Kentucky Superintendent Suspended Over Offensive Blackface Photo
On 12/16/20 at 8:50 AM EST
A Kentucky school superintendent has been suspended months after a photo showing him in blackface surfaced online.
Paducah Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Donald Shively must take 40 days of unpaid leave for additional training, the Paducah Public Schools Board of Education decided last week after a special meeting about the matter.
Shively has faced a backlash since the photo, originally taken at a Halloween party almost 20 years ago, was posted on social media on October 20, with the Paducah-McCracken County NAACP calling for his resignation, according to a spokesperson who discussed the matter with
CARES Act Funding Goes Toward Expanding New Mexico Broadband
Redi-Net, a community broadband network owned and operated by local and tribal governments, will be tasked with installing the infrastructure that local officials say will benefit areas with limited connectivity. by Isabella Alves, Albuquerque Journal / December 14, 2020 Shutterstock/Sopotnicki
(TNS) Having an internet connection may seem like a given for most people. Most of us use it for work, entertainment and basic necessities in a 21st Century world.
But for people living in rural areas, broadband connection is not only not always a given, but also sometimes is not even available.
This is the reality for many people living in rural northern