shooting took place around 12:45 p.m. at Rudsdale Newcomer High School, authorities said. The school serves recent immigrants ages […]
PHILADELPHIA, Penn. Sept 29 2022— A teen was killed and four others were injured when at least two gunmen ambushed them after a football scrimmage at Roxborough High School. Investigators say the victims, ages 14 to 17, were walking off the field towards the locker room around 4:40 p.m. when shooters fired at least […]