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Month: September 2024

High school hallway ceiling collapses

By David Pace, EastIdahoNews.com Click here for updates on this story     IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — The ceiling of a hallway on the second story of Idaho Falls High School gave way Friday, causing a splash on social media and raising concerns about the condition of the 72-year-old facility. “We’re just grateful that no one

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7 people killed in Mississippi bus crash were all from Mexico, highway patrol says

BOVINA, Miss. (AP) — The seven people killed in a weekend bus crash in Mississippi were all from Mexico. The Mississippi Highway Patrol on Tuesday identified the dead as 61-year-old Miguel Arriaga; 32-year-old Victor A. Garcia; 31-year-old Moises A. Garcia; 8-year-old Kain Gutierrez; his sister, 16-year-old Perla Gutierrez; 63-year-old Elia Guzman; and 16-year-old Angelica Palomino.

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Wyden urges federal agencies to act now, protect kids in residential treatment from taxpayer-funded abuse, neglect

WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Tuesday urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Administration for Children and Families to use existing authorities to act now to protect and strengthen behavioral health services for children enrolled in Medicaid and who are in the child welfare system. Wyden’s letters

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