Bob Hatcher News Today

In a country seemingly fractured about most things, on Monday, Americans came together under one sky.

My initial Father’s Day tribute — honoring Departed Fathers — has morphed into some touching eulogies that contain a lot of history as well.

In an effort to enhance safety and security measures, Seminole Ridge High School has announced that students will now be required to present their IDs in order to enter the restrooms on campus.

Time is running out for Palm Beach County students to apply to Choice Programs for next school year.

This past month has been a time of remembering the heroic fallen. It started with the Crab Festival Fishermen’s Memorial service on Sunday, the day before Memorial Day. Names of

Area banking, Jones Regional Medical Center, the Anamosa and Springville libraries, historic Stone City, the list of ways in which Ernie Buresh contributed to the community is almost endless.

The parents who came out, the emails sent, the messages school members heard last week: Starting school Aug. 10 is too early.  Whether these complaints are reflective of a majority of parents in the district of 170,000 students or just a vocal minority, they sound a familiar refrain:  Why can’t school just start later and end later?  But those involved in building that calendar say it’s not that simple. An alternative is not so easy to come by. “Over time, for very legitimate and nob...