Public Safety

Know the rules, know your school: Inside and out, schools require attentive eyes and ears

Keeping Roosevelt High School safe is the ultimate goal for principal Michael Bradley.

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Peer-to-peer positivity: Counselors can help, but the real difference makers are students

The cafeteria is a noisy thrall filled with clamoring voices and excitable chewing. You watch as a boy, hunching his back and with a hoodie pulled over his head, walks toward an empty table in the corner. You mean to go over to him and ask who he is or whether he has any friends. But then your best friend comes up from behind you and covers your eyes with her hand.

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Signs of domestic violence aren't always obvious, especially in teen relationships

In March, several hundred protesters gathered at the state Capitol to call attention to a growing surge of Twin Cities women being domestically abused.

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Feeling disconnected: Phone calls take on new meaning for the Bowie family

I made my first cash deposit for my dad at the Unbank on the corner of Lexington and University in St. Paul, the same corner he and I used to drive by for my favorite Oreo Blizzards at Dairy Queen.

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How well do we know our neighbors?

I have tried to resist the urge to write about this but sometimes I have something to say and because of that I can't write about anything else. The recent events in Cleveland Ohio where three woman were held captive in a residential neighborhood for a decade really got me thinking.

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Helping intoxicated underage drinkers do the right thing

Underage drinkers looking out for their health or that of a friend could avoid a minor consumption ticket.

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House approves limits on access to electronic juvenile court records

The House on Thursday signed off on a bill that’s intended to give young people a better shot at building decent lives after they end up in court.

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