State baseball finals leaving Toms River for Mercer County, report says

The NJSIAA baseball championships will have a new home in June. According to an APP.com report, the state baseball finals are moving to Veterans Park, Hamilton Township and leaving Toms River, the sole site of the group finals since 2003. The state baseball finals are scheduled for June 9-10. Three games will be played on Saturday…

Students’ guns are ‘none of your damn business,’ parents say

Angered by word of the disciplining of two Lacey High School students for a gun-related social media post, 200 parents, community members and other supporters of the Second Amendment on Monday let the Board of Education know they don’t want the district trampling on their rights or meddling in their home lives. “You guys are reaching…

Helicopter charter company in NYC crash helped Rutgers football recruitment

The ill-fated helicopter that crashed Sunday in the East River, killing five, was operated by a company that provides flight services for the Rutgers University football team. The aircraft that went down in icy waters on a photo shoot was being flown by Liberty Helicopters, a long-time sponsor of the Scarlet Knights, which has been regularly…

OOPS! Seaside, CA Teacher Accidentally Fires Gun While Teaching Students About Firearm Safety

A Seaside High School teacher, who also served as a reserve police officer and a city councilman in Seaside, California, accidentally fired a gun inside the classroom, injuring three students Tuesday. The incident occurred at 1:20 p.m. local time (4:20 p.m. EDT) when Dennis Alexander was conducting Administration of Justice class and teaching the students about…

What the National School Walkout says about schools and free speech

By Clay Calvert, Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication, University of Florida. Students from South Plantation High School, carrying placards, protest in support of gun control. Carlos Garcia/Reuters Thousands of high school students across the nation today are expected to leave their classes precisely at 10 a.m. for 17 minutes. The walkout serves two purposes: to…

Trump Wants to Make Schools Safe by Arming School Teachers

The White House on Sunday vowed to help provide “rigorous firearms training” to some schoolteachers and formally endorsed a bill to tighten the federal background checks system, but backed off President Trump’s earlier call to raise the minimum age to purchase some guns to 21 years old from 18 years old. Responding directly to last month’s…

Teen Accused in Florida School Shooting Indicted on 17 Murder Counts

The teenager accused in the mass shooting at a U.S. high school three weeks ago was indicted Wednesday on 17 counts of premeditated murder and another 17 counts of attempted murder. Nikolas Cruz, 19, who was expelled from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, last year, could face the death penalty in the case,…

N.J. just took another step closer to ending PARCC testing

As New Jersey students sit to take the controversial PARCC exams this spring, state officials will be searching for a new set of standardized tests to replace them. Following Gov. Phil Murphy’s campaign promise to end PARCC testing, the state Department of Education will soon form a testing advisory committee to explore new exams and ask…

US News: Heavily Armed Teen Captured Outside High School

A teenager armed with a semi-automatic rifle, 100 rounds of ammo, and an illegal club was sitting in his parked car outside a high school sports event in Rowlett, Texas. Now he’s sitting in jail on a $1 million bond after a chance encounter with a patrolling police officer. Diego Horta, 17, also had a Halloween…

2 N.J. school districts closed over email threat sent to staff member

Two Gloucester County school districts have been closed after a threatening email was sent to a district staff member, officials said. The Franklin Township and Delsea Regional school districts are closed Thursday after authorities said they were investigating the email sent to the Franklin Township School District staff member overnight. “We are working diligently to identify…

Toms River East Girls Basketball Wins Opening Round of Group III Tournament

Kamryn Lister scored a late bucket and converted two free throws to power fourth-seeded Toms River East past 13th-seeded Timber Creek in the first round of the South Jersey, Group 3 tournament in Toms River. Lister finished with a team-high 15 points and scored eight points in the fourth. Teammate Jordyn Madigan netted six of her…