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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Yahoo
‘It is appalling': Parents file lawsuit against PBL teacher, district, admin
PAXTON, Ill. (WCIA) — A lawsuit is peeling back the curtain of what parents said their children faced while at school and practice in Ford County. It includes accusations of grooming and sexually assaulting kids for more than a decade — and the families feel the Paxton-Buckley-Loda School District didn't do enough to stop it. WCIA previously reported about complaints around teacher and coach Robert Pacey. The suit calls him out… But doesn't stop there. Three people, including two parents, are suing the PBL school district and several administrators for what they said is a lack of action. PBL District 210 Superintendent announces resignation The suit said the PBL Junior High administration was made aware that Pacey needed to improve his interactions with students in 2009. That's when accusations of inappropriate touching and behavior started. A lawyer representing those who filed the suit said it only got worse from there. 'One of the main frustrations for people in the community is that there have been so many reports,' Chicago-based lawyer Bhavani Raveendran said. Reports stretch back 16 years. Raveendran filed the suit and said allegations about teacher and coach Robert Pacey only continued from there. The PBL School District got several more complaints about his behavior from students and several teachers as well. 'So many individuals reaching out and speaking out about prior reports that have been made, and they have been coming out of the woodwork on social media and in other sources,' Raveendran said. Special prosecutor investigating 2 Ford Co. teachers accused of inappropriate conduct with students But the suit said it didn't stop despite these red flags. It said two students who attended PBL Junior High both told principal Josh Didier that Pacey was extremely inappropriate with girls in class. The document said he touched students — looked up and down their skirts — and accidentally touched their breasts. 'It does not appear that a lot of action was taken to protect kids in the event that these were complaints that were being made based on incidents that did occur,' Raveendran said. The suit said another one of those happened in 2021 involving the plaintiff named Minor A. She said Pacey hit her on the head at a track meet and said if she didn't shut up he was going to tape her mouth shut. She said she experienced headaches days after. A couple months later she said she was at a practice Pacey was running. She said he told her she needed to change her shorts because they were not what she would race in. When she went into the locker room — she said Pacey followed her inside and made her change into tighter ones in front of him. GCMS school board votes to dismiss teacher after alleged inappropriate texts to student Between 2009 and 2021, the lawsuit said he was moved between positions — suspended — but never fired and an investigation with DCFS was never started. 'Multiple of my clients are students that do not want to see younger students put in a similar situation,' Raveendran said. They're asking for $50,000 plus legal costs for each of the 14 counts alleged. WCIA reached out to the PBL School District several times several times on Tuesday — and was told they didn't have anyone in to handle it. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
02-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Trump DHS slams Biden admin over Ohio train derailment response
(NewsNation) — The Trump administration's Department of Homeland Security is criticizing the federal response under the Biden administration to the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, calling it 'gross mismanagement.' 'Emails of FEMA ignoring a potential cancer cluster breakout in East Palestine, Ohio, under the Biden administration is yet another outrageous example of the gross mismanagement and poor treatment of Americans under the prior administration,' a DHS spokesperson said in a statement to NewsNation. In September 2023, officials burned five tankers containing 115,000 gallons of toxic vinyl chloride. Residents quickly reported serious health issues and pleaded for help. Seven months after the toxic vinyl chloride spill, then-President Biden issued an executive order, sending FEMA executive Jim McPherson to East Palestine to assess the community's unmet needs. FEMA, White House covered up East Palestine devastation: Exclusive But new documents from FEMA obtained through the Freedom of Information Act show extensive coordination between FEMA, the White House, the National Security Council, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice, voicing serious concerns about health, toxins and the unmet needs of East Palestine following the train derailment. But publicly, their message was that there was nothing to those concerns. 'It showed that FEMA knew health care was the No. 1 issue,' said Lesley Pace, senior environmental officer at the Government Accountability Project. Entire system contaminated 2 years after Ohio train derailment: Ex-resident Pacey is an investigator with the Government Accountability Project who sued to get these documents when FEMA refused to turn them over. 'It was only discussed internally, and it actually was discussed all the way up to the White House. There's White House officials and National Security Council officials discussing the dangers of the cancer cluster potential and the health issues, and discussing whether or not to release the unmet needs report to the public and to the media,' Pacey said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Daily Mail
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
BET: Trailer, certificate and where to watch
Pacey, action-packed high school drama based on a manga series about a compulive gambler 2025
Boston Globe
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
10 new TV shows to watch this summer
