Browse past news stories for Sumner High School in St Louis, MO.

• Sumner Principal Reassigned After Incident Where Students Were Maced (KPLR 11 St. Louis)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 01:03:01 am
  One week after a major fight broke out at Sumner High School, the school's principal is dismissed. A district spokesperson told FOX 2 Sherman Curtis has been reassigned to another position. The spokesperson would not comment if last week's fight led to his removal. Last Tuesday, security officers used mace on several students after a fight broke out in the cafeteria. Three students had to be ...
• Pepper spray used to stop school fight at Sumner High School (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 04:11:15 pm
  ST. LOUIS -- Guards appear to have used pepper spray appropriately to stop a noontime fight among 10 to 12 students at Sumner High School, a St. Louis Public Schools official said Tuesday.
• Students Taken To Hospital After Guards Use Mace To Break Up Cafeteria Brawl (KPLR 11 St. Louis)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 12:51:32 am
  Three Sumner High School students were taken to the hospital and as many as nine others were treated after school security officers used mace to break up a fight in the school cafeteria Tuesday.
• St. Louis school fight broken up with tear gas (Columbia Missourian)
  posted on November 3, 2009 at 09:57:50 pm
  ST. LOUIS — St. Louis public school officials are investigating security guards' use of tear gas to break up a fight at Sumner High School. The incident happened around noon Tuesday. Media reports say at least seven students were treated for tear gas exposure. Details of their injuries were not available. The security guards were breaking up a fight involving a group of boys in the cafeteria ...
• Tear gas used at school fight in St. Louis (KOAM-TV Pittsburg)
  posted on November 3, 2009 at 09:34:46 pm
  Associated Press - November 3, 2009 4:24 PM ET ST. LOUIS (AP) - St. Louis public school officials are investigating after security guards sprayed tear gas to break up a fight at Sumner High...
• Fight at Sumner High School leads to student exposure to MACE (KMOV St. Louis)
  posted on November 3, 2009 at 08:54:25 pm
  ST. LOUIS (KMOV) -- A scuffle at Sumner High School ends with a dozen people treated for exposure to MACE. Authorities say a fight broke out among a group of boys in the cafeteria. The school security guards quickly suppressed the fight by spraying the boys with MACE.
• Security Changes At Sumner High School After Student Was Shot (KPLR 11 St. Louis)
  posted on October 20, 2009 at 05:31:12 pm
  Sumner High School students can expect security changes Tuesday after a student was shot in front of the school.
• Security Changes At Sumner High School After Student Was Shot (FOX 2 News St. Louis)
  posted on October 20, 2009 at 11:23:08 am
  Sumner High School students can expect security changes Tuesday after a student was shot in front of the school. Cottage will be closed outside of the school from 6:00am 6:00pm. Only school staff will be allowed to use it. School officials are making the change after a student was shot in front of the school Monday afternoon.
• Student Hospitalized After Being Shot Near Sumner High School (KPLR 11 St. Louis)
  posted on October 20, 2009 at 12:01:23 am
  A 17-year-old student was shot outside Sumner High School Monday not long after school let out for the day. The shooting happened around 3 p.m. in the 4200 block of Cottage in north St. Louis. According to police, the student ran inside the school seeking help after the shooting. The extent of the student's injuries is unknown, but they are believed to not be life-threatening. Police continue to ...
• Student Hospitalized After Being Shot Near Sumner High School (FOX 2 News St. Louis)
  posted on October 19, 2009 at 10:53:08 pm
  A 17 year old Sumner High School student was shot off campus less than an hour after school let out Monday afternoon. The shooting happened around 3 p.m. in the 4200 block of Cottage in north St. Louis. According to police, the student ran inside the school seeking help after the shooting and was taken to Children's Hospital.
• Suspect in custody after student shot near Sumner High School (KMOV St. Louis)
  posted on October 19, 2009 at 10:24:25 pm
  (KMOV) -- According to the st. Louis police department a suspect has been taken into custody after a student was shot outside Sumner High School. This happened around 3 p.m. Monday in the 4200 block of Cottage in north St. Louis.
• World travels expanded the palate of cook from South County (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
  posted on October 7, 2009 at 08:33:51 am
  Tom Gosebrink's cooking reflects the world he's wandered, the people he's met and the ingredients he finds. "Every Saturday, summer and winter, Jean and I shop Soulard market," Gosebrink said.
• The Sumner Bulldogs Are Excited About Their New Turf (KPLR 11 St. Louis)
  posted on September 19, 2009 at 12:07:35 am
  For the first time in school history, the Sumner Bulldog football team will play a game on their own football field.
• Jerry L. Elliott Jr., former school superintendent, dies (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
  posted on September 15, 2009 at 03:25:35 pm
  Jerry L. Elliott Jr., former superintendent of the Maplewood-Richmond Heights School District. Jerry L. Elliott Jr., former superintendent of the Maplewood-Richmond Heights School District, died Thursday (Sept. 10, 2009) at Christian Hospital after a long illness.
