The cold temperatures are approach, but there are warming centers throughout South Bend that residents can utilize. Man charged with killing Amazon worker he mistook for daughter’s boyfriend A man has ...

Did you grow up in a school that allowed paddling? Maybe you knew someone who was hit in school – or maybe the idea of corporal punishment seems as antiquated as ink wells. This year marks the 20th ...

COLLINS — At the beginning of every school year, April Johnson oversees the distribution of the Covington County School District student handbook. Tucked into the first half is a section titled ...

And in the nation's "Bible Belt," religion is also central, including Bible passages that many interpret as suggesting that when parents "spare the rod," they spoil a child. In Mississippi, each ...

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Raleigh Johnson was dreading fifth period. He knew what was coming. Because of a failing grade in his Spanish class, Johnson readied himself to be on the receiving end of two swats from a nearly ...

It seems like a scene from Oliver Twist — a young pupil being beaten by a 300-lb man wielding an inch-thick wooden paddle — but according to a new report by Human Rights Watch and the American Civil ...