In the Varina High School library, about a dozen high school boys gathered in a circle around four firefighters in plain ...

At least three prisons have a 50% vacancy rate, with some so short-staffed that they have been incapable of complying with policies on safety, medical treatment and solitary confinement.

The school system, citing exemptions in state public records law and school board policy, has said it cannot release the findings of an outside inquiry into allegations of misconduct.