Double Take: Don’t pry about friends’ grades

Samantha: Teachers use a wide variety of threats to make their students be quiet, but nothing is as effective as the tense silence they create when they are about to hand tests back. However, the moment a teacher hands out ...

• Couple helps others grieve for lost babies
  The kisses that 3-year-old Kaylee Pfrimmer left behind on her mother’s pregnant belly are now a distant memory.
• Newborn nightmares: Scary story contest winners craft spooky tales
  We invited area students to concoct a Halloween story of 700 words or less that started with this spooky introduction: “‘That has to be the ugliest baby I’ve ever seen,’ I thought when I arrived at the Kendricks’ home to baby-sit their new infant ...” We received more than 100 entries from participants, grouped in three divisions: elementary, junior high and high school. Here are the winning entries.
• The candy plan: Have a strategy to avoid overindulging in Halloween goodies
  Occasionally, adventurous souls use Halloween as an excuse to find a gateway to hell.
• Double Take: Teens unfamiliar with laws could earn sex offender status
  “Sex offender” — one of the five or six worst terms you could possibly hear applied to your child.

• Double Take: Teen daughter wants to date 21-year-old
• Keep Halloween safe with a few poison control tips
• Halloween craft project a monster hit
• KU festival connects students with authors
• Scary Story Contest submissions sought
• Teen dating norms broaden to new extremes
• Day care next frontier in obesity battle
• Double Take: Tips for teens making the case for abstinence
• Organize for college