Valdimir Talley Jr. has spent more than three decades in law enforcement, most recently as chief of the Maywood Police Department.
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Concerned staff warned administrators at a Virginia elementary school three times that a 6-year-old boy had a gun and was threatening other students in the hours before he shot and wounded a teacher, the teacher's lawyer said Wednesday.
As kids' behavior reaches crisis points after the stress and isolation of pandemic shutdowns, many schools are facing pressure from critics to rethink their approaches to discipline — including policies intended to reduce suspensions and expulsions.
A Virginia teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student during class will sue the school district, the teacher's attorney announced Wednesday.
Here is a developing list of closures and cancellations for the Decatur area. Have one to add? Email us at DECNews@lee.net.
Fred Spannaus took the oath of office on Jan. 24 to fill the school board vacancy left when Regan Lewis resigned from the Decatur school board.
Tuscola knocked off Arthur Christian 80-66 at Arthur Christian High on January 24 in Illinois boys high school basketball action.
Tuesday's outing turned into an endurance test that New Berlin passed in a 30-29 victory at Pleasant Plains' expense in Illinois boys basketba…
Farmers do an efficient job of producing food, whether it be corn, beans, cattle, hogs and hundreds of other commodities. And consumers demand…
There have already been six mass killings that claimed 39 lives, leaving communities nationwide reeling from the violence.
TUESDAY, Jan. 24, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- On April 16, 2021, Peter Laake was a starting freshman defender for his prep school's varsity lacrosse team. He'd had a good year, and now his team was playing a key rival on home turf in Towson, Maryland, a Baltimore suburb.
Native St. Louisan Chip Caray is a longtime baseball broadcaster who has been calling Atlanta Braves games.
Native St. Louisan Chip Caray is a longtime baseball broadcaster who has been calling Atlanta Braves games.
Inflation and supply chain disruptions have only made it harder on school nutrition directors, widening gaps in access to affordable, high-quality food.
A proposal for state-funded savings accounts for Iowa parents to pay for private school would cost the state roughly $345 million annually once fully implemented, an analysis showed.
Some community health groups are training Latino teens to conduct outreach and education, particularly in places where covid vaccine fears linger.
Police said they are working with Stephen Decatur Middle School administrators to safeguard students after live bullets were found outside a boys’ bathroom.
Classes resumed Monday at the University of Illinois at Chicago after a nine-hour bargaining session Sunday yielded a tentative agreement between administration and striking faculty and staff.
Cormani McClain didn’t cover receivers so much as smother them. The way a wool blanket smothers a campfire. “The only cornerback (in greater Miami) that I can remember that looked like Cormani was Pat Surtain II,” Samari Rolle, the former Pro Bowl defensive back and now a prep football coach in South Florida, told me late last week. “He looked like he could go to the (NFL) combine in high ...
Playing with a winning hand, New Berlin trumped Athens 48-34 in an Illinois boys basketball matchup on January 20.
Springfield Lanphier put together a victorious gameplan to stop Decatur Eisenhower 58-43 at Decatur Eisenhower High on January 20 in Illinois …
Tolono Unity trucked Rantoul on the road to a 56-41 victory in Illinois boys basketball on January 20.
Gisele Bundchen is not dating Joaquim Valente but does have a "deep personal relationship" with him.
Illinois State Police announced the arrest of 29-year-old Hayden Miller of Shelbyville.
Students in Futures Unlimited and Milligan Academy find small classes, individual attention, and an intentionally homelike atmosphere in alternative education.