Mom Foils School Attack; Students Save 13

A mom’s tip led police to catching a heavily armed man who is accused of threatening schools as he was pulling out of his driveway.  Four students saved 13 people from a burning building.

Town Honors Mother Credited With Foiling School Attack

LAWRENCEBURG, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky town is honoring a New Jersey mom who is credited with foiling a planned school attack.

The Courier Journal reports Koeberle Bull and her children will visit Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, to ride in the city's annual Christmas parade Dec. 1. Bull says donations have made the trip possible and she's looking forward to meeting people in the community.

Bull says she was following her gut in October when she tipped off police in Kentucky about harassing Facebook messages. Her report led police to Dylan Jarrell, who is accused of threatening schools in Anderson and Shelby counties. Police say they stopped Jarrell as he pulled out of his driveway in Lawrenceburg heavily armed with a "detailed plan of attack."

Jarrell has pleaded not guilty to charges of harassing communications and terroristic threatening.

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Information from: Courier Journal, http://www.courier-journal.com

Students Called Heroes For Rousing Residents Of Burning Home

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Four members of a Massachusetts high school's JROTC program are being hailed as heroes for rushing into a burning home and rousing the sleeping residents, including several children.

The Telegram & Gazette reports that the students at North High School in Worcester saw smoke as they drove past the three-story home at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Jordan Parker and Abderrahman Sebbai, both 17, 16-year-old Raesean Goodney and 15-year-old Marquis Bell called 911, then with another adult motorist who stopped, broke down the front door and spread out to different floors.

Thirteen residents escaped unharmed, including six children ages 2 to 10.

Resident Danielle Cormier says the boys are "my heroes, forever."

Fire officials say the building's smoke detectors apparently weren't working.

Parker says there is no doubt that JROTC training helped.

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Information from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, Mass.), http://www.telegram.com

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