Financial improprieties were discovered at a childcare program headed by an embattled Albany pastor during recent unannounced inspections at the Washington Avenue daycare center that also revealed children were being served inadequate meals.
Crime
Pasco substitute teacher charged with child abuse
Florida Gov. Rick Scott is picking Charles Alan Lawson to replace Justice James Perry on the state Supreme Court. Need last-minute holiday-decorating ideas? Meredyth Censullo tries out 10-minute decorating hacks to see if they’re worth the money.
Alabama man charged with DUI in elementary school pickup line
An Alabama man was arrested for driving under the influence while waiting in line to pick up a child at an elementary school in Fort Payne. Clyde William Roden, 60, of Fort Payne, was charged Wednesday with DUI when school resource officer Chris Massey noticed the man was impaired.
Operator of unlicensed home day care in Virginia Beach where infant died set to appear in court
VIRGINIA BEACH The operator of an unlicensed home day care where an infant died in August is scheduled to appear in Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court this morning.
COMMENTARY: Don’t blame school bus driver for 13-year-old’s death in RGV
In response to Christopher Neal’s Nov. 30 letter referencing school bus safety, I don’t want to appear as a know-it-all, however I can safely assume that he has likely never drove a school bus or transported children on a public school bus.
Wrongful death lawsuit filed in Chattanooga school bus crash case
CHATTANOOAG, Tenn. (WKRN) – The mother and father of a little girl who died in the tragic Chattanooga school bus crash in late November have filed a wrongful death lawsuit.
Lyons women arrested in daycare fraud, sexual abuse investigation
Lyons, N.Y. (WHAM) – Two women in Lyons were arrested Tuesday morning and charged in connection with a daycare fraud and sexual abuse case. Wayne County Sheriff’s deputies said Crystal Wood, 26, and Courtney Wood, 25, were arrested after an investigation by Wayne County Child Protective Services.
Florida Elementary School Teacher Arrested For Child Abuse After Allegedly Shoving Paper Towels Down Special Needs Student’s Throat
An elementary school teacher in Arcadia, Florida, who was identified as 33-year-old Carol Pauls, of Port Charlotte, was arrested on aggravated child abuse charges after she reportedly shoved two paper towels down a special needs students’ throat, according to the NBC 2 News.
Delhi: 16-year-old stabbed to death by schoolmate, accused carried knife in bag
A 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death by a minor outside a government school in east Delhi’s Mandawali area on Friday, police said. Both boys studied in the same school.
Preschool Teachers Sue University, Claiming They Were Penalized for Reporting Abuse
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