Tag Archives: Newtown School Shooting

  • News Classroom in Douglas County

    Douglas County considers ‘School Marshal’ program to increase security at schools

    DENVER — After the Connecticut school shooting, many Colorado parents are wondering what their schools are doing to keep their…

  • News Adam Lanza.

    Report: Possible Newtown school shooting motive

    NEWTOWN, Conn. — The gunman who murdered 20 first graders and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school may have…

  • News Newtown, CT Memorial

    School resumes for Newtown students, new details emerge in investigation

    (CNN) — Across this devastated town, students returned to schools Tuesday, marking the beginning of a new reality. With their…

  • News One of many memorials established to remember the victims of the Newtown school massacre

    First Newtown funerals take place; investigators probe deeper into motive

    (CNN) — As relatives began to say their final goodbyes to their slain children, investigators in Connecticut worked Monday to…

  • News Gun Control in America

    Web Poll: Do we need stricter gun control laws?

    The school shooting in Connecticut has caused public attitudes — and the views of some politicians in Washington — to…

  • News Emergency personnel respond to shooting

    Governor to announce plans to redesign Colo. mental health services & system

    DENVER — On Tuesday Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper will introduce a plan to redesign Colorado’s mental health services and support…

  • News Surveillance cameras at Lincoln H.S. in Denver. Dec. 17, 2012

    Denver schools try to ease parents’ concerns about security

    DENVER — It has been a gut-wrenching couple of days in this country, and now many Colorado parents want to…

  • News Guns

    After Newtown, the NRA goes silent

    Despite an escalating nationwide debate on gun control in the wake of Friday’s mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school, the National Rifle Association has remained conspicuously silent.

  • News Firefighters kneel to pay their respects at a makeshift memorial near the school in Newtown on Saturday (CNN)

    Postal Service sets up special address for messages of comfort for Newtown

    The United States Postal service has set up a special Post Office Box to allow the public to send messages…

  • News NewHaven-teachers

    Connecticut teachers were heroes in the face of death

    Facing down a gunman, placing yourself in the path of flying bullets, forfeiting your life to protect innocents. It’s a job description fitting for a soldier or police officer, but for a school teacher — an elementary school teacher at that?

  • News A makeshift memorial in Newtown, CT -- a tribute to the victims of the deadly elementary school shooting. The memorial includes, candles, flowers, holiday lights, teddy bears and photos.

    In school shootings, patterns and warning signs

    How could it happen here? This is the question plaguing residents of Newtown, Conn., a picture-perfect country town with good schools, quiet streets and a strong sense of community.

  • News Mourners gathered on the Capitol side of the Washington Monument to pay respect to those who lost their lives in one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history. 20-year-old Adam Lanza opened fire Friday in a Connecticut elementary school, killing 26 people, 20 of them children, police said.

    Conn. vigil remembers a day of ‘unthinkable’ tragedy

    They packed the pews to remember, mourn and pray. What else can you do? “Peoples’ children, brothers and sisters were…