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Justice For Lieutenant Aaron Allan

Allison Beliles, Writer

The individual accused of killing lieutenant Aaron Allan, a Southport police officer, may face the death penalty. Jason Brown is held responsible for shooting Officer Allan a to...

September 14, 2017 • No Comments

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Destinee Clayton, Writer

On December 17th, 2015, Plainfield schools closed early for winter break. This seemingly joyous occasion was marred by online threats of a “blood bath” by Facebook us...

August 30, 2017 • No Comments

Reducing Crime

Andrea Rahman and Allyson Staley

Last year, murder rates reached a new record high in Indianapolis. There were 145 murders, surpassing the previous year’s record of 144 at the end of December with the de...

May 11, 2017 • No Comments

Neil Gorsuch: Supreme Court Justice

Andrew Walker, Writer

Supreme Court justice Neil Gorsuch had been subject to confirmation hearings two weeks before he was finally confirmed as the next supreme court justice, effectively repl...

April 20, 2017 • No Comments

Facebook Killer

Hannah Traylor-Doyle, Writer

On April 16, 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio, Steve Stephens shot and killed Robert Godwin Sr. while streaming it on Facebook live. Stephens asked Godwin to say the name “Joy L...

April 20, 2017 • No Comments

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#NotMyRodrick

Kiki Chandler and Kodey Williams, Writers

April 1, 2007: the day a legacy was born. We can all remember running into our elementary school book fair and picking up the latest book of Diary of a Wimpy Kid. The “ch...

May 11, 2017 • No Comments

Feminism: Is it Needed?

Autumn Maurice, Mickey Marsh, and Madelyn Guinn

March 8, 2017 • No Comments

A teacher’s thoughts on Betsy DeVos

One of the great things about the United States is our public education system. Is it perfect? Far from it. Standardized testing, and the emphasis therein, loss of teacher autono...

February 8, 2017 • No Comments

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Breaking Blue is the student online news publication of Martinsville High School in Martinsville Indiana. All stories and content, unless otherwise noted, are created by the students in the Print Publications classes as led by adviser Brad Perry. Stories are not indicative of the opinion of the entire staff OR of the adviser. First amendment rights are valued and exercised with oversight from the adviser as outlined by the Student Press Law Center (www.splc.org). All comments are moderated by the adviser and must be approved before they can be seen on the site. All content on this site is owned by the MSD of Martinsville. We reserve all rights to this material. If you have questions or would like to write a letter to the editors, please email [email protected]

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Kayana Traylor with Varsity Views “National Athlete of the Week” Nomination

Ally Staley and Delaney Nunn, Online Editor/ Writer

*Update: It was announced today that Kayana Traylor won Varsity Views "National Athlete of the Week."* After scoring her 1,000th point during her third year of high school, and many different scoutings fr...

December 8, 2016 • No Comments