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Kentucky Country Day School faces backlash after a valedictorian's speech sparked a cultural shift and parental outrage.

The grand piano, which had been used on occasions including graduation ceremonies ... and from the orchestra in the spring last year. “Thank you for the youth you gave me,” Nakamura said ...

Rhoda Feldman was a woman of style and substance. After breaking ground as one of the Free Press’s first female news ...

In what may be a first, a diverse, 60-member commission was created with a lofty goal: bolster confidence in the state’s ...

The most love I’ve felt has never come from a guy or even my family: it’s always been from my girls. The love you feel from ...

Let me preface this by saying that I am condemning neither Superintendent Dennis Peterson nor the Minnetonka School District. I believe Dr. Peterson always has the district’s best interest ...

COVID-19 turned “normal” right on its head. Families and friends felt isolated while getting together seemed impossible. In an attempt to connect, online meets became a lifeline for many. Four ...

When Natalie Reilly started writing thank-you notes to first responders with her mother, Hope, she never imagined how many ...

This resulted in an awkward space where the character should have appeared in the print version of this column. We apologize to our readers and neighbors, the SMSC, for this error, one which ...

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But, I can remember the message, the charm and the encouragement (and, of course, the searing heat) as if I were sitting in that field yesterday, celebrating my brother’s graduation ... you hope for ...