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With one reading and no one from the public wishing to comment, the District 56 Board of Trustees has adopted a policy change that will greet middle schoolers next year

Updated: 4:44 PM CDT May 3, 2021 Two South Carolina 14-year-olds who were best friends were killed in an ATV crash on Thursday.Jasmine Peake and Madison Simmons tried to cross a road on an ATV in Laurens County, South Carolina, on Thursday afternoon, but struck a tractor-trailer, according to Trooper Joe Hovis, with South Carolina Highway Patrol. Neither of the girls were wearing helmets at the time of the crash, he said. They both died at the scene. The girls were best friends and b...

2 teenage girls killed in ATV crash in Upstate 2 teenage girls killed in ATV crash in Upstate By WYFF Staff | April 30, 2021 at 1:29 PM EDT - Updated April 30 at 7:25 PM JOANNA, S.C. (WYFF) - Two Upstate teen girls, who were best friends, were killed in an ATV crash Thursday in Laurens County. The accident happened at 4:40 p.m. on Milton Road in the town of Joanna, according to Trooper Joe Hovis, with South Carolina Highway Patrol. According to Hovis, a tractor-trailer was traveling south o...

    On the day when COVID-19 vaccines rolled out across America, School District 56 honored two teams whose seasons were cut short by the deadly virus. The Clinton High School Robotics Team and Academic Bowl Team last spring won South Carolina Championships, qualifying them for National and International Championship competitions. These events, like the Science Olympiad in which Clinton Middle School is the reigning SC Champion, fell victim to the COVID-19 cancellations in a virus-spread-prev...