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Like-minded teachers learned from experts at the inaugural Sharing Best Practice conference in Canberra.

Like-minded teachers learned from experts at the inaugural Sharing Best Practice conference in Canberra.

Like-minded teachers learned from experts at the inaugural Sharing Best Practice conference in Canberra.

Like-minded teachers learned from experts at the inaugural Sharing Best Practice conference in Canberra.

Like-minded teachers learned from experts at the inaugural Sharing Best Practice conference in Canberra.

Like-minded teachers learned from experts at the inaugural Sharing Best Practice conference in Canberra.

A significant drop in visitation along with a decrease in overall need for the facility due to digital marketing mediums, prompted the strategic repurposing of the center.

MARION, Va. — On a Friday morning in late November, Sgt. Josh Taylor and other Marion Police officers and Smyth County deputies responded to a report of a suicidal woman holding a knife to her chest. Officers tried unsuccessfully to deescalate the situation and negotiate with the woman to drop her weapon, but the woman became violent, and the officers had to use a stun gun to subdue and disarm her, according to police accounts. The woman was detained on an emergency custody order, also kno...

Jasmine Franks | Community Newspapers of Southwest Virginia On a Friday morning in late November, Sgt. Josh Taylor and other Marion Police officers and Smyth County deputies responded to a report of a suicidal woman holding a knife to her chest. Officers tried unsuccessfully to de-escalate the situation and negotiate with the woman to drop her weapon, but the woman became violent and the officers had to use a stun gun to subdue and disarm her, according to police accounts. The woman...