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Forty years ago, Ronda Blaylock, a 14-year-old ninth-grader at Atkins High School in Winston-Salem, vanished. Three days later, her body was discovered. Authorities said she had been raped and stabbed to death.  On Thursday, Robert James Adkins, a 64-year-old Surry County man, pleaded guilty to charges connected to her death. Adkins entered guilty pleas in Surry Superior Court to second-degree murder and second-degree rape. He had initially been charged with first-degree murder and first-degree forcible rape.  Judge Angela Puckett of Surry Superior Court sentenced him to 21 years to ...

Kayleen Morgan The issue of examination leaks should not be treated lightly, as it has a serious bearing on the credibility of the examination system, and teachers and unions should think beyond themselves and sacrifice educational integrity based on personal differences with the Education Minister, writes  Bekithemba Dube. Examination leaks are common throughout the world, with seemingly no tangible strategies to address this challenge. The challenge has attracted various conflicting discourses among academics in South Africa and suggestions have been put forward, but few mitigating results...