Prom News

Prom costs on the rise: gowns and shoes and limos, oh my!
Prom season in America is an important time in the lives of many teenagers. But some parents are finding the costs – for the gowns, shoes and limos, just for starters –are on the rise, making the annual rite of passage too expensive.
North Jersey prom dreams turn nightmarish over undelivered gowns
Customers of Red Carpet Prom say the store took payment but failed to fill orders, or delivered dresses that were damaged or in the wrong sizes. Owner Patricia Dowling said she fell ill over the past month with a life-threatening medical condition and was unable to oversee the store. But complaints against the business go back several years
Funny Star Prom Pics
Looks like America’s sweetheart Sandra Bullock was the Washington-Lee High School senior homecoming sweetheart too. Sharing a slow dance with her date, Bullock is all smiles – the same smile movie audiences first fell in love with about 10 years later in the action blockbuster “Speed.”
Brunswick seniors to stage Prom 2.0
The Prom 2.0 organizers said they felt "oppressed" at Brunswick's prom by the atmosphere, including the lighting on the dance floor and the music choice -- which included too much country, organizers said -- and the rules on dancing.
Golfer gets Marine prom wish
LPGA phenom Lexi Thompson was enjoying a fun-packed Friday with a war hero ahead of her senior prom, after sending out a public appeal for a military date.
Nonprofit gives teens a dream prom
When Keren Charles works with teenage girls in Atlanta as part of her job at Operation Prom, she relies on her upbeat, positive nature and styling expertise to get her through an occasional tough appointment.
St. Joseph's Children's Hospital Gives Patients a Prom of their Very Own
TAMPA, Fla., May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Prom season is underway throughout the United States, and inside the walls of St. Joseph's Children's Hospital . Nearly 100 current and former pediatric patients ...
The 8 craziest prom stories of 2012
An Ohio high-schooler scores a date with an NFL player, while an Iowa teen settles for a cardboard cutout of Tim Tebow — and other strange spring dance tales
Assistance League gives Valley foster kids free prom attire
The cost of prom is daunting to many kids, even more so for those in foster care.
Karen Heller: Prom, the pricey gateway
Did you prom? Back in the day, before prom shed its the like some painful four-inch pump, the dance was an annual rite of passage, an opportunity for embarrassment, mischief, and lousy living-room photography memorializing Farrah hair, powder-blue tuxes, ruffled shirts, and supersized bow ties, now all blessedly extinct.