Press Box: Area high school football fans should enjoy final trip up U.S. 63, Jefferson county

Longtime Oakland Hills resident's nonprofit helps promote fire preparedness

For residents of the Oakland Hills, the prospect of another wildfire always remains a concern. This week's Jefferson Awards ...

'I'm trying not to be overly emotional': Athletic director responds to Medrick Burnett Jr.'s death

Before he played basketball at Alabama A&M, he suited up for Grambling State. His former athletic director said he was a team ...

Class 3A football playoffs: Bluff, Jefferson set to tee it up again

When the brackets came out two weeks ago, Bluff and Jefferson knew they were on a collision course if they both won in the ...

Machine recount done, partial hand-eye tally to go, Democrat still leads in NC Supreme Court race

With a statewide machine recount completed, incumbent Democrat Allison Riggs holds a 734-vote lead over Republican Jefferson ...

St. Louis school districts lose nearly 11,000 students over 5 years

Since fall 2019, public school districts have lost more than 6,000 students in St. Louis County and 3,000 in St. Louis.

Holiday race will support diaper assistance program

Participants in the Jefferson County General Health District’s upcoming Dashing for Diapers Holiday 5K will tour through the Steubenville Nutcracker Village while supporting a burgeoning community ...

Bessemer, Alabama, murder of Lesley Woodman still unsolved after a decade

Jimmie Guyton is Lesley’s mother and was living in Florida when her daughter was murdered. However, she happened to be ...

Alabama A&M Football Player Medrick Burnett Jr. Dies Weeks After Game Injury

Medrick Burnett Jr, a 20-year-old linebacker at Alabama A&M University, died following a head injury suffered at the Magic ...

Under the Dome: Riggs holds onto slim lead as NC Supreme Court recount nears end

With at least 93 counties having finished their recounts of the North Carolina Supreme Court race, Democratic incumbent ...

Alabama cold case murder of Lesley Woodman reaches a decade without answers

Lesley Woodman was murdered inside her Bessemer, Alabama home, on November 10, 2014. Her daughter, Whitney Burr, found her ...

Has Princeton lost its appetite for feeder schools?

The furthest feeder school from Princeton is Hwa Chong Institution in Singapore. Seventeen of the 250 schools are located ...

Press Box: Area high school football fans should enjoy final trip up U.S. 63

The News Tribune’s fall sports season is going the distance this year, ending with the Show-Me Bowl next Saturday at Faurot ...

Heating issues at Jefferson Elementary School leads to additional parent concerns

The Jefferson County Director of Schools confirmed the boiler was not on early Monday morning, but was on by the time ...

Jefferson County Board of Education vote to forgive missed day of school

While students won't have to make up Sept. 27 classes missed due to weather, staff will make up that day on May 27, 2025.

Former JCPS coach withdraws guilty plea in child sex abuse case

Ex-basketball coach Christopher Morris is facing 37 counts of child sex abuse and was set to be sentenced on Wednesday.

State task force reviewing JCPS requests extension to continue work in 2025

The Efficient and Effective School Governance Task Force was created during the 2024 legislative session and called for a ...

New acting principal at St. Helens High pledges to ‘put students first’ in wake of sex abuse investigation

Charlotte Ellis starts Wednesday as St. Helens High School’s acting principal, taking the helm after its former principal, a ...

Push to form new city in Louisville Metro pits local control against 'east end tax'

The push for a new city in eastern Jefferson County comes amid a debate on housing reforms backed by Mayor Greenberg ...

New principals set for Hillsborough schools, including new one in Wimauma

Morgan High School, opening in August, has its first principal. Plant and Eisenhower Exceptional Center are also getting new ...

Former JCPS employee set to be sentenced on child sexual abuse charges makes motion to withdraw guilty plea

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A former employee with Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) was scheduled to be sentenced on ...

JCPS nears its targeted number of TARC drivers as parents wait for routes to be restored

JCPS' chief operations officer says they are "six away" from having enough TARC drivers. Still, a spokesperson says there are ...

State task force studying JCPS efficiency, effectiveness asks to continue work in the new year

Since March, the Efficient and Effective School Governance Task Force has been working to come up with recommendations for ...

'The buildings are not so great, but the people are' | Cocke Co. Schools supporting students, even 2 months after Helene

School counselors at Del Rio and Grassy Fork Elementary, as well as at Three Rivers Learning Center, said they are still ...

Jefferson Foundation awards more than $3.2 million in latest round of grants

The Jefferson Foundation provided 100 agencies and organizations with a reason to be thankful during the holiday season.