SCHOOL SHOOTINGS
RURAL REFLECTIONS A Perfect World
It seems that the start of each new year begins with a drop-shipment of brand new problems, this year is no different. I think many people will see these problems as humanities' imperfections that mus...
Posted on 12/30/12 at 7:41 AM
THE NEW FORTY Solidarity...
Ihave beentouched by the gestures of solidarity toward Newtown, Connecticut that have been evident from around theworld. TIME magazine posted photos of some of the vigils and tributes. The television ...
Posted on 12/19/12 at 6:15 PM
New school for Newtown students renamed Sandy Hook 
The children who escaped last month's shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown will be returning to classes in a neighboring town in a refurbished school now named after their old one, school officials said Wednesday.
By Dave Collins , January 02, 2013
Father of Connecticut school gunman claims son's body
The father of the gunman who killed 26 people in a Connecticut elementary school, including 20 first-graders, has claimed his son's body, a spokesman for the family said Monday.
By Michael Melia , December 31, 2012
Ag secretary sees common ground on gun control
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the Newtown school shootings have changed the gun control debate and that rural America is ready to be part of a national conversation that he believes could bring people together.
By Associated Press , December 30, 2012
Woman lives with horrors of 2005 Red Lake shootings, brought back by new tragedy
Missy Dodds was a high school math teacher in Red Lake, Minn., on March 21, 2005, when a 16-year-old student burst through the glass window of her classroom and continued the killing he had started minutes before in the hallway.
By Chuck Haga , December 17, 2012
Principal shot to death by janitor at California elementary school
A 50-year-old elementary school principal was shot and killed Wednesday at a Northern California school and police arrested a school janitor in the attack. No children were hurt.
By Associated Press , February 02, 2011
Girl critical after Los Angeles school shooting
A gun in a 10th grader's backpack discharged Tuesday when he dropped the bag, wounding two students at a high school, including one who remained in critical condition, police said.
By Thomas Watkins , January 18, 2011
Police: Gunman suspended before Nebraska school shooting
The 17-year-old gunman who opened fire at his Nebraska high school, killing an assistant principal, had been suspended from class and removed from the building hours earlier for driving on an athletic field, police said today.
By Josh Funk , January 06, 2011
UPDATED: Omaha vice principal dies after school shooting
The son of a police detective opened fire at a Nebraska high school Wednesday, wounding the principal and killing the assistant principal and forcing panicked students to take cover in the kitchen of the building where he had attended classes for no more than two months.
By Josh Funk , January 05, 2011
Wisconsin high school reopens after class held hostage
The Wisconsin high school closed after a 15-year-old student took his classmates hostage and then killed himself is scheduled to reopen today.
By Todd Richmond , December 01, 2010
Hostages of Wisconsin school gunman tried to put him at ease
His first shots blasted the film projector and punched into a wall. The last he aimed at himself. In between, the 15-year-old high school sophomore held his teacher and about two dozen classmates hostage for more than six hours.
By Todd Richmond and Scott Bauer , November 30, 2010
Wisconsin gunman dies from self-inflicted gunshot wound
Authorities say a 15-year-old boy who held 23 students and a teacher hostage in a Wisconsin classroom has died at a hospital from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
By Todd Richmond , November 30, 2010
Report: San Diego school shooting suspect depressed about lost job
An electronics technician suspected of wounding two girls after opening fire at a California elementary school fell into a deep depression after he was fired from an insurance company, an acquaintance said.
By Associated Press , October 13, 2010
Feds: Virginia Tech violated law in '07 massacre
UPDATED 3:40 P.M.Virginia Tech broke federal campus security laws by waiting too long to notify students during a 2007 shooting rampage that killed 33, including the student gunman, according to a federal report released today.
By Larry O'Dell , May 18, 2010
Student, 18, wounded in shooting at La. school
Police in the northwestern Louisiana city of Shreveport say a female student was shot on the grounds of a high school and a suspect was arrested.
By Associated Press , December 11, 2009
Gunman kills football coach at Iowa high school
A gunman opened fire on Thomas in the school's weight room at about 8 a.m.
By Associated Press , June 24, 2009
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