Browse past news stories for Waco Elementary School in Waco, KY.

• Local school districts encouraging staff to live healthier lifestyles (Waco Tribune-Herald)
  posted on November 17, 2009 at 05:29:54 am
  The last few years have brought an emphasis on health to public schools. Lunches have been made nutritious. Physical education has been made more meaningful with a new standardized exam.
• Family, school grieve for 5-year-old Waco elementary school student (Waco Tribune-Herald)
  posted on October 9, 2009 at 04:16:25 am
  The sounds of cartoons and children playing in Mary Ferguson’s living room Thursday were a sharp contrast to the cried-out eyes and pained expressions of the adults in the apartment.
• 5-year-old Waco student killed in school accident (News 8 Austin)
  posted on October 9, 2009 at 02:42:54 am
  A kindergarten student died after a large cabinet fell on her Wednesday. The school community mourned the loss Thursday.
• 5-year-old girl killed at Waco elementary school (Waco Tribune-Herald)
  posted on October 8, 2009 at 04:37:44 am
  A 5-year-old J.H. Hines Elementary School student died Wednesday after a large cabinet fell on her at school.
• Bike rodeo (Richmond Register)
  posted on October 1, 2009 at 07:17:48 pm
  Students at Waco Elementary School are learning to keep safe on two wheels.Kosair Children’s Hospital of Louisville brought its bike rodeo to the school Wednesday to teach third, fourth and fifth-grade students basic safety skills.“No. 1 is to wear a helmet and follow all the rules of the road,” said Doug Beckhart, who teaches the safety class. “A lot of kids don’t wear their helmet and they don ...
• Water woes plague Crawfordsville (Washington Evening Journal)
  posted on August 5, 2009 at 07:58:38 pm
  CRAWFORDSVILLE — The bad news for the Crawfordsville City Council Tuesday was that the cost of bringing water into town is about $660 per day and the loads will have to continue. The worse news is WACO Elementary School will soon open and it may be another couple of months before the city can hook onto Wapello Rural Water.
• Waco Elementary School Temporarily Locked Down Thursday (KWTX-TV Waco)
  posted on April 9, 2009 at 07:43:54 pm
  A Waco elementary school was locked down temporarily as a precaution Thursday.
• Elementary school locked down (KXXV Waco)
  posted on April 9, 2009 at 06:06:42 pm
  North Waco Elementary school was on lockdown Thursday aftenoon after police reported shots being fired from a vehicle in the area.
• Hartwick native is new sheriff on crime beat (MPC Newspapers)
  posted on April 7, 2009 at 06:54:38 pm
  Desiring a better opportunity and a chance to be closer to family has led to the hiring of the newest Poweshiek County Sheriff’s Deputy. Matthew Simpson, 33, began his duties on Wednesday, April 1.
• Dentists take their work to Waco elementary school (Waco Tribune-Herald)
  posted on March 19, 2009 at 04:43:00 am
  By Wendy Gragg