ST LOUIS (LALATE) – Alleged Super Drunk principal Kim Warren (photo above) has been replaced at work. Super Drunk laws in Michigan send first time offenders to jail for as long as 180 days. But a letter from Novi Community School District officials to parents says that Warren is now on paid administrative leave.

Kim Warren was the principal of Deerfield Elementary School when she was arrested under the local Super Drunk ordinance. She was accused of allegedly leaving the campus during a lunch break, consuming alcohol, swerving, and then pulling back into the school’s parking lot.

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ST LOUIS (LALATE) – A Pontiac High School bomb threat has prompted an evacuation order today. Pontiac High School received a bomb threat today April 30, 2013 prompting an immediate evacuation of personnel and students, and a lockdown of the campus. A news conference is expected within moments.

Local news has been running aerial pictures of the scene this morning. The school located at 1051 Arlene Avenue has a police tape line across one outlining street. Police cars and fire truck are stationed outside the police perimeter. And a bomb squad truck has arrived.

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – A La Salle High School Ohio shooting today has put the school on lockdown. The shooting erupted on the Cincinnati, Ohio campus of La Salle High School, not at La Salle High School of Pasadena, California. Several news reports are indicating that a student came on campus and shot himself today in an attempted suicide.

La Salle High School officials confirm to news that the school is on lockdown.  They claim that the campus is “not an active shooter scene”, reports Fox19. They also indicate no search for the shooter. The shooting did happen on campus, the local assistant fire chief for Green Township tells Fox19. The injured was transported to a local area hospital. It remains unclear if the injured has suffered life threatening injuries, or if the injured was transported by ground or helicopter.

Local station 700 WLW told news today that the there “was a single gunshot and a person down”. It also added “News radio 700WLW has been told by someone inside the building that this was a suicide attempt but that has not been confirmed by police or the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Until answers about the shooting are resolved, students and staff are being told to shelter in place.”

UPDATE: LaSalle’s HIgh School’s Director of Community Development says the student who shot himself is “fighting for his life”.

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ST LOUIS (LALATE) – Stacy Dawson has won the right to take his boyfriend to high school prom. Stacy Dawson is a 17 year old male gay senior at Scott County Central High School. A year ago, he asked administrators at his school in Sikeston, Missouri if he could take his boyfriend to prom. An unidentified administrator said he could not.

This year, Stacy Dawson decided to fight the school. At issue was the school’s handbook and a particular phrase. It reads “students will be permitted to invite one guest, girls invite boys and boys invite girls.” This spring, Dawson approached the Southern Poverty Law Center and decided to fight the language.

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ST LOUIS (LALATE) – A University of Maryland students shooting today February 12, 2013 has ended with two students dead and a third injured. The University of Maryland shooting is being classified as a murder suicide by police. Officials confirm a student shot two roommates off campus. One victim died. Moments later, the gunman turned the gun on himself and committed suicide. The names of the three UMD students have yet to be released to news.

Officials confirm that the three students were enrolled in the University of Maryland, College Park campus. The shooting did not happen on campus but in a private residence near the campus.

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