Changes require NC legislators’ blessings and would apply to police, deputies, state troopers and other officers across the ...

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When the first bell rings each morning at Middle School, Trey Nasset stands in the main entryway and greets students. He is the school resource officer but looks like he could be a teacher or parent.

A wall of badges honoring first responders has been restored at the Islander Gift Gallery & Boutique on Fort Myers Beach.

A family had agreed to take in Bello, a homeless teenager, but he did not expect to stay there long — similar to his other ...