Browse past news stories for Creston High School in Grand Rapids, MI.

• Keeping the future bright for GRPS (WOOD TV 8 Grand Rapids)
  posted on November 22, 2009 at 02:55:58 am
  GRPS Futures Conference: Improving Education in a Budget Crisis was held Saturday at Ottawa Hills High School.
• 9 GRPD officers to be laid off, rehired (WOOD TV 8 Grand Rapids)
  posted on November 16, 2009 at 03:32:27 am
  Nine of the more than 30 Grand Rapids police officers who would lose their jobs come the new year under the city budget proposal will be rehired immediately thanks to a federal grant, City Manager Greg Sundstrom said.
• Tax increase could pay for Grand Rapids public safety (WZZM 13 Grand Rapids)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 10:33:24 am
   After the layoff of 69 police and fire personnel some Grand Rapids leaders are calling for a tax increase to pay for public safety.
• Grand Rapids Budget Cuts: 44 police officers, 25 firefighters (WZZM 13 Grand Rapids)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 03:18:24 pm
  Faced with an estimated budget deficit of $27.43 million for the fiscal year starting next July 1, the city of Grand Rapids Tuesday morning announced numerous cuts.
• Student, 16, pleads guilty to bringing gun to Creston High School (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on November 9, 2009 at 04:40:38 pm
  Showing up at Creston High School with a sawed-off shotgun in his pants will keep 16-year-old Devante Glasper as a ward of the court.
• HS student pleads guilty to gun charges (WOOD TV 8 Grand Rapids)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 01:12:16 am
  A16-year-old Creston High School student pleaded guilty Tuesday to two weapons charges.
• Grand Rapids Creston student who fired gun outside school pleads guilty (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on November 3, 2009 at 06:25:38 pm
  GRAND RAPIDS -- A 16-year-old who fired a handgun in the Creston High School parking lot in September is going to an Evart youth home after pleading guilty to two weapons charges today. Damon Carson was ordered to in-house programs...
• Profiles of 2009 YMCA Tribute Award winners (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on November 1, 2009 at 11:10:40 am
  A look at the wisdom, achievements of the award winners.
• GRPS & Amway to expand school of business (WZZM 13 Grand Rapids)
  posted on October 26, 2009 at 05:48:24 pm
  Grand Rapids Public School leaders announced a partnership Monday morning with Amway to expand a School of Business, Leadership and Entrepreneurship.
• Grand Rapids wrapping up 'green plan,' but lack of funding means it will be a grass roots effort (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on October 25, 2009 at 05:10:48 am
  A look at six goals supporters have set after two years of planning.
• Heeding call on Flickr, Grand Rapids photographers pool talents to provide senior portraits (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on October 22, 2009 at 06:25:38 pm
  Thirty photographers quickly rallied to a cause they dubbed "Senior Smile." They will shoot portraits for 200 seniors from Grand Rapids' high schools who would not otherwise have senior pictures.
• Ada to Zeeland briefs: Official named president of housing association (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on October 22, 2009 at 05:11:19 am
  A roundup of local news briefs from Ada to Zeeland.
• Community members invited to 'Green Gathering' in Grand Rapids (WZZM 13 Grand Rapids)
  posted on October 21, 2009 at 10:18:24 am
  The city of Grand Rapids continues to pave the way for a greener future.
• 'Green Grand Rapids' parks and recreation recommendations ready for review (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on October 20, 2009 at 09:25:49 am
  City officials are inviting the public to “Green Gathering: Call to Action” to discuss the project’s next steps.
• From West Michigan to the Grand Ole Opry (MLive.com)
  posted on September 28, 2009 at 03:09:53 pm
  Backstage at a Loretta Lynn Concert at Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort are (from left) Andrew Vogel, Lynn, Bernice Vogel and Bobby Vogel. When country music superstar Loretta Lynn performs, Bernice and Andrew Vogel of Wayland are welcome backstage.
• Grand Rapids' Creston High student could be suspended after BB gun is found on campus (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on September 24, 2009 at 06:40:48 pm
  GRAND RAPIDS -- A Creston High School student faces disciplinary action, which could include a suspension of up to 180 days, or expulsion, for having a BB gun Wednesday afternoon in the trunk of a car parked on campus. Circumstances...
