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Hardin ISD teacher accused of performing sexual acts with student in his car
Read full article: Hardin ISD teacher accused of performing sexual acts with student in his carOfficials said Jahmall Le’Sean Thomas, 39, was a teacher at Hardin ISD and was involved in a relationship with a female student at a Polk County School District.
'Where's Ronald Greene's justice?': 5 years on, feds still silent on Black motorist's deadly arrest
Read full article: 'Where's Ronald Greene's justice?': 5 years on, feds still silent on Black motorist's deadly arrestRonald Greene’s deadly arrest on a rural Louisiana roadside in 2019 sparked outrage after The Associated Press published long-suppressed body-camera video showing white state troopers stunning, beating and dragging the Black motorist as he wailed, “I’m scared!”.
Lara Love Hardin's memoir 'The Many Lives of Mama Love' is Oprah Winfrey's new book club pick
Read full article: Lara Love Hardin's memoir 'The Many Lives of Mama Love' is Oprah Winfrey's new book club pickAn author and ghost writer’s life story, from prison and drug addiction to collaborating with the Dalai Lama and the Archbishop Desmond Tutu among others, is Oprah Winfrey’s latest book club selection.
Businesses, White House plan for possible rail strike Friday
Read full article: Businesses, White House plan for possible rail strike FridayBusiness and government officials are bracing for the possibility of a nationwide rail strike at the end of this week while talks carry on between the largest U.S. freight railroads and their unions.
Rail unions turn to arbitration in dispute over BNSF rules
Read full article: Rail unions turn to arbitration in dispute over BNSF rulesBNSF’s two largest unions will ask an arbitrator to throw out the railroad’s strict new attendance policy instead of appealing a court order preventing them from striking.
Hardin looking for some buzz
Read full article: Hardin looking for some buzzThe Hornets of Hardin are led by coach Larry Haynes and are the second smallest school in District 10-3A-DI. Can Hardin create some buzz around the nest in 2020? Potetz combined for 1,800 yards and 14 scores last season and turns around and is the team's best DB. Dickey and Yeo flip to LBs on defense while Caden Elmore is the team's best DB with four INTs in 2019. The Hornets are going to need to shock the likes of Tarkington and Woodville to sneak into the postseason.
Lock of Lincoln's hair and bloodied telegram up for auction
Read full article: Lock of Lincoln's hair and bloodied telegram up for auctionThis July 2020 photo released by RR Auction shows a lock of hair from former President Abraham Lincoln, to be auctioned Sept. 12, 2020, by the Boston-based auction firm. (Nikki Brickett/RR Auction via AP)This is one macabre auction: A lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair, wrapped in a bloodstained telegram about his 1865 assassination, is up for sale. The auction house set the minimum bid at $10,000 but expects the lock and telegram to fetch $75,000 or more, spokesman Mike Graff said. The hair is mounted on an official War Department telegram sent to Dr. Todd by George Kinnear, his assistant in the Lexington, Kentucky, post office. The telegram is evidence to disprove the misinformation and conspiracy theories in the Lincoln assassination, Graff said.