Patrick Henry H.S. B-Ball Team Forfeits Game After Melee
By Lindsey Seavert, WCCO-TV COLUMBIA HEIGHTS (WCCO) — The Patrick Henry High School boys basketball team had to forfeit a sectional playoff game Thursday night due to violence on the court. According...
View ArticleMinn. H.S. B-Ball Player Recovering After Being Punched
By James Schugel, WCCO-TV COLUMBIA HEIGHTS (WCCO) — A Columbia Heights High School basketball player is recovering after another athlete punched him in the face. Senior Zach Lofton’s team was playing...
View ArticleChemical Explosion Puts Patrick Henry HS In Lock Down
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A demonstration gone wrong due to a chemical explosion put Patrick Henry High School under lock down for a couple of hours Monday. Minneapolis firefighters, including hazardous...
View ArticleLeapin’ Leonard Gives Back To His Alma Mater
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (WCCO) – The year was 1990, and Leonard Jones was jumping. He combined with teammate Martez Williams to win a state team track title. “That was the best feeling I ever had, as a...
View ArticleReluctance, Annoyance As Mpls Students Move To City Buses
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – When high school students go back to school in Minneapolis in a little more than a week, many of them won’t have the option of riding the school bus. Instead, they’ll have to take...
View ArticleDessa To Perform With Minneapolis Students
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Local hip-hop artist Dessa will be joined by hundreds of students from Minneapolis Public Schools during an upcoming performance. The musician teamed up with local composer Jocelyn...
View ArticleMichelle Obama To Campaign In North Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Details have been released about first lady Michelle Obama’s plans to campaign in Minnesota next week for Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton and Sen. Al Franken. The Minnesota DFL Party...
View ArticleFirst Lady Rallies Voters In Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Election Day is just two weeks away, and Minnesota Democrats are getting support from some of the most popular national campaigners. First Lady Michelle Obama was the main...
View ArticleMelting Snow Tough On Ski Shops, Outdoor Enthusiasts
http://media.minneapolis.cbslocal.com/CBSMIN_20150126195527017AA.mp4 MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – While the snow is piling up on the East Coast, we’re enjoying temperatures in the 40’s here in the Twin...
View ArticleTeen Sworn In As Mpls. School Board Member
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Sixteen-year-old Noah Branch from Patrick Henry High School in north Minneapolis has a lot on his plate. He’s not only concerned about his grades, like all students, or possibly...
View ArticlePatrick Henry High School Reopens After Fire
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Minneapolis high school will reopen Friday after closing due to an electrical fire. Patrick Henry High School canceled classes and all after school activities Thursday after an...
View ArticleStudent Arrested After Bringing Gun, Ammo To Mpls. School
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — — For the second time in one week, a metro area high school student has been arrested for bringing a gun to school. The latest incident happened Monday at Patrick Henry High School...
View ArticleMpls. High School Program Works To Motivate Black Male Students
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – From the classroom to communities, Patrick Henry High School is working to inspire and motivate its black male students. The school’s program, known as “100 Black Men Strong,”...
View ArticleBoy Shot Near Minneapolis High School, Police Say
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Police are investigating after a boy was shot near a high school in north Minneapolis Monday afternoon. According to the Minneapolis Police Department, the shooting happened near...
View ArticleSanders Talks Race, Inequality At North Minneapolis Forum
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Before Friday night’s Humphrey-Mondale fundraiser in St. Paul, Senator Bernie Sanders spoke at a forum on race and the economy in north Minneapolis, and the audience of several...
View ArticlePatrick Henry H.S. Placed On Lock Down; Search For Reported Gunman Ongoing
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Students are home safe with their parents after a report of a person with a gun in a Minneapolis high school. “We had thought it was going to be another school shooting, like we...
View ArticleClasses Resume At Patrick Henry After Possibly Armed Suspect Enters School
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Students and staff at Patrick Henry High School headed back to class on Wednesday morning after being placed on lockdown on Tuesday afternoon. Around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, a man who...
View ArticleStudents, Alumni Hope To #ChangeTheName Of Patrick Henry H.S.
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Students at Patrick Henry High School are organizing to change the name of their school. “#ChangeTheName” is picking up steam, and now alumni and members of the community are...
View ArticleSPPS Board Of Education Approves School Name Change
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The name “Monroe” will no longer be at one dual-campus St. Paul public school. The move follows the local and national trend of removing controversial names relating to slave...
View ArticleHigh School Students Bringing Power To Kenyan Refugees
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Inside a Patrick Henry High School classroom, making solar power is the subject. But the broader lesson they’re learning is about giving the world a helping hand. “There are...
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