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Ellie Jane Wright from Deerfield Windsor School Named PAGE STAR Student Winner for Dougherty County
Ellie Jane Wright, a high school senior at Deerfield Windsor School has been named a 2024 PAGE STAR Student Winner for Dougherty County. The announcement was made Wednesday at the 66th annual STAR Student luncheon hosted by the Albany Area Chamber of Commerce at Albany State University’s L. Orene Hall. Ellie Jane selected Shannon Coffey, her kindergarten teacher from Trinity Christian School in Bulloch County as her STAR teacher.
Uptick in juvenile crime is reversible, but NC must act fast
Issiah Ross enters Orange County Superior Court for a hearing on Jan. 10, 2023 in Hillsborough. Ross faces two first-degree murder charges in the deaths of Lyric Woods, 14, and Devin Clark, 18. Ross was 17 at the time. kmckeown@newsobserver.com Following a 15-year period in which North Carolina's juvenile crime rate fell by more than 50%, new data warns us that urgent action is needed to prevent a recent upsurge in juvenile crime from becoming a troubling long-term trend.
How North Carolina is Reducing Violence and Firearm Misuse That Leads to Injury and Death
Download all (2) Figure 1. Four Steps of the Public Health Framework Table 1. Public Health Recommendations for Reducing Firearm-Related Injury and Death in North Carolina Introduction In November of 2022, North Carolina released a white paper titled, "Keeping Families and Communities Safe: Public Health Approaches to Reduce Violence and Firearm Misuse Leading to Injury and Death".
Toward a Trauma-Responsive Juvenile Justice System
Adverse childhood experiences are commonplace. By the age of 17, more than 71% of all children experience a potentially traumatizing adverse event, such as physical abuse, sexual abuse, violence, or a serious accident [1].
Letter to the Editor: A practical approach to gun control
“Lather, rinse, repeat.” This shampoo-inspired regimen is an apt metaphor for many of life’s processes and cycles, not the least of which being the American gun control debate. Here, the “lather” step would involve a disgruntled individual, usually but not always acting alone, embarking on a multi-victim shooting spree where the casualties are often innocent people (and sometimes children) associated with a person, institution or other entity perceived to have done the shooter wrong.
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