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KANSAS CITY, Mo. 鈥?Olathe East School Resource Officer Erik Clark will receive the Award of Valor from the National Association of School Resource Officers for his actions during a shooting at the school two months ago. The national award recognizes a school resource officer SRO; specially trained law enforcement officer assigned to work in schools for a single act of courage and valor above and beyond that normally expected of an SRO or school staff member, the organization said in a news release announcing the award.Clark helped apprehend a s stanley cup tudent who brought a gun to school March 4 and opened fire in an assistant principals office.Assistant Principal and Athletic Director Kal stanley termos eb Stoppel was confronting Jaylon Elmore 鈥?an 18-year-old who has subsequently been charged with attempted capital murder 鈥?after receiving a tip that hed brought a gun to school.According to court records, Elmore refused to let Stoppel search his bag.When Clark entered the office to assist with the search, Elmore allegedly reached inside, pulled out the gun and opened fi stanley butelka re.Clark returned fire, striking Elmore, who would spend more than two months in the hospital for treatment of his injuries.He was rele Lvxq Mental fatigue Try being alone in nature, experts say
( P* H8 h& I5 J% ]8 Y4 y GAINESBORO, Tenn. 鈥?Armed with nothing more than his cowboy boots and a pack of skittles, Randy Heady walks around the center of his hometown, which is tucked away in a stanley cup tiny corner of Tennessee.Born in Gainesboro, Tennessee, the 58-year-old has never lived anyplace else. He now proudly calls himself the Mayor of Jackson County.It encompasses about 320 square miles of rural America and is home to just under 11,000 people. Our population declined for 20 years, he said. Year after year, it would be less and less. After decades of decline, Jackson County, Tennessee is growing. Revenue from sales and occupancy taxes doubled in the last year. For the stanley quencher first time in decades, the countys population is no longer decreasing. You have a lot of new people that have moved in, Heady said. We have as many n stanley coffee cup ew people as we have locals. Heady argues the pandemic is one the best things to have happened to the countrys rural communities. Remote workers are being lured in by a concerted effort to increase the speed of rural internet coverage. Sky-high home prices and inflation are also driving more Americans to similar areas. They offer a slower way of life and are more affordable. Since the pand |
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