The school district in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 students and two teachers were killed in May, has suspended its entire police force pending the outcome of a probe, the district said in a statement Friday, October 7. The district said it suspended all activities of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police …
Read More »Greg Abbott Slams Uvalde School District For Hiring Officer Under Investigation For Botched Response to Massacre
Uvalde school officials announced that they have fired newly-hired district officer Crimson Elizondo, who was discovered to have been one of the officers under investigation for failing to take action during the massacre in May where a gunman shot and killed 19 children and two teachers. Elizondo was a state …
Read More »Court remands Kwara district head and his two sons for alleged kidnapping
One of the two kidnappers killed A Magistrate Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, has ordered the remand of a district head, Alhaji Ibrahim Ahmad, his two sons over their alleged involvement in the kidnapping of a mother and her son. Ahmad, 55, who is the Magaji Alase of …
Read More »Bible among ‘controversial books’ banned by Dallas area school district
A Texas school district has pulled the Bible and over 40 other books from its libraries after the books sparked complaints from parents and community members. The Keller Independent School District emailed principals on Tuesday morning, August 16, ordering the temporary removal of the books, according to the Dallas Morning News. …
Read More »A walk across fells to a great pub: the Kirkstile Inn, Lake District
The Kirkstile Inn was first documented in 1549. Then a farm, it was sold by west Cumbria’s St Bees Priory after the dissolution of the monasteries. Today, it’s a pub with low-beamed ceilings and old fireplaces popular both with locals and tourists stopping for a post-walk meal and a pint …
Read More »L.A. district attorney declines felony charges for suspect in Dave Chappelle Hollywood Bowl attack
LA’s woke DA George Gascon has declined felony charges against the man who attacked Dave Chappelle at his Hollywood Bowl concert, reducing the charges to a misdemeanor instead. 23-year-old Isaiah Lee ran on stage to attack Chappelle at the show on Wednesday yielding the knife that was hidden inside a gun. Luckily, the …
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