Graduation

This college grad is swapping the cap and gown for a wedding gown.

It seems long ago since I walked across the stage at the Knob Noster High School in 1996 and Central Missouri State University (now University of Central Missouri) in 2000. One thing that has not changed is that it is an important time in life, it is a passage from your youth to your future...

He may be a college graduate, but this guy doesn't appear to be quite ready to take on the world just yet.

Thanks to YouTube, commencement addresses are no longer just for the assembled graduates. Stephen Colbert delivered the keynote speech at the University of Virginia's graduation ceremony on Saturday, and the Comedy Central star's blunt and self-effacing words have quickly gone viral.

Most of us know at least one person who is graduating next month. With all of the students working hard and studying, its time for you to take a quiz. We want to test your knowledge about local graduations, ceremonies and how it all got started. So before you put on your cap and gown on, here is one last test before graduation.

As the school year comes to a close, we'd like to salute the hard-working students of our area.  Whether you're in high school, college, even middle or elementary school, we want to recognize the accomplishments of these fine young people in our community.

A wayward 150-pound black bear caused a major commotion last Thursday when it disrupted a graduation ceremony at a middle school in Bakersfield, CA. Hey, what’s the big deal? Maybe it just wanted a diploma.