The event — and suspension — has rocked the Taft school community, as over 1,500 people have come to Taylor’s defense in a change.org petition titled “STOP Taft High School from taking ...

a $3.8 million verdict was reached in a civil lawsuit filed against the Taft Union High School District following a shooting on campus that left one student injured and another behind bars.

A Kern County jury decided Wednesday the city of Taft didn’t violate its security contract with the Taft Union High School District after a student shot a 16-year-old boy on campus, leaving him ...

The teacher, whose name has not yet been officially released by authorities, helped evacuate nearly two dozen students out a door at Taft Union High School in Taft, Calif., while calmly engaging ...

TAFT, Calif. (AP) - The sheriff of Kern County, Calif., says a 16-year-old student shot at a high school in rural Taft is in critical but stable condition. Sheriff Donny Youngblood says the ...