• Creston High School student brings fake gun to school, may face expulsion (WZZM 13 Grand Rapids)
  posted on September 24, 2009 at 09:33:25 am
  A Grand Rapids high school student faces disciplinary action after he was found with a toy gun.
• BB gun found in Creston parking lot (WOOD TV 8 Grand Rapids)
  posted on September 24, 2009 at 01:23:03 am
  Grand Rapids police confirmed they found a BB gun Wednesday in a car used by a student in the Creston High School parking lot.
• Police investigate report of gun in parking lot at Creston High School (The Muskegon Chronicle)
  posted on September 23, 2009 at 11:55:39 pm
  By the time police arrived about 3:45 p.m., the weapon, thought by police to possibly be a toy or BB gun, had been put back in the trunk of a green Infiniti sedan.
• Creston High School security to be continuous, unannounced (WZZM 13 Grand Rapids)
  posted on September 22, 2009 at 03:18:34 pm
  Metal detectors are in use again today at Creston High School on Grand Rapids NE side.
• Grand Rapids school officials not saying how long increased security will continue at Creston High School (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on September 22, 2009 at 03:25:59 am
  Creston Principal Ron Gorman said some students have withdrew from the high school after two gun incidents, but "we didn't lose a hundred."
• Mothers of teens accused of Creston High School gun incidents say their sons were threatened (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on September 17, 2009 at 04:10:41 am
  GRAND RAPIDS -- The mother of a 16-year-old student who allegedly fired a handgun into the air as Creston High School classes let out Monday says her son was trying to protect himself after being threatened numerous occasions by a...
• Both teens charged in Creston High School gun incidents have juvenile records, were on probation (The Muskegon Chronicle)
  posted on September 16, 2009 at 10:52:30 pm
  GRAND RAPIDS -- Two teens whose alleged actions sparked panic at Creston High School on consecutive days this week have past juvenile records, court documents show. Devante Glasper, 16, accused of hiding a sawed-off shotgun in his pant leg in...
• UPDATE: 66 students absent following gun scare at Grand Rapids Creston High School (WZZM 13 Grand Rapids)
  posted on September 16, 2009 at 08:48:24 am
  Students at Creston High School returned this morning to metal detectors and beefed up security.
• Teen arrested for firing shot outide of Creston High School in Grand Rapids (WZZM 13 Grand Rapids)
  posted on September 14, 2009 at 09:03:24 pm
  Grand Rapids Police have a 16 year old in custody in connection with a shooting this afternoon outside of Creston High School.
• Police arrest 16-year-old student after gunshot fired outside Grand Rapids' Creston High School (The Muskegon Chronicle)
  posted on September 14, 2009 at 07:55:38 pm
  GRAND RAPIDS -- Creston High School students said a freshman who had been threatened by classmates earlier today returned to school this afternoon with a gun and fired once in the air as he was jumped by waiting teens.
• Macatawa Bank sponsors Dave Ramsey personal finance program in 56 West Michigan schools (The Muskegon Chronicle)
  posted on September 9, 2009 at 02:25:40 pm
  Macatawa Bank Corp. is bringing Press columnist and nationally known personal finance guru Dave Ramsey's programs to area classrooms. The Holland-based bank this morning said it would sponsor a program to offer Ramsey's Foundations in Personal Finance program for free...
• Hoskins victim testifies: we had sex (WOOD TV 8 Grand Rapids)
  posted on August 31, 2009 at 03:42:48 pm
  A 16-year-old girl allegedly sexually assaulted by Kenneth Hoskins Jr. -- a former school advocate -- reluctantly testified they had sex in his Central High School office earlier this year.
• Union High School's updated dropout rates rejected (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on August 30, 2009 at 01:02:40 am
  GRAND RAPIDS -- Union High students had the test scores to join three other city high schools in satisfying federal goals for the first time, but district staff missed No Child Left Behind deadlines for supplying graduation data....
• Questions Keep EGR Player on Sidelines in Season Opener (FOX 17 Grand Rapids)
  posted on August 28, 2009 at 04:28:03 am
  Thursday marked the beginning of the 2009 high school football season, but at one school the opening game comes with a little controversy The high school football season is officially underway as of Thursday night, but the opening game at East Grand Rapids also came with a little controversy.