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DUKE CENTER — The Otto-Eldred School board meeting was highlighted Tuesday evening with several budget discussions as they prepare for a final approva...

DUKE CENTER -- The Otto-Eldred School board held their regular scheduled meeting at the high school library, despite the unpredictable weather Tuesday...

ELDRED — The Otto-Eldred school board started off it's evening Monday with reorganization of the school board directors. After a vote, current preside...

ELDRED — The Otto-Eldred School board had approximately 25 attendees at their meeting Tuesday evening. Some were students attending as part of their g...

A plan to change how school funds are distributed across the state has been met by local opponents, who say the concept would severely cripple area sc...

Pretty soon, there’ll be no more pencils, no more books and no more teacher dirty looks. All because school will be out for summer. Even though youth ...

ELDRED — At Tuesday’s meeting, the Otto-Eldred School board members heard from two groups of community members requesting policy changes. First, a gro...

A heating system failure at the Otto-Eldred High School didn’t disrupt classes Wednesday. Superintendent Matthew Splain reported that the system had t...

A mass shooting earlier this week at a Florida school has local superintendents on alert, with one official rhetorically asking how things got to this...

School districts across the region are seeing a mixed bag when it comes to state funding under a spending plan proposed by Gov. Tom Wolf this week. Th...

DUKE CENTER — The Otto-Eldred School board unanimously voted to pass a resolution opposing Senate Bill 2 after discussions during the meeting held Tue...

DUKE CENTER — Otto-Eldred school board member Joe Bennett sat at his last board meeting Tuesday evening. Bennett service began in 2001. He served as t...

ELDRED — The Otto-Eldred School board Wednesday evening heard concerns from parents regarding student athletes’ transportation after events. Parents J...

More and more students are receiving free or discounted lunches at schools across the four-county region. That’s according to The Center for Rural Pen...

School districts across the four-county region aren’t feeling the strain of the state budget impasse ––at least for now. But Pennsylvania Association ...

At least one local school administrator has grave concerns with the Republican health care bill, particularly with the deep cuts anticipated to Medica...

DUKE CENTER — An art teacher suffered a hand injury after a small electrical fire Thursday afternoon at the Otto-Eldred High School. Around 12:20 p.m....

“You have heard the phrase, ‘if it sounds too good to be true, it is.’ The phrase ‘property tax elimination’ sounds good as a headline but the details...

DUKE CENTER — The Otto-Eldred school board received an update Tuesday evening from superintendent Matthew Splain and business manager Brenda Long on t...

DUKE CENTER — The Otto-Eldred school board started out their monthly meeting with an audit report presented by Adam Batesky, from Buffamante Whipple B...