Health and Safety at School

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The University of Charleston's pharmacy school has been picked as one of two winners of a prestigious national award, the school announced. The pharmacy school is a winner of the National Challenge award of the "Script Your Future...

A Rock Hill middle school student says he was assaulted by three schoolmates who knocked him to the ground, twisted his ankle and ripped off a part of his toenail on Tuesday, police say. The boy's mother called police after receiving a call from...

SAN ANDREAS, California (Reuters) - A 12-year-old boy accused of fatally stabbing his 8-year-old sister in their northern California home made a brief appearance on Wednesday in juvenile court, where he was presented with second-degree murder charges...

HARTFORD – Three Democratic members of Congress from Connecticut are planning to file legislation that would allow the use of federal dollars to help pay for the construction of a new Sandy Hook Elementary School. If approved, it would mark the...

LEESBURG — TV viewers should look out for a change on Lake-Sumter State College's public access television channel, the result of a new partnership between the college, the county and Hometown Health TV. The partnership comes about a year and a...

The suspensions meted out to 31 high school students in San Diego for being in a "twerking" video were "illegal and ill-advised" and should be reconsidered, the ACLU said in a letter to the school principal Thursday. The two-day suspensions do not fit...

Lights were off Thursday in the small student center at Hartford Public High School's Law and Government Academy. Over New Age music, there was soothing talk of resting poses and peace of mind. "Think about something that's bothering you in your life,...

At Monday's regularly scheduled meeting, the McDowell County Commissioners: --Held a closed session for 20 minutes regarding an economic development matter. The commissioners did not take any action following the closed session. County Manager Chuck...

A man accused with killing his wife is expected to take the stand in his own defense. Brett Seacat, a former law enforcement instructor, is charged with murdering his wife, Vashti. Her burned body was found among the charred remains of the couple's home...

Local Catholic officials received numerous reports alleging inappropriate behavior by a priest before a 14-year-old boy took his life in 1983, a motion filed this week by the boy's parents says. But the Kansas City-St. Joseph Diocese failed to act on...

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. -- As many as 11 sexual assaults were reported to campus police at Elizabeth City State University from before 2008 to 2011, according to city police, but they were not disclosed in annual campus crime reports as required by the...

Ambrosio Guillen, an American hero from El Paso who was awarded the Medal of Honor by Congress for his bravery in battle in the Korean War, was given another award on Thursday. Guillen, described as a man full of integrity and honor, received a...