Vashon High School

With its recent expansion to public high schools in St. Louis and University City, Show Me the World is raising money to support more than 100 students throughout the region.

The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis has received a federal grant to take its art programs to more St. Louis-area schools.The Institute of Museum and…

Maxine Waters, a California congresswoman, is known around the halls of Vashon High School in St. Louis as “Auntie Maxine.”She returned to her alma mater…

When Evita Caldwell arrived at St. Louis University as a freshman, she quickly understood a couple of things: First, that she lacked the professional…

About 100 students from St. Louis' Vashon High School walked out of classes Friday morning to demand more full-time teachers and better textbooks.The…

Jerry Brown, a former star football player at Vashon High School in St. Louis, was killed in a one car accident yesterday in Arlington, Texas.Brown was a…

Blagojevich headed to prison todayFormer Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich left his Chicago home this morning and is heading to Colorado to begin a 14-year…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 8, 2009 - On a Tuesday evening, Marcia Hayes-Harris stepped into the Schlafly Branch of the St.…