Advertisement MOUNTAINHEAD 'Succession' creator Jesse Armstrong is going less episodic for his new project, writing and directing a direct-to-streaming movie for MAX. 'Mountainhead' stars Mass. native Steve Carell alongside Jason Schwartzman ('Megalopolis,' 'Between the Temples'), Ramy Youssef ('Ramy'), and Cory Michael Smith ('Saturday Night'). But Armstrong's subject matter will look familiar: the group is a collection of billionaires, who have gathered together in a mountain retreat during a financial crisis. Let's take a wild guess and assume the title is a play on 'The Fountainhead,' by Ayn Rand, long a preferred author of committed capitalists. (HBO, May 30) DEPT. Q The irascible detective canon gets another entry with this show, starring Matthew Goode ('A Discovery of Witches,' 'Downton Abbey'). After witnessing his partner getting shot and subsequently paralyzed, Carl Morck, a British DCI on the Edinburgh police force, gets shunted off to manage a new cold case department. No one expects him to accomplish anything there, but, as is the way of these things, Morck soon assembles a crew of misfits and begins untangling unsolved crimes. The show seems to be drawing comparisons to 'Slow Horses,' another series about law enforcement washouts, but presumably this one will feature less theatrical flatulence from its star than that one does. Also promising: It comes from Scott Frank, who launched Anya Taylor-Joy to stardom with 'The Queen's Gambit.' (Netflix, May 29) Advertisement STICK Owen Wilson follows a path trod by many a movie star before him, and lands in this Apple TV+ series. He stars as the eponymous Stick, a once-promising professional golfer who washed out after a meltdown on the course. Stick decides to make one last run at success in professional golf by mentoring an up-and-coming youngster. He's joined in his efforts by one-time Bostonian Marc Maron, with Judy Greer co-starring as Stick's presumably long-suffering ex-wife. (Apple TV+, June 4) THE WATERFRONT 'Dawson's Creek' creator Kevin Williamson returns to North Carolina, the setting for all of Joey's waffling about whether she wanted to be with Dawson or Pacey (girl, it's Pacey). This time, Williamson tells the story of the Buckley family, who run a fishing company in their small town, but face challenges keeping that enterprise alive amid encroaching changes. Maria Bello, Holt McCallany, Melissa Benoist, and Jake Weary star in this family saga, which is based on a true story, and will apparently feature the Buckleys going to extreme lengths to protect their family legacy. (Netflix, June 19) Advertisement IRONHEART The latest Disney+ Marvel show, created by poet and 'Snowpiercer' staff writer Chinaka Hodge, follows the travails of MIT student Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne), who's got the Tony Stark smarts to invent a whole series of impressive (and dangerous) devices. While audiences were introduced to the character when she was in Cambridge as an MIT student in 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,' the new show sees her returning to her Chicago roots, where she'll be building a new and very advanced Iron Man suit. Thorne stars alongside Anthony Ramos ('Hamilton,' 'In the Heights') and Alden Ehrenreich ('Solo'). ( Disney+, June 24) Taron Egerton and Jurnee Smollett in "Smoke." Apple TV+ SMOKE 'Mystic River' novelist and Mass. native Dennis Lehane adapts a podcast instead of one of his own books for this show. 'Smoke' follows an arson investigator (Taron Egerton, 'Kingsman,' 'Rocketman') and a troubled police investigator (Jurnee Smollett, 'Lovecraft Country,' 'Birds of Prey') as they chase down leads on a pair of serial arsonists. John Leguizamo, Rafe Spall, and Anna Chlumsky also star. The show is inspired by true events, and is based on the 'Firebug' podcast. (Apple TV+, June 27) "Chief of War," starring Jason Momoa. Apple TV+ CHIEF OF WAR Jason Momoa takes on the history of Hawai'i in this Apple TV+ historical epic. The show will delve into the unification and colonization of the islands that make up Hawai'i, with Momoa starring and executive producing, alongside a cast primarily made up of Polynesian actors, including Temuera Morrison ('Boba Fett,' 'Aquaman') and Cliff Curtis ('Whale Rider,' 'Avatar 2,″ 'Fear the Walking Dead'). Momoa previously starred in 'See' for the streamer, and most recently charmed in 'A Minecraft Movie.' (Apple TV+, Aug. 1) LONG STORY SHORT 'BoJack Horseman' creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg returns with a new animated comedy. This time around, he turns his focus from Hollywood to the Schwooper family, with a series that promises to jump back and forth in time to check in with the Schwooper parents and their kids throughout the years. He's bringing along artist Lisa Hanawalt, who worked with him to memorable effect on 'BoJack,' and subsequently went on herself to create the buddy comedy 'Tuca and Bertie,' starring Ali Wong and Tiffany Haddish. 'Long Story Short' stars Paul Reiser, Lisa Edelstein, Abbi Jacobson, Ben Feldman, and Max Greenfield. (Netflix, Aug. 22) Advertisement THURSDAY MURDER CLUB This direct-to-streaming movie is an adaptation of the beloved murder mystery series by Richard Osman, about a group of retirees who solve mysteries. Chris Columbus, who directed the first two 'Harry Potter' movies and the first two 'Home Alone' movies, here works with a slightly older cast, which includes Helen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan (both recently seen in ' (Netflix, Aug. 28) RETURNING SERIES 'And Just Like That'(MAX, May 29), 'Grantchester' (PBS, June 15), 'The Buccaneers' (Apple TV+, June 18), 'The Gilded Age' (MAX, June 22), 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' (FX, July 9), 'Acapulco' (Apple TV+, July 23), 'Wednesday' (Netflix, Aug. 6) Lisa Weidenfeld can be reached at
BBC News
18-04-2025
- BBC News
London family 'minute away' from cable car crash in Italy
A family of four from London have spoken about being at the scene of a cable car accident in Italy in which two British tourists were Pacey, 50, was with her husband, James Ross, and their two children, Hannah, aged 10, and eight-year-old son, Luke, when they saw a suspended cable said: "We were within a minute or two of [the incident] happening."Italian news agency Ansa has reported that two British tourists and an Israeli national were among the four people who died in the crash on Thursday at Monte Faito in the town of Castellammare di Stabia. Ms Pacey told the Press Association: "They started winching people down from the cable car."We watched the first couple of people come down in a harness, and as we left, there was a sense of urgency that had kicked in."She said she saw flowers and candles on the steps outside the railway station on Friday, and emergency services remained at the scene.A number of people had to be evacuated from another cable car.A fifth person, believed to be a foreign tourist, was seriously injured during the is thought that a traction cable snapped, bringing cable cars to a a translated post on social media, Vincenzo De Luca, president of Campania, called the day "truly tragic and painful" and said his thoughts go to those who died, were injured and their said he was grateful for the rescuers and said an investigation into what happened will be carried Vicinanza Sindaco, the mayor of Castellammare, said on Facebook that there will be a day of mourning and decided to cancel all initiatives for the Easter holidays.A Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office spokesperson said: "We are dealing with an incident in Italy and are in contact with the local authorities. Our thoughts are with those affected.
