MVA instructor terminated over ‘corporal punishment’allegations
EVIDENTIARY HEARING - Teacher Jessica McCarthy, front left, and her attorney, Ben Hitchcock Cross face questioning from the Marathon School Board during an evidentiary hearing held in public last Wednesday. From left to right are school district attorney Davis Runde and board members Paula Vesely, Lia Klumpyan, Jodi DeBroux, Beth Seubert and Ted Knoeck. The board voted to terminate McCarthy over allegations of corporal punishment. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN O’BRIEN EVIDENTIARY HEARING - Teacher Jessica McCarthy, front left, and her attorney, Ben Hitchcock Cross face questioning from the Marathon School Board during an evidentiary hearing held in public last Wednesday. From left to right are school district attorney Davis Runde and board members Paula Vesely, Lia Klumpyan, Jodi DeBroux, Beth Seubert and Ted Knoeck. The board voted to terminate McCarthy over allegations of corporal punishment. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN O’BRIEN
A Marathon City teacher was fired last week after she allegedly engaged in “corporal punishment” as a means of disciplining a pair of disruptive students during a class on Sept. 9.
Red Higgins presented a check for $17,005 to Medford VFW Post No. 5729 on Saturday during a veterans breakfast event held at the community center at the Taylor County Fairgrounds. The donation was from proceeds from the performer’s popular Christmas Concerts held on Dec. 2 and 3. The money will go toward the project to build a new VFW building. ELIZABETH WILSON/THE STAR NEWS
Tyler Budimlija of Medford has been busy remodeling a former barber shop into the new Medford location of Imperial Tattoo. He plans to have hours in Medford a few days each week and is looking forward to getting the remodeling completed and necessary inspections to be able to open in early 2024. Brian Wilson/The Star News
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