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The Scoop Opens

February 27, 2020

March 1st, at 1 P.M., the Inside Scoop will be officially open for business! They will be serving all the favorites with some new monthly additions from 1-9 P.M. Tonight, the “Scoop” will open at...

Australia Is Burning

Australia Is Burning

Abby Salak, Writer February 25, 2020

For six months, Australia has burned. Hundreds of thousands of families have been forced out of their homes. On New Year’s Eve, many sought refuge on beaches to escape the raging fires. Starting in...

Pictured above is a stack of yearbooks from over the years.

Senior Quotes

Macie Crawmer and Macey Staley, Editor February 11, 2020

Despite what many may think, the reasons for taking senior quotes out of the yearbook go deeper than the surface. In the past, students have tried to incorporate inappropriate quips in their senior quotes....

Retired NBA star Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gigi, watch an NBA basketball game between the Brooklyn Nets and Atlanta Hawks on December 21, 2019 at Barclays Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.

Kobe Bryant Dead In Tragic Accident

Peyton Smith, Writer January 28, 2020

January 26th, in Calabasas, California, basketball legend and two-time Olympic gold medalist Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash along with his thirteen-year-old daughter- Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant-...

President Trump

How Far Will it Go?

Ken Casey, Writer December 19, 2019

On December 19th, 2019 the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald J. Trump. He was accused of “abuse of power” and “obstruction of Congress.” Contrary to what many might believe,...

Plasma donation can save the lives of many, including those with immune system deficiencies.

Plasma Donation: Is It Safe?

Alice Pickering, Writer December 17, 2019

What is plasma? Plasma is a straw-colored liquid in everyone’s blood that can be extracted after removing the other components of blood (red and white blood cells, platelets, and other cellular things)....

Red For Ed poster

A Sea of Red

Ken Casey, Writer December 9, 2019

On Tuesday, November 19th, 2019, 20,000 teachers, students, and parents rallied together at the statehouse for the Red for Ed movement. As people flooded towards the statehouse, the view above looked like...

Red For Ed logo

Red For Ed at the Indiana State House

Ken Casey, Writer November 18, 2019

Tomorrow, November 19th, over 14,000 teachers and concerned community members from Indiana will meet at the statehouse to stand up for the #RedForEd movement. Over 80 teachers in the Martinsville school...

Amazon boycott

Amazon Boycott

Ash Olson, Writer November 18, 2019

Over 500 musicians have pledged to boycott Amazon because of their connection with I.C.E. (Immigration and Customs Enforcement).  Earning its title as “the backbone for the federal government’s...

Santa Clarita, California, high school shooting leaves multiple people injured

Santa Clarita, California, high school shooting leaves multiple people injured

November 14, 2019

Story from NBCNews.com (link) By Elisha Fieldstadt Multiple people were injured, at least three of them critically, in a shooting at a Southern California high school on Thursday morning, officials...

Presidential Hearing

President Trump Impeachment Hearings

Ken Casey, Writer November 13, 2019

Today, November 13th, 2019, the public hearings for President Donald Trumps’s impeachment have begun. As of 1:53 P.M., lawmakers are questioning witnesses. As the nation is divided, people are anxiously...

Strange Martinsville House

Strange Martinsville House

Dylan Archer, Writer November 11, 2019

In the last few weeks of October, a Martinsville home gained a lot of attention from the community. The house at 4690 Upper Patton Park Rd is a 3 bedroom, 2 1/2 bathroom home built in 1974, owned by Lela...

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