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Oneida-Herkimer-Madison BOCES District Superintendet Howard Mettelman answers the question "What do you want parents to know about school safety?" following a School Safety Summit Thursday, March 8, 2018, at the Oneida-Herkimer-Madison BOCES.

O-D reporter Greg Mason interviews Utica College sophomore Malina Rivera about her experience during an hours-long lockdown at Utica College on Monday, March 5, 2018. Read our full coverage of the lockdown here.

Whitesboro High School senior Austin Goldsmith-Lachut talks about how he and his classmates "came together to stand up for the victims" of a school shooting earlier this month in Florida by staging a walkout at their school on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018. Read the full story here.

Whitesboro High School junior Catherine Yankowski, who organized a student walkout Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018, in solidarity with the victims of a recent Florida school shooting, talks about how teenagers are turning to activism following that tragedy. Read the full story here.

Whitesboro High School students who participated in a walkout Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018, in reaction to a mass school shooting earlier this month in Florida, share their messages for the community about guns and school safety. Read the full story here

With just a few months to go until the 2018 Boilermaker Road Race, former race President Tim Reed weighs in on the search for his replacement and what it takes to be successful in that position. [Interview by Mark Doherty / Observer-Dispatch]

State Sen. Joseph Griffo, R-Rome, talks about voting and the pros and cons of a proposed early voting initiative in New York State.