Jackson named principal at Junction City High School
Merrier Jackson (USD 475 courtesy photo)
A new principal has been named at Junction City High School.
The USD 475 school board announced Tuesday the hiring of Merrier Jackson, whose served as the school’s interim principal since November. Jackson took over following the indefinite suspension of former principal Melissa Sharp, after a student complained Sharp asked her to remove her Islamic head scarf, known as a hijab, while walking in the school hallway.
“I’m excited about the leadership and school improvement experience Ms. Jackson brings to the district and
Junction City High School,” Superintendent Dr. Reginald Eggleston said. “She is student-focused and will work
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Wallace Anderson Taylor, a World War II and Korean War veteran named a Kentucky Colonel for his military service, died in February at the age of 96. Having outlived most of his family, his remains were, officially, unclaimed.
But on Sunday, as he entered his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, for the final time, Taylor was anything but alone.
Dozens gathered at the Arch L. Heady Resthaven Cemetery on Bardstown Road for his funeral after hearing of the six-state procession escorting him back to Louisville from the Tampa, Florida, community where he lived in his later years.
That procession, which included members of the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association, law enforcement and some of Taylor s Florida caregivers, arrived at the cemetery an hour early because they had to skip their final planned stop because of the growing size of the escort.
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The budget is getting later by the minute, but Albany lawmakers have now finalized some of the stickier parts of the more than $200 billion spending plan that is now five days behind schedule.
Easter afternoon, legislative sources confirmed a tentative agreement includes a big bump on tax rates for the state’s highest earners and some corporations, a step that is
estimated to raise about $4.3 billion in revenue. They’re also hoping to include an additional $500 million that mobile sports betting could eventually rake in.
The increases would start for filers who report making more than $1 million, and would continue with two new brackets of high earners: Those making more than $5 million and those making more than $25 million.
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