Jessica Trufant

4 days ago | patriotledger.com | Jessica Trufant

The Stars School & Learning Center will serve as a private, nonprofit day school for children in first through fifth grades with dyslexia and other language-based learning differences. The school will officially open Sept. 4, 2025. Jennifer Curtis, executive director of South Shore Stars, previously said some students with learning differences like dyslexia can spend more than 10 hours per week just getting to and from school. The program will meet the needs of such children closer to home.

4 days ago | patriotledger.com | Jessica Trufant

The Norfolk County District Attorney’s office has paid special prosecutor Hank Brennan more than $230,000 in taxpayer funds for Karen Read’s retrial. And the bills for his last few months of work are still coming. show the state has paid Brennan about $235,000 to date, with the last payment made in April. That means the state will owe Brennan for his last few months of work, including the trial itself. Norfolk District Attorney Michael W.

1 week ago | usatoday.com | Jessica Trufant

President Donald Trump has nominated a South Weymouth native to serve as the second highest-ranking military officer in the U.S. Armed Forces. Marine Corps’ Gen. Christopher Mahoney has been nominated to replace Adm. Chris Grady as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Grady is due to complete his term as the vice chair later this year. The nomination was received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Armed Services on June 17, according to a congressional website tracking nominations.

1 week ago | patriotledger.com | Jessica Trufant |Karissa Waddick |Katie Landeck

In the second trial for the case, the jury found Read not guilty on charges of second-degree murder and leaving the scene of a collision resulting in death and guilty of leaving the scene of a collision resulting in death. They did find her guilty of operating a vehicle under the influence. But in addition to the criminal case, Read, 45, is also facing a civil case over O'Keefe's death.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Jessica Trufant

A jury in Dedham, Massachusetts, has convicted Karen Read of operating a vehicle under of the influence but not on charges of second-degree murder and leaving the scene of a collision resulting in death. As a first-time offender, she has been sentenced to a year of probation and classes. If Read had been found guilty of second-degree murder, her sentence could have been life in prison.