Gift goes to EACS program
Career Center receives $194,300
ASHLEY SLOBODA | The Journal Gazette
A months-old East Allen County Schools program got an almost $200,000 boost Thursday from a foundation that supports northeast Indiana s manufacturing sector.
Superintendent Marilyn Hissong joined Tim Wiegand, executive director of the East Allen Career Center, in accepting a $194,300 check from the 80/20 Foundation Trust.
The money will help the career center buy state-of-the-art equipment to prepare students for the workforce, according to a news release.
Wiegand described it as a generous contribution to the precision machining program.
“This partnership is further evidence of the collaborative relationships being forged throughout northeast Indiana, and the East Allen Career Center is proud to be a part of the energy building in our region,” Wiegand said in a statement.
SC man charged in Capitol riot took selfie and used a tracking application, FBI says Daniel J. Gross, Greenville News
A South Carolina man is facing federal charges after authorities say he breached the U.S. Capitol and took a selfie in front of a John C. Calhoun statue during a deadly riot in Washington, D.C.
Andrew Hatley is the first South Carolinian known to be charged in connection to the riot of Jan. 6. Federal authorities contacted him by phone on Jan. 12, according to a federal complaint, and criminal charges were filed on Jan. 15.
The complaint charges Hatley with knowingly entering a restricted building without lawful authority, knowingly impeding government business, engaging in disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, and demonstrating or picketing in the Capitol buildings.
University of South Carolina investigating if student took part in Capitol insurrection Zoe Nicholson, Daniel J. Gross and Nikie Mayo, Greenville News
The school received social media reports alleging that a student was part of a group of pro-Trump rioters who stormed the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. on Jan. 6, temporarily halting Congress confirmation of the presidential election.
The school did not identify the student but stated university leaders are aware of social media and other reports that a student may have been present during last week s assault on the Capitol, said university spokesperson Jeff Stensland in an email to The Greenville News and Anderson Independent Mail.