Newtown

Robbie Parker and other parents have spent more than a decade battling the lies of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who claimed the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting didn’t happen.

An animal sanctuary in Newtown, Connecticut is a labor of love for a mother whose daughter died in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary began its next chapter with an old-fashioned barn raising.

Survivors of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting graduated from Newtown High School. They reflected on what it was like to celebrate the milestone while honoring the memory of their former classmates.

Monsignor Robert Weiss — a priest in Newtown, Connecticut — was honored on the floor of the U.S. Congress after his retirement last month. U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) acknowledged Weiss for consoling the Newtown community after the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that killed 20 children and six educators.

The Newtown Board of Education has voted not to ban two books from their high school’s library. Instead, school administrators will work with concerned parents on a case-by-case basis.

The Newtown Board of Education will vote on Thursday to keep or ban two graphic novels from the high school library. Parents and board members say the two books, "Flamer" by Mike Curato and "Blankets" by Craig Thompson, contain pornographic material.

How does a community recover from a tragedy? The residents of Newtown, Connecticut have carried the burden of the Sandy Hook School shooting for 10 years. This week, The Full Story will feature an encore presentation of a conversation with WSHU’s Davis Dunavin about his podcast: Still Newtown.

The Connecticut Attorney General’s Office is planning to take the unusual step of going to court to remove a labor union as the distributor of a fund designed to help Sandy Hook shooting first responders and teachers.

Ten years since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, the mother of one victim marked the day by breaking ground on the headquarters for an animal sanctuary she started in memory of her daughter.

Ten years after the mass school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, the town has erected a memorial that incorporates many of the gifts sent to the community after the tragedy.