The diary belonged to 17-year-old Rachel Joy Scott, who scribbled six words in capital letters on the back cover: “I won’t be labeled as average.” Just below the message was a bullet hole.

These hands belong to Rachel Joy Scott and someday will touch millions of peoples' hearts.'" After her death her family started Rachel's Challenge to carry out the teachings of her creed that ...

Scott will be the first to tell you he never imagined his daughter, Rachel Joy Scott's story, would be among them. "They say hindsight is 20/20 and vision is limited, and the truth is, my vision ...

SEABROOK — Seabrook Middle School students were inspired by Rachel Joy Scott last Friday, even though the 17-year-old has been gone for eight years. Scott was the first victim of the Columbine ...

Seventeen years has passed since losing my daughter Rachel Joy Scott in the Columbine High School shooting of April 20, 1999 where 13 precious people lost their lives. There has not been one day ...

A chilly, gray spring day when tears and silence replaced youthful laughter. It was the day Rachel Joy Scott was laid to rest. The 17-year-old junior from Columbine High School was killed in Tuesday's ...

For a woman who died at 17, Rachel Joy Scott’s life has had a profound effect, thanks to her parents’ efforts to share the message of Christian compassion that was the core of her identity ...

The first of the final farewells were made here this weekend, in funeral parlors, in churches and on nearly every glossy inch of the ivory white casket holding the remains of Rachel Joy Scott.