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Locking up student devices

MARSHALL — Marshall High School took a new approach to personal electronic devices like cell phones this year. “In a nutshell, that basically says that our students cannot access their cell phones or their AirPods during the school day,” MHS Principal Brian Jones told Marshall School ...

Marshall School Board OKs school improvement plans

MARSHALL – Marshall public schools brought forward plans this week for helping students improve in subjects like reading, math and science this school year. Members of the Marshall School Board voted to approve Site Continuous Improvement plans for each of MPS’s school sites, from Park Side Elementary up to Marshall High School and the Alternative Learning Center and Career and Technical Institute. The SCIP plans brought to the school board focus on setting goals for improving student performance in broad areas including literacy, math, science and social emotional learning. ...

A strong profit report from SpaceX helps lift tech stocks and Wall Street

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market rose Wednesday following strong profit reports from SpaceX, Capital One Financial and other big companies. The S&P 500 added 0.6% and pulled within 0.8% of its all-time high set earlier this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 360 points, or 0.7%, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 1.1%. SpaceX helped lead the market and climbed 7.8% after reporting a stronger profit for the summer than analysts expected. Elon Musk, who runs the company that makes money from artificial-intelligence technology, rockets and other businesses, also said ...

Bob Prince

Personal (Occupation, Education, and Family): I'm currently employed as a Porter with a strong community supporter Kruse Motors. 
Education: I'm a High school Graduate. N. Marion HS, Sparr Fl. Class of 1974. Major Agricultural and Auto Mechanic. I did complete one semester at Santa Fe CC. ...

Crime

TRACY — Harassment was reported at 12:16 a.m. Wednesday on the 300 block of Morgan Street, Tracy Police said. No further information was available. MARSHALL — A report is pending on a school bus stop arm violation at 4:53 p.m. Tuesday on the 500 block of Village Drive, Marshall Police said. MARSHALL — An incident reported at 3:48 p.m. Tuesday on the 400 block of Village Drive is under investigation, Marshall Police said.

Julie Allen

Personal: Occupation, education, family: I am Julie Allen and I have been a resident in Marshall for the past 47 years. I received my degree from the College of St Catherine in education and moved to Marshall for a teaching opportunity. Teaching is more than a career for me; it is my ...