House approves measure making more children of fallen heroes eligible for tuition waivers
The Monroe News
A bill co-sponsored by state Rep. TC Clements, R-Temperance, allowing more surviving children of police officers and fire fighters to be eligible for the Survivor Tuition Act was approved unanimously today by the Michigan House of Representatives.
The Police Officer’s and Fire Fighter’s Survivor Tuition Act provides tuition waivers at Michigan community colleges or public universities for children and surviving spouses of Michigan police officers and fire fighters killed in the line of duty.
Under current law, students must demonstrate financial need in order to be eligible for the program. Clements contends that any student who lost a parent in the line of duty should be eligible.
Elementary school in Eliot put on lockdown Monday after man fires gun near school
Stephen Carlson, 37, was arrested after firing a handgun at a television in his backyard, about 100 feet from the school.
Credit: Eliot Police Department Published: 5:54 AM EST January 12, 2021 Updated: 5:56 AM EST January 12, 2021
ELIOT, Maine The elementary school in Eliot went into lockdown Monday afternoon after people at the school heard gunfire nearby.
The school sent a letter to parents saying that after the noise was reported, it called the police and brought all of the kids who were outside back into the building.
The Eliot Police Dept. says officers arrested Stephen Carlson, 37, at his home near the school.