John Barnes, father of modern BSU, dies at 89

Teachers from various county schools, including Aaron Barnes, center, attend a weeklong Plant Camp to learn about Florida's unique plant situation for incorporation into their

District police have announced the arrest of a 17-year-old in connection with the , one of them a 15-year-old middle school student caught in a cross-fire between groups fighting over a stolen gun in Northeast Washington. The name of the teenager ...

The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, in conjunction with Newark Public Schools, will present high school jazz combos from Arts High, Barringer, East Side, and Science Park in concert with internationally acclaimed jazz artists Jon Faddis and Tim ...

(The Duncan Banner - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Melanie Barnes still remembers when her tennis career got started, the days when a competitive spirit that still drives her began to take shape. Starting in second grade, ...

(The Edmond Sun - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX News Network) -- OKLAHOMA CITY -- Deer Creek Public School District official Cindy Koss voiced concerns that testing results may be flawed due to circumstances surrounding the ...

Each year, East Davidson High School Principal Billy Hunt grants a "Principal's Award" to one graduating senior. It's an award that, among other reasons, is given to a student who has overcome a large obstacle in their life to graduate from school. ...

Wearing a bright-pink helmet, Vanessa Reill flies down the dirt track on the back of a racehorse. Standing at 5 feet, 5 inches tall, she pushes forward with the horse as one powerful muscle machine. This is her shot at being a professional jockey ...

Margaret S. Fuchs, a volunteer worker at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Silver Spring and at its parish school, died June 3 at Inova Fairfax Hospital. She was 92. The cause was pneumonia, said a daughter, Marjorie Hanson. Margaret Mary ...

This combination was bad news for the Moseley boys. The distance from home to school to work for my old man often meant sleep-depriving early drop-off at the school gates, on some occasions even arriving before the caretaker had unchained the ...