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Here’s what’s brewing in the news:

The trouble at Harding University High School

Charlotte-Mecklenburg School officials say they have placed additional security at Harding University High School today after students and teachers spent several hours on lockdown yesterday.

Harding was placed on lockdown at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday "as a precaution to a threat the school received," according to a CMS statement. Principal Alicisa Johnson notified parents of the lockdown via a ConnectEd message nearly two hours later.

The Charlotte Observer is reporting that officials received a threat that someone would be shot. Student and staff movement was restricted for nearly five hours as CMPD officers worked to investigate the threat and search the school. CMS officials say authorities confiscated four knives and illegal substances on school property, but “a gun was not found, and no shots were fired in the area.”

The lockdown was lifted at approximately 1:30 p.m., and dismissal took place 45 minutes later at the regularly scheduled time without incident. A second ConnectEd message was sent at dismissal.

This was the second major incident at Harding in recent weeks. In early October, the school’s homecoming rally was canceled as the result of several fights that have occurred on campus this year.

Several parents and students attribute the increased tension at Harding to the controversial merger of Harding and Waddell, which occurred this school year after being ordered by the school board last November. Do you think CMS officials should have seen this coming? What do you think should be done about it?
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Black marines honored

You have mostly likely heard of the Tuskegee Airmen - the African-American pilots who flew during World War II. And by now, you’ve also heard about the legendary Buffalo Soldiers, the black Army units that fought during the Indian wars. But have you ever heard of the Montford Point Marines? If not, you are not alone. Even some Marines don't know their story. “Now one knew we existed,” Joseph Smith, 87, told USA Today. Smith was one of the thousands of African-Americans who joined the Marine Corps during World War II. They were shipped off to separate boot camps for blacks and being limited serving in segregated support units commanded by white officers. After the war, they were not encouraged to continue their service in the military, and most faded from history, until now. (Read more)

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