Shirley MacFarland’s weekly community column featuring news and notes from Brecksville, Broadview Heights, North Royalton and Strongsville.

From the Brat Pack to the Police Academy: 80s actors who shifted careers The 1980s created a generation of actors who became ...

Students at the Twin Falls Citizens Police Academy test their skills through a fake crime scene investigation. Hearing Abruptly Halted Amid Heated Exchange Parents’ sarcastic text to daughter, 27, ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, UNITED STATES, October 8, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Now We Know!, a brand-new television series hosted by celebrated actor, author, and ...

Frank Leinen passed away after suffering a medical emergency on the second day of the Broken Arrow police academy on September 24th, 2025. Leinen entered the academy at the age of 40 to continue a ...

Gardiel Solorio was fatally shot in 2022, prosecutors say. Photo from Monterey Park Police Department An off-duty officer was fatally shot 17 days after graduating from the police academy in 2022, ...

SPRINGFIELD — After a Superior Court judge denied a request by the city in May to dismiss a lawsuit filed by 19 current Westfield Police Department officers alleging they should have been paid ...

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — The El Paso Police Department celebrated the graduation of its newest class of cadets from the 138th Police Academy on Monday. After eight and a half months of intensive ...

UPDATE (9/25/2025) — The Broken Arrow Police Department has identified the recruit who died during the second day of training at the academy. He was 40-year-old Franklin Leinen. Police say at the end ...

Update: Broken Arrow Police Chief Lance Arnold identified the recruit as 40-year-old Frank Leinen. A recruit at the Broken Arrow Police Academy passed away following a medical event on Wednesday.

NEWTOWN — Bucks County Community College has moved a step closer to opening a police training academy following a crucial vote by a state commission, college officials announced. On September 11, the ...