AM 1240 WJON » connecticut school shooting http://wjon.com Thu, 23 May 2013 09:49:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 SCSU Rings Bells in Honor of Connecticut School Shooting Victims http://wjon.com/scsu-rings-bells-in-honor-of-connecticut-school-shooting-victims/ http://wjon.com/scsu-rings-bells-in-honor-of-connecticut-school-shooting-victims/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:01:46 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=156978 St. Cloud State University joined others throughout the state in sounding 26 bells across campus at 9:30 this (Friday) morning, to mark a moment of silence in honor of each life that was taken at the Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut a week ago.

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]]> http://wjon.com/scsu-rings-bells-in-honor-of-connecticut-school-shooting-victims/feed/ 0 Steven Wright Area Schools Plan, Prepare for Students in Wake of School Shooting [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/area-schools-plan-prepare-for-students-in-wake-of-school-shooting-audio/ http://wjon.com/area-schools-plan-prepare-for-students-in-wake-of-school-shooting-audio/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2012 14:52:29 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=155892 Area superintendents want to reassure parents that their children are safe at school. This is the first day of classes since last Friday's deadly school shooting in Connecticut.

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]]> http://wjon.com/area-schools-plan-prepare-for-students-in-wake-of-school-shooting-audio/feed/ 0 Steven Wright Minnesota Grandmother Remembers Connecticut Shooting Victim http://wjon.com/minnesota-grandmother-remembers-connecticut-shooting-victim/ http://wjon.com/minnesota-grandmother-remembers-connecticut-shooting-victim/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:21:31 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=155846 Irene Hagen says she was at her Nisswa home Friday when she got a phone call from Newtown, Conn., saying her granddaughter was in a lockdown at school. A few hours later, Hagen learned that 6-year-old Charlotte Bacon was one of 20 children killed in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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]]> http://wjon.com/minnesota-grandmother-remembers-connecticut-shooting-victim/feed/ 0 Mario Tama/Getty Images Minn. Teacher Union Head Condemns Conn. Shooting http://wjon.com/minn-teacher-union-head-condemns-conn-shooting/ http://wjon.com/minn-teacher-union-head-condemns-conn-shooting/#comments Sat, 15 Dec 2012 13:00:44 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=155687 The head of Minnesota's largest teachers union calls the shooting attack on a Connecticut elementary school "vicious and shocking."

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]]> http://wjon.com/minn-teacher-union-head-condemns-conn-shooting/feed/ 0 Connecticut State Police spokesman Lt. J. Paul Vance briefs the media (Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images) Dayton Calls Connecticut School Shooting 'Dastardly' Act http://wjon.com/dayton-calls-connecticut-school-shooting-dastardly-act/ http://wjon.com/dayton-calls-connecticut-school-shooting-dastardly-act/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2012 21:55:28 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=155620 Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton is reacting to a mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school with a strong expression of outrage and assurances that school safety here is a "paramount concern."

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]]> http://wjon.com/dayton-calls-connecticut-school-shooting-dastardly-act/feed/ 0 Governor's Office handout photo Advice on Talking to Your Children About Violence Against Kids http://wjon.com/advice-on-talking-to-your-children-about-violence-against-kids/ http://wjon.com/advice-on-talking-to-your-children-about-violence-against-kids/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2012 21:47:02 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=155610 Children are exposed to numerous accounts of violence against kids, such as abductions, murder, and random acts of terrorism. Parents need to be aware that children may react strongly to those events and should be prepared to discuss their child's thoughts and feelings.

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]]> http://wjon.com/advice-on-talking-to-your-children-about-violence-against-kids/feed/ 0 GovernorDayton, Flickr Sartell-St. Stephen Superintendent Sends Message to Parents On Connecticut School Shooting http://wjon.com/sartell-st-stephen-superintendent-sends-message-to-parents-on-connecticut-school-shooting/ http://wjon.com/sartell-st-stephen-superintendent-sends-message-to-parents-on-connecticut-school-shooting/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2012 21:42:48 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=155593 This is a terrible tragedy that saddens our entire nation. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the victims and the entire Newtown School community. Events like this are difficult for all of us to understand.

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]]> http://wjon.com/sartell-st-stephen-superintendent-sends-message-to-parents-on-connecticut-school-shooting/feed/ 0 Steven Wright Connecticut School Shooting Brings Back Memories of ROCORI Shooting http://wjon.com/connecticut-school-shooting-brings-back-memories-of-rocori-shooting/ http://wjon.com/connecticut-school-shooting-brings-back-memories-of-rocori-shooting/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2012 19:24:11 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=155536 An official with knowledge of a shooting at a Connecticut elementary school says 27 people are dead, including 18 children. Every time there is a shooting at a school it brings back the memory of the shooting at ROCORI high school.

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