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Gun violence, safety to be focus of rally By Aida Mallard © Sam Thomas, Sam Thomas Volunteers grab backpacks to place in the backs of cars during the 21st Annual Stop the Violence Back to School Rally at Alachua County Fairgrounds on July 25, 2020. The volunteers and organizers gave away school supplies, including 3,000 backpacks to the first 3,000 kids to show up. [Sam Thomas/Special to The Guardian] With the uptick in gun violence impacting local youth, gun violence and safety will be the focus of the 22nd annual Stop the Violence Back to School Rally. © USA Today File ...

Email A local group wants to remember five victims of lynching in Anderson County. These are their stories. Alongside information from the local reconciliation group, the Independent Mail searched newspaper archives to find information about the victims. Caitlin Herrington, Anderson Independent Mail Published 4:59 pm UTC May. 3, 2021 A group of Anderson County residents is working with the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) to remember victims of lynchings in the area.  The five people identified through the project are Edward Sullivan, Elbert Harris, John Laddison, Reuben Elrod and Willis Jacks...

Councillor Wajid Khan, The Mayor of an East Lancashire town has been appointed to the House of Lords as a life peer. Mayor of Burnley, Councillor Wajid Khan, was nominated for the honour by the leader of the Labour Party, Sir Keir Starmer, with the official announcement by the Prime Minister's Office made yesterday. His appointment has made him the youngest opposition peer in the House of Lords and the borough's first Peer since Willis Jackson was appointed Baron Jackson of Burnley in 1967. Cllr Khan's official title will be decided shortly. Cllr Khan, who is also the borough's youn...

Councillor Wajid Khan, The Mayor of an East Lancashire town has been appointed to the House of Lords as a life peer. Mayor of Burnley, Councillor Wajid Khan, was nominated for the honour by the leader of the Labour Party, Sir Keir Starmer, with the official announcement by the Prime Minister's Office made yesterday. His appointment has made him the youngest opposition peer in the House of Lords and the borough's first Peer since Willis Jackson was appointed Baron Jackson of Burnley in 1967. Cllr Khan's official title will be decided shortly. Cllr Khan, who is also the borough's youn...

Todd was arrested, and it became a huge fiasco. >> narrator: todd was charged with attempted murder. the press pounced on the sordid story of willis jackson gone bad. facing up to four years in prison if convicted, bridges hired attorney johnny cochran, who quickly crafted the actor's defense. >> brown: todd's defense was that he blacked out and he had no idea what happened that night, and johnny cochran was able to get him off. he was fully acquitted of all charges. >> narrator: despite this second chance, bridges continued to struggle with the law and his addiction. >> wolf: addiction, depre...