OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WXXV)- Dr. Stewart Smirthwaite has been named the principal of Oak Park Elementary in Ocean Springs. He has been the assistant principal for the past three years. Dr.

The charges stem from an investigation initiated at Manuel J. Cortez Elementary School in November 2024, according to the release. Ayala-Tovar had been assigned to home since the investigation began.

(Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files) A jury found a 27-year-old Ocean Park man guilty Thursday of first-degree murder in a 2022 fatal drive-by shooting. The Clark County Superior Court jury ...

It’s a truth well-known by high school chemistry teachers the world over: When you need to wake up a class of bored students, bringing together two seemingly unremarkable substances and creating ...

ISLA VISTA, Calif. - Authorities have made an arrest in connection to Wednesday's Isla Vista shooting that sent one young woman to the hospital with a non-life threatening gunshot wound.

(Bloomberg) -- S&P Global Ratings cut its credit grade on Solera further into junk, as the Vista Equity Partners-backed software company struggles with a high debt load and negative cash flow.

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond today announced that 83 schools have been designated as a ...

The effort to transform an unused baseball field on the Del Mar Elementary School campus into a working farm ... Each course will be prepared by two Food Lab students, and students from Ocean ...