West Branch Area High School students heard from the parents of a former state trooper who was killed by an impaired driver in 2008.
During the speech on Tuesday, the Iwaniec family said that there have been more than 170,000 DUI-related deaths over the last 16 years. They spoke to West Branch students specifically about one of those, their son kenton, who was killed while driving home from work.
On March 27, 2008, state trooper Kenton Iwaniec finished his shift in Chester County and began to drive home. Read More...
As talks of banning books in school districts have become more popular across the country, a Punxsutawney School District board member is proposing a ban on several titles that she says are controversial and inappropriate in a classroom.
“If you google the 50 most banned books," said Deneen Evans, a Punxsutawney School District School Board Member. "You will find that "The Kite Runner", "The Hate U Give", and "The Handmaid's Tale" Read More...
FAIRFIELD, Iowa (TND) — One of two Iowa teenagers accused of beating their Spanish teacher to death over a bad grade has been sentenced to life in prison.
Willard Miller was sentenced Thursday with the possibility of parole after 35 years in prison. Prosecutors say he and classmate Jeremy Goodale killed 66-year-old Nohema Graber in 2021 at a park she regularly visited in Fairfield. They say the teens, who were 16 at the time, were angry over a bad grade she had given Miller and beat her to death with a baseball bat, then hid her body. Read More...