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Some gun owners at Second Amendment rally say Manchin 'sold us out'
matthewu@herald-mail.comPeople crowded the sidewalk and spilled into West King Street across from U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin’s office in Martinsburg on Saturday for a Second Amendment rally and protest. “I think he’s sold us out,” Keith Morgan, president of...Tags: Politics, White House, U.S. House of Representatives, Barack Obama, Personal Weapon Control
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Letters to the Editor - Jan. 14
MLK supper an opportunity for service To the editor: I am a student at Kaplan University who is interning at Volunteer Washington County. I will be hosting an MLK Day Supper at the Boys & Girls Club on Jan. 17. Planning this event has been a great...Tags: CBS Corp., The Washington Post, Politics, FBI, The New York Times
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WCPS might extend security training to teachers
davem@herald-mail.comWashington County Sheriff Douglas W. Mullendore said Wednesday that it’s possible that teachers, in addition to school administrators, will soon be involved in security training for schools and that another school resource officer position might...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Health and Safety at School, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Teachers
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Obama weighing executive action on gun control, expects tough fight ahead
The Associated PressFacing powerful opposition to sweeping gun regulations, President Barack Obama is weighing 19 steps that could be taken through executive action alone, congressional officials said. Those steps could include ordering stricter action against people who...Tags: Politics, White House, Barack Obama, Health and Safety at School, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Sheriff: Calif. teen planned attack on classmates
A 16-year-old student armed with a shotgun walked into a rural California high school on Thursday, shot one student and fired at others and missed before a teacher and another staff member talked him into surrendering, officials said. The teen victim...
Tags: Shootings, Teaching and Learning, Barack Obama, Health and Safety at School, Joe Biden
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Classes resume in Newtown, minus Sandy Hook
Newtown returned its students to their classrooms Tuesday for the first time since last week’s massacre and faced the agonizing task of laying others to rest, as the grieving town wrestled with the same issues gripping the country: violence, gun...
Tags: Personal Service, White House, Politics, Barack Obama, Religion and Belief
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Parents share opinions on school security
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comHagerstown resident Darren Covington, 41, offered a simple and specific suggestion on how to help prevent mass shootings in schools such as what happened inside the Connecticut elementary school Friday while also giving his take on whether principals in...Tags: Firearms
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Police officers visit county schools to reassure students, parents
julieg@herald-mail.comThe Washington County Sheriff’s Office and Hagerstown Police Department sent officers to several public schools Monday to reassure school communities three days after one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history occurred in Newtown, Conn....Tags: Teaching and Learning, Parenting, Health and Safety at School, Labor Legislation, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Extra security to be placed at school districts in Franklin County, Pa.
School districts in Franklin County, Pa., are taking measures to make students feel safer when they return to classes today in the wake of Friday’s shooting that killed 20 students in Connecticut. According to a phone message to parents in the...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Parenting, Health and Safety at School, Students, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia)
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W.Va.'s Manchin: Time to rethink gun legislation
Associated PressSen. Joe Manchin, an avid hunter and lifelong member of the National Rifle Association, says it’s time for all sides in the gun policy debate to move beyond the political rhetoric and begin an honest discussion about reasonable restrictions on...Tags: Mental Illness, Politics, Barack Obama, Behavioral Conditions, Michael Bloomberg
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Nelson Deal as dependable as Santa at Williamsport Community Band's Christmas concert
julieg@herald-mail.comThere are a few things you can usually count on at the Williamsport Community Band’s annual Christmas concert. The band will perform “The Night Before Christmas” while the poem is read to children, Santa will drop by and hand out toys...Tags: Music, Holidays, World War II (1939-1945), Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, Family
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Second Amendment supporters rally in Martinsburg
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comSecond Amendment supporters braved the cold Saturday during a rally in Martinsburg, vowing to never compromise their right to bear arms following a deadly school shooting that has left some lawmakers calling for a ban on certain types of guns. Sidearms...Tags: Tea Party Movement, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Personal Weapon Control, Crime, Law and Justice
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