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28-05-2025
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Police report over 500 DUIs for Memorial Day weekend
(WBRE/WYOU) — The Pennsylvania State Police released the details of their Memorial Day weekend enforcement, including 756 crashes and 519 DUIs. During the four-day enforcement period, May 23 to 26, state police investigated 756 crashes that led to 140 injuries and five deaths. Graduate's claims of school shooting at Dallas High School debunked Police reported 519 DUI arrests, with 57 DUI-related crashes, and two DUI-related fatal crashes. There were also 7,033 speeding citations given out, as well as 166 child seat citations. While crashes, fatalities, and speeding citations were all down from 2024, DUI arrests and DUI-related crashes were both up 14% and 43%, respectively. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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28-05-2025
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Dallas 2017 school shooting fabricated by 2020 graduate
May 28—A story in a Kentucky newspaper published online Feb. 12 included quotes from a Dallas School District graduate claiming he survived a school shooting at the high school in 2017. The claims of a school shooting at Dallas High School were false, resulting in the school district and Dallas Township Police Chief Doug Higgins to issue separate statements Wednesday. "The district is aware of a video clip and accompanying article that appears to depict a former Dallas student speaking about a school shooting at Dallas in 2017. Thankfully, that never happened. The discussion on the clip about Dallas and school violence is not factually accurate. Our District Solicitor is supporting an investigation and communication regarding the circulating clip," the statement from Dallas School District says. The statement from Dallas Township Police Chief Doug Higgins was more vocal condemning the fabricated story. The Kentucky Lantern newspaper attributed information of a school shooting at Dallas to Calvin Polachek, a 2020 graduate of Dallas. Polachek, who was identified as a master's student at the University of Louisville, spoke at a gun safety rally held at the Kentucky capitol building. As he spoke, Polachek claimed he was involved in a school shooting and his best friend, his brother and nine others were killed, according to the Kentucky Lantern article published Feb. 12. The Feb. 12 article and a video clip of Polachek speaking at the Kentucky capitol rally were recently posted on Back Mountain social media sites prompting the Dallas School District and Chief Higgins to respond. Efforts to contact Polachek were unsuccessful Wednesday morning. The story in the Kentucky Lantern was updated Wednesday with the removal of Polachek's quotes. Below is the statement from Chief Higgins: The Dallas Township Police Department is aware of recent public statements made by former Dallas High School student Calvin Polachek during a February 2025, rally in Frankfort, Kentucky. The event, organized by the Kentucky chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, supported the introduction of Kentucky House Bill 214 by (Kentucky) State Representative Adam Moore, which promotes gun safety education. At the rally, Mr. Polachek claimed that in 2017 he survived a school shooting at Dallas High School in Dallas, Pennsylvania, an incident in which he said he lost his best friend, his brother and nine others. These claims are entirely false. Nonetheless, they were reported by multiple Kentucky media outlets, including Fox 56 in Lexington and the Kentucky Lantern, and have since spread nationally across platforms such as MSN, Yahoo News, various online publications and social media. The widespread sharing of a fabricated tragedy is not only reckless, it is harmful. It fuels unnecessary fear, disrespects the experiences of real victims of school violence and misleads the public with a narrative that has no basis in truth. Let us be absolutely clear: This event never occurred. There has never been a school shooting at Dallas High School. Not in 2017, and not at any point in our community's history. These false claims are deeply troubling. They undermine the integrity of our school district, erode public trust, and cause real harm to a community that takes great pride in protecting its residents, especially its children. We support the mission of those working to make schools safer. That work is vital. But effective advocacy must be built on truth. Falsely referencing a tragedy that never happened disrespects the memory of actual victims and distracts from meaningful progress. The Dallas Township Police Department remains steadfast in its commitment to transparency, public trust, and the safety of our schools. We urge the public and the media to verify facts before sharing serious allegations. Misinformation of this nature isn't just irresponsible, it has lasting consequences for the well-being of our entire community. The people of Dallas Township deserve honesty. And we will continue to uphold the values of transparency, accountability and safety for every family who calls this community and our surrounding areas home.
Yahoo
28-05-2025
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Graduate's claims of school shooting at Dallas High School debunked
DALLAS, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A graduate of Dallas High School was seen in a video online falsely claiming he lost his brother and best friend in a school shooting in Dallas in 2017. While speaking at a Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action rally earlier this year in Frankfort, Kentucky, Calvin Polachek, a 2020 graduate of Dallas High School claimed he was a survivor of a deadly shooting that took place at the school. That shooting never happened. The February rally took place in the state capital where gun safety advocates demanded changes in Kentucky's gun laws. That video of Polachek aired on WDKY and appeared on their website. The story has since been removed. International student weighs in after student visa applications paused Once the video circulated, the school district released a statement confirming there was no shooting at the Dallas School District. The District is aware of a video clip and accompanying article that appears to depict a former Dallas student speaking about a school shooting at Dallas in that never discussion on the clip about Dallas and school violence is not factually District Solicitor is supporting an investigation and communication regarding the circulating clip. Dallas School District It is unclear how Polachek was selected to be a speaker at the event. We will have more on this story on later editions of 28/22 News. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
