To Kill a Mockingbird’ Play OK for School, Contains N-word

Florida - A play version of “To Kill a Mockingbird” is appropriate for a Florida high school to perform, a school board ruled, following complaints from parents over repeated use of the N-word and other sensitive topics. Flagler County School Board members approved the play’s production at Flagler Palm Coast High School. The play was canceled after some parents complained about the story’s controversial subject matter....More

Man protecting his birds with BB Gun causes school lockdown

YORK, Pennsylvania - Police say a man using a BB gun to protect his birds from cats led to an elementary school lockdown in Pennsylvania. York schools Superintendent Sharon Miller said Tuesday that a report of a gun-wielding man outside Alexander Goode Elementary School came in at 8 a.m. Officers surrounded the building with about a dozen vehicles. Some students cried as they left school, while parents who had heard rumors waited anxiously....More