• St. Louis-born opera great Grace Bumbry to receive Kennedy Center Honors (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
  posted on September 10, 2009 at 08:30:11 am
  Operatic mezzo-soprano and St. Louis native Grace Bumbry will be among the recipients of the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors. The other recipients of the 32nd edition of the honors are theatrical and movie multitasker Mel Brooks, pianist Dave Brubeck, actor Robert De Niro and rocker Bruce Springsteen.
• St. Louis opera star receives prestigious honor (KSDK St. Louis)
  posted on September 9, 2009 at 11:40:02 pm
  St. Louis opera star receives prestigious honor
• St. Louis native Grace Bumbry wins Kennedy Center Honor (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
  posted on September 9, 2009 at 10:45:09 pm
  The great operatic mezzo-soprano and St. Louis native Grace Bumbry will be among the recipients of this year's Kennedy Center Honors, it was announced Wednesday.
• North City High School Unveils New Football Field (FOX 2 News St. Louis)
  posted on September 3, 2009 at 11:23:08 pm
  Sumner Opens Tuskeegee Airmen Field Sumner High School has a new and highly improved home football field.The Tuskeegee Airmen Field project was completed thanks to help from the non-profit Public High League organization as well as the St. Louis Rams.
• Sumner High School Celebrates Their New 'Field Of Dreams' (KPLR 11 St. Louis)
  posted on September 3, 2009 at 07:05:18 pm
  Students Getting First Chance To Play On New Home Field A field of dreams has come true for a local high school football team. Built with the help of some pros, kids are getting their first chance to play on the new home turf. Sumner High School has a big dedication planned.
• Rams give away school supplies, tickets to students (KSDK St. Louis)
  posted on August 20, 2009 at 01:47:27 pm
  Rams give away school supplies, tickets to students
• Packed church praises civil rights pioneer (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
  posted on August 19, 2009 at 09:32:49 am
  The coffin carrying the body of Margeret Bush Wilson is escorted out of All Saints Episcopal Church following her funeral ceremony Tuesday morning in St. Louis. The lawyer, civil rights activist, and former head of the national NAACP passed away at the age of 90.
• Rams give $25,000 in school supplies (St. Louis Business Journal)
  posted on August 18, 2009 at 10:44:51 pm
  The St. Louis Rams and Office Essentials plan to donate more than $25,000 worth of school supplies to students at Beaumont High School, Vashon High School, Sumner High School and Roosevelt High School in St. Louis.
• Margaret Bush Wilson funeral set (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
  posted on August 13, 2009 at 08:47:50 am
  UPDATE: 11:45 A.M. FRIDAY The funeral for Margaret Bush Wilson, a lawyer, civil rights activist, and former head of the national NAACP, will be Tuesday at All Saints Episcopal Church, 2831 North Kingshighway, near Terry Avenue.
• Margaret Bush Wilson, civil rights lawyer and NAACP leader, dies at 90 (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
  posted on August 12, 2009 at 07:16:59 pm
  FILE: June 6, 2001 -- This file photo shows Mrs. Margaret Bush Wilson in June 2001. Mrs. Wilson, a longtime lawyer, NAACP leader, died Tuesday, Aug, 11, 2009, at age 90.
• Thomas eager to help shore up Rams' run defense (Belleville News-Democrat)
  posted on July 31, 2009 at 08:01:51 am
  Having allowed a franchise-record 2,475 rushing yards last season, the St. Louis Rams can use somebody like defensive tackle Hollis Thomas.
• Capt. Bobby Wilks has died, was Coast Guard aviator (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
  posted on July 23, 2009 at 03:21:06 pm
  A memorial service will be held today in Fairfax, Va., for retired Coast Guard Capt. Bobby Charles Wilks, a native of St. Louis and the Coast Guard's first black aviator, who died July 13, 2009, of complications from Parkinson's disease. He was 78 and had lived in Fairfax.
• Banking on the booty (Suburban Journals)
  posted on June 26, 2009 at 07:08:00 am
  By Jim Merkel
• PHL benefactors need more than just sweat (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
  posted on June 21, 2009 at 04:14:43 am
  The mud flies up from beneath the wheels of his oversized SUV in giant, wet, dark brown chunks, as Thom Kuhn takes an unscheduled shortcut through the city.
• John Daniel “Dan” Shadley (Lexington Clipper-Herald)
  posted on May 5, 2009 at 06:17:52 am
  John Daniel “Dan” Shadley, 93, of Kearney and formerly of Sumner, died Sunday, April 26, 2009 at St. Luke’s Good Samaritan Village in Kearney.
• Sumner High School gets much needed gift from St. Louis Rams and Anheuser-Busch (KSDK St. Louis)
  posted on April 28, 2009 at 11:57:33 am
  Sumner High School gets much needed gift from St. Louis Rams and Anheuser-Busch