With the rise of ChatGPT, artificial intelligence has become one of the buzziest topics in education, holding space as both a point of concern and a symbol of the future. At the 56th annual Carroll F. Johnson Scholastic Achievement Dinner, hosted by the Lower Hudson Council of School Superintendents to honor valedictorians and salutatorians, the […]
The Carroll school board voted Wednesday to authorize a lawsuit challenging the Biden Administration’s “redefinition of sex in Title IX.” The nonprofit Alliance Defending Freedom of Scottsdale, Arizona, will represent the district pro bono. The Biden Administration announced proposed changes in April. They would broaden protections for LGBTQ and pregnant students. The 7-0 vote was […]
Carroll school board president Cameron Bryan said the district did not receive findings of fact or legal conclusions in a letter from the Department of Education, three years after discrimination complaints were filed. Bryan spoke after several parents pleaded with the school board to provide answers to the community concerning negotiations with the DOE after […]
Southlake Carroll school board trustees voted unanimously Monday night to adopt a resolution denouncing the Biden Administration’s changes to Title IX, which call for expanding protections to include LGBTQ+ students. The board’s decision comes on the heels of a letter from Gov. Greg Abbott ordering the Texas Education Agency to ignore the changes, which are […]
UPDATE 1:37 P.M. CARROLL COUNTY, Va. (WFXR)– VDOT has cleared the tractor-trailer crash on I-77 in Carroll County. All lanes have been reopened at this time. – CARROLL COUNTY, Va, (WFXR)– The Hillsville Fire Department has provided further details about the tractor-trailer crash on I-77 in Carroll County. According to the fire department, crews were […]
Lane Ledbetter, who grew up in the Carroll school district and was hired as superintendent three years ago, has announced that he is retiring at the end of December. Ledbetter revealed his plans Friday in an email sent to the school board and to the Southlake community. During a board meeting Monday night, Ledbetter said […]
A federal judge on Thursday upheld the verdict and award in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation case against former President Donald Trump and denied Trump’s motion for a new trial. Judge Lewis Kaplan, in a written opinion, said Trump’s legal arguments are without merit. The judge also found that the punitive damages the jury awarded to […]
A federal judge on Thursday upheld the verdict and award of more than $83m to writer E Jean Carroll in a defamation case against Donald Trump after he called her a liar for accusing him of sexually assaulting her. Related: David Pecker says he bought McDougal story so it did not hurt Trump campaign Judge […]
A man fleeing a traffic stop in Carroll County on Saturday night crashed head-on into another car, killing the driver, according to the Maryland Office of the Attorney General. The Independent Investigations Unit under the office is investigating the police pursuit that led to the deadly collision, the attorney general’s office said in a news […]
NEW PHILADELPHIA ‒ A Fairfield Township man is facing felony charges after a series of break ins at several places in Tuscarawas and Carroll counties early Friday morning. . The 39-year-old suspect is currently being held in the Tuscarawas County Jail, according to Capt. Adam Fisher of the Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office. The break-ins occurred […]
Prosecutors from the Manhattan district attorney’s office said in a court filing Wednesday that they plan to ask Donald Trump about the costly verdicts and findings of wrongdoing in his numerous civil cases if the former president decides to testify in the criminal case — though the permissibility of that line of questioning remains to […]
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Prosecutors on Donald Trump‘s criminal hush money trial want to ask the former U.S. president about civil cases in which he was found liable for sexual abuse and fraud if he chooses to testify, according to a document made public on Wednesday. It will be up to Justice […]