Marlon Ball News Today

Summing any life is never easy. There is always, it seems, more to the story.

I would like to end this year with an uplifting story of a local woman in search of her long sought after and mysterious father, a man my anthropology class just happened to discover through archaeo...

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Trouble seemed to find Arlon Elwood “Jackson” Ball — from the time he lost his father to a lightning strike to the intense fighting in which he engaged as a serviceman in World War II, from the death of his younger brother in a traffic accident in 1958 to his own violent death in a North Kenai bar in 1968. But summing up such a life — any life, for that matter — is never easy. There is always, it seems, more to the story.

Nearly one year ago, the former principal was put on leave while Fayette County Schools investigated an allegation of inappropriate conduct.

(TNS) A Fayette County Public Schools investigation found no wrongdoing on the part of the former principal of Paul Laurence Dunbar High School who was placed on leave for months

Paul Laurence Dunbar High School Principal Marlon Ball will be eligible for rehire, according to a letter by Fayette County Public Schools Superintendent Demetrus Liggins.

The investigation against Marlon Ball was closed without disciplinary action, said Superintendent Demetrus Liggins in a letter provided to the Herald-Leader.

FCPS and former Dunbar high school principal Marlon Ball have "resolved" a lawsuit brought forth by Ball after he was placed on leave.

“Your employment with the Fayette County Public Schools will be considered terminated at the end of your current contract period,” Superintendent Demetrus Liggins said in a letter to Marlon Ball.

Ball filed a lawsuit in February against Fayette County Public Schools and then amended the complaint in March.