The James Biever Police-Community Alliance announced on Friday the recipients of the 2023-24 Biever Criminal Justice Award. The JBPCA annually offers a one-time $1,000 scholarship to seniors attending high schools in Lebanon County who are pursuing studies in criminal justice. This year, the organization was able to offer scholarships to three students. Reese Arnold, Luke […]
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Dad pushes superintendent away from graduating daughter, video shows. He’s charged
A video showing a dad pushing a school superintendent as his daughter walks across the graduation stage has gone viral on social media. The 49-year-old Wisconsin man is now facing a disorderly conduct charge following the May 31 graduation, according to court records and the Baraboo School District. McClatchy News is not naming the man […]
Kennebunk High School celebrates the graduating Class of 2024
KENNEBUNK, Maine — The Class of 2024 said they learned growth and resilience at Kennebunk High School as they stepped off the football field as graduates Sunday. The students, 167 of which graduated this year, started their four years during the COVID-19 pandemic, still in eighth grade when schools closed in spring 2020. Student leaders […]
A teen told his graduating class Jesus is ‘your answer.’ Now he’s facing consequences
A Northern Kentucky high school student’s graduation speech sparked debate over the weekend after he urged his classmates to seek Jesus Christ as “your answer” for “the way, the truth and life.” He didn’t receive his diploma and was asked to meet with his school principal because he added the religious message to his pre-approved […]
A teen told his graduating class Jesus is ‘your answer.’ Now he’s facing consequences
A Northern Kentucky high school student’s graduation speech sparked debate over the weekend after he urged his classmates to seek Jesus Christ as “your answer” for “the way, the truth and life.” He didn’t receive his diploma and was asked to meet with his school principal because he added the religious message to his pre-approved […]
A teen told his graduating class Jesus is ‘your answer.’ Now he’s facing consequences
A Northern Kentucky high school student’s graduation speech sparked debate over the weekend after he urged his classmates to seek Jesus Christ as “your answer” for “the way, the truth and life.” He didn’t receive his diploma and was asked to meet with his school principal because he added the religious message to his pre-approved […]
Twin Sisters Were Adopted by Different Families as Toddlers — Now They’re Both Graduating as Valedictorians!
Gracie Rainsberry recently traveled to Wisconsin to see Audrey Doering’s big day – and her twin will soon do the same Good Morning America/X Audrey Doering and Gracie Rainsberry, who met on Good Morning America in 2017, returned on Wednesday, May 22 to discuss their upcoming graduations Twin sisters who were separated shortly after birth, […]
Harvard board votes to block 13 sanctioned protesters from graduating, risks ‘faculty rebellion,’ says prof
The governing board of Harvard University on Wednesday rejected an effort by faculty to confer degrees on protesters sanctioned because they participated in an anti-Israel encampment on campus. The Harvard Crimson called the move “unprecedented” and reported that tensions between the Harvard Corporation and the university’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) are high since […]
Harvard board bars 13 pro-Palestine student protesters from graduating, overruling faculty
Harvard University’s governing board rejected an effort from faculty Wednesday to allow a group of 13 students sanctioned due to their participation in pro-Palestine protests to receive their degrees and graduate. The Harvard Corporation veto of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) decision, which The Harvard Crimson described as “unprecedented,” underlines tensions between the […]
Graduating seniors seek degrees in climate change and more US universities deliver
At 16, Katya Kondragunta has already lived through two disasters amped by climate change. First came wildfires in California in 2020. Ash and smoke forced her family to stay inside their home in the Bay Area city of Fremont, for weeks. Then they moved to Prosper, Texas, where she dealt with record-setting heat last summer. […]
At age 53, a retired Kentucky state trooper is graduating from UK’s medical school
After a 21-year career as a Kentucky State Police trooper, John Bradley has swapped his police uniform for a white coat. On Saturday, the former lieutenant colonel will walk the stage at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine graduation, ready to launch a new career as a pathologist. At 53 years old, Dr. Bradley […]
At age 53, a retired Kentucky state trooper is graduating from UK’s medical school
After a 21-year career as a Kentucky State Police trooper, John Bradley has swapped his police uniform for a white coat. On Saturday, the former lieutenant colonel will walk the stage at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine graduation, ready to launch a new career as a pathologist. At 53 years old, Dr. Bradley […]