The police official blamed for not sending officers in more quickly to stop the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting is the chief of the school system’s small police force, a unit dedicated ordinarily to building relationships with students and responding to the occasional fight.
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Students trapped inside a classroom with a gunman repeatedly called 911 during this week’s attack on a Texas elementary school, including one who pleaded, “Please send the police now,” as officers waited more than an hour to breach the classroom after following the gunman into the building, authorities said Friday.
KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russia asserted Saturday that its troops and separatist fighters had captured a key railway junction in eastern Ukraine, the second small city to fall to Moscow’s forces this week as they fought to seize all of the country’s contested Donbas region.
The Boonville girls’ soccer team finally had some good news after enduring a disappointing 2022 campaign. Although the Lady Pirates closed out the season at 0-17 overall under first year head coach Alec Adair, they did come close numerous times while losing 3-1 and 2-0 to Stover, and 1-0 to both St.
The Southeastern Conference spring meetings will be held in person for the time since 2019 in a little less than two weeks. It is unlikely two of the SEC’s superstar coaches will be chumming around Destin, Florida, together.
Boonville’s Travis Dell (far left) stands on the medal stand after placing seventh in the long jump Saturday during the Missouri Track & Field Championships at Adkins Stadium in Jefferson City. (Photo by Chris Bowie)
Wednesday, June 1 Cardinals vs. Yankees, 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, June 1 Fayette vs. Central Realty, 6 p.m.
First Team Jonathan Lieb, Calvary Lutheran, Sr. Alec Proctor, Calvary Lutheran, Sr.
PARIS (AP) — Naomi Osaka’s 2022 French Open is over following a firstround loss. The players remaining in the tournament see and hear products of her frank discussion about anxiety and depression a year ago — from new “quiet rooms” and three oncall psychiatrists at Roland Garros to a broader sense that mental health is a far-less-taboo topic than it once was.