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WYATT, Mo. (AP) — A young mother is the third member of her family to die in a gas explosion at her Missouri home, authorities said Friday.

LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — The cinderblock home with a tin roof that Erline Castel and Dieunord Ernest rented was among the more than 130,000 houses damaged or destroyed by a powerful earthquake that struck southern Haiti last year, killing more than 2,200 people.

REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — First lady Jill Biden left COVID-19 isolation on Sunday after twice testing negative for the coronavirus and reunited with President Joe Biden at their Delaware beach home.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — When Minneapolis teachers settled a 14-day strike in March, they celebrated a groundbreaking provision in their new contract that was meant to shield teachers of color from seniority- based layoffs and help ensure that students from racial minorities have teachers who look like them.

POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Echoing down the corridors of eastern Ukraine’s Pokrovsk Perinatal Hospital are the loud cries of tiny Veronika. Born nearly two months prematurely weighing 1.5 kilograms (3 pounds, 4 ounces), the infant receives oxygen through a nasal tube to help her breathe while ultraviolet lamps inside an incubator treat her jaundice.

The Boonville Public Schools Board of Education meeting opened Wednesday evening with a tax levy hearing. The annual levy hearing is required by Missouri State Law.

With the start of any school year there are many personnel changes that can occur. Teachers retire or change districts as their family’s needs change. Custodial, maintenance, and office staff move on as other opportunities arise. This year there are 45 new individuals that join the Boonville R-1 School District for the 2022 – 2023 school year.

The proposed rezoning of the property at 213 E. Ashley Road brought both supporters and opposition to the public hearing held prior to the city council meeting Monday evening.