[ad_1] The Putnam County Board of Commissioners participates Aug. 12 in the first reading of an ordinance to restrict where sexual offenders and predators are allowed to live in the county. (File photo) The Putnam County Board of Commissioners participates Aug. 12 in the first reading of an ordinance to restrict where sexual offenders and...Read More

[ad_1] School safety continues to be top of mind for families and staff, especially a week after a deadly stabbing on a Phoenix high school campus. It’s a safety concern that continues to disrupt schools: reports of social media threats, hoaxes and swatting situations. Several universities across the country in the last week have experienced fake...Read More

[ad_1] Audit prompted by 25 Investigates reporting says DESE’s child safety regulations lack oversight An audit released by the state says the Department of Elementary and Special Education (DESE) failed to comply with regulations around special education and child safety. The audit’s numerous findings claim that DESE failed to properly investigate reports of child abuse...Read More

[ad_1] TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) – A construction zone near Whitmer High School is raising some safety concerns. “There are cars, not necessarily pulling off to the side streets. They are literally stopping on Alexis Road and letting their children out to drop them off. So obviously not only a traffic concern but a safety concern...Read More

[ad_1] MAYSVILLE, Ky. (KT) – A criminal alien who was convicted of a child sex crime in Maysville has been detained pending deportation proceedings, according to Johnathan Gay, the Commonwealth’s Attorney for Bracken, Fleming and Mason counties. Gay, along with Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Troy Breeze, prosecuted Gerardo Perez Vasquez who was convicted of Attempted Child...Read More

[ad_1] Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg tries on Orion AR glasses at the Meta Connect annual event at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 25, 2024. Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters Since losing her 15-year-old son Riley to suicide following a sextortion scheme through Meta’s Messenger app, Mary Rodee has worked with advocacy groups...Read More

[ad_1] Effingham, IL-(Effingham Radio)- Sheriff Paul Kuhns stopped by the studio this week and explained how to drive safely around schools, and how important it is to follow school zone rules. Those include rules around school busses, and safety around crossing guards. He also explains what penalties can happen if one of the school zone laws...Read More

[ad_1] The violent stabbing of a pupil outside Trenance Park Secondary School in Pinetown, the mass brawl involving pupils from Esther Payne Smith Secondary in Northdale, and the vandalism at Mzwamandla High in uMlazi recently, are not isolated incidents. They show how violence in schools is no longer exceptional — it is becoming systemic, threatening...Read More

[ad_1] Victorian Premier, Jacinta Allan, today joined Attorney-General, Sonya Kilkenny and Minister for Children, Lizzie Blandthorn to introduce new laws to immediately suspend Working with Children Checks (WWCC) while they are under re-assessment. The Premier said Members of Parliament won’t be leaving Parliament this week until the Bill is passed. “Child safety comes first –...Read More

[ad_1] Falco’s criminal history reveals he was registered as a predatory offender. In the early 2000s, he was convicted in California’s Bay Area of molesting two teenage boys while posing as a monk. He admitted molesting one of the boys while they were on a religious pilgrimage to Bosnia. He was released from prison in...Read More