In 2014, a 9-year-old girl died at an Oregon beach and a man died at a California beach in sand hole collapses. Phil Helsel is a reporter for NBC News.

"We wanted to provide some type of last response to an intruder," Helsel said, "rather than crawling under a desk and getting shot." The news of Helsel's stone policy -- which he said he ...

David Helsel, superintendent of Blue Mountain School District in Orwigsburg, said social media posts misrepresenting the district's overall plans for dealing with school shootings put his schools ...

David Helsel, superintendent of a school district in northeast Pennsylvania, explained his plan to a legislative education committee last week, drawing a flurry of local media coverage.

Jacob Ralph Helsel, 19, rendered pleas to charges of accidents involving death or personal injury, a second-degree felony, and tampering with physical evidence, a second-degree misdemeanor.