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By Patrick Holmes Lenoir County Public Schools Two first-year coaches and a team of fifth graders competing in its first LCPS Elementary Battle of the Books brought home the first-place prize for La Grange Elementary School for the first time since 2014. The La Grange team – Annaliese Miller, Abby Martin, Alisson Rios, Lilly Johnson, Easton Vinson and Kelsie Stroud – dominated much of the round-robin competition to top second-place Moss Hill Elementary 158-143. Northwest Elementary finished third with 123 points; Pink Hill Elementary, with 117 points; and Banks Elementary, with 103 points...

Three LCPS teachers finalist for district Teacher of the Year By Patrick Holmes Lenoir County Public Schools Three young women who put their hearts into teaching Lenoir County Public Schools’ youngest students have surfaced as finalists for the district honor of 2021-2022 Teacher of the Year. Selection of Shalona Newkirk of Northwest Elementary School, Heather Sloan of Banks Elementary School and Darylanne Towery of Contentnea-Savannah K-8 School was announced Wednesday afternoon after a panel of judges had completed virtual interviews with 18 nominees – each school’s choice as Teacher ...

Share 'You used your position as a priest and abused the position of trust you were placed in to take advantage of those vulnerable children and I find that aggravating,' Judge Gary Massey said.  The judge said the former priest's old age did not much mitigate his sentence because he had spent 50 years in the community while his victims suffered.  'I consider in this case your advanced age is of only limited mitigation ... because you've had more than 50 years in the community since the commission of the first offences, whereas the victims have had to live with the consequences of your offe...

Former Catholic priest and paedophile Patrick Holmes jailed a second time for sexually abusing children ThuThursday 25 updated ThuThursday 25 FebFebruary 2021 at 2:06pm Patrick Holmes abused the five children while he was a parish priest at two Perth churches. Share Print text only Cancel An elderly "defrocked" Catholic priest has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years' jail for sexually abusing five children in Perth in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Key points: Patrick Holmes was jailed for three years in 2014 for abusing two young girls Holmes has been sent to jail again for abusing five oth...