My, my, look at little Sandi Paskins. It seems like just yesterday she reported to room #1250 at Moore Elementary School for her first day of kindergarten at a brand spanking new school. But it was 65 years …

Instead of USA maybe we should bill ourselves the RSA, as in Reunited States of America. Whether it’s families or teams or high school and college classes, we have a penchant for reunion. Life is a cha-cha with …

Rickety, Rackety, Rickety Rack, Hullabaloo, Kazoo, Kazack, Hoo rah, Hoo ray West Des Moines High School, I-O-A! That’s one of the “yells” that urged the football team of the old West High into gridiron battle, according to the …

Last night the portrait of the DMPS Class of 2015 got its finishing touches when 71 summer graduates representing East, Hoover, North, Lincoln, Roosevelt and Scavo received their diplomas in a commencement ceremony at Hoyt Sherman Place. It …

Making the transition from middle to high school brings with it all kinds of worries. For incoming East High School freshman Nikya Martin, not being able to find her way around is a big one. “I’m scared I’m …