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Father charged with killing of Deputy after shooting of his son by law enforcement

Gabri Trujillo, podcast editor May 19, 2025

On May 2, 2025, Ryan Hinton was fatally shot by an unnamed Cincinnati Officer after running from a stolen vehicle along with three other people. Body cam footage shows all four individuals flee the scene...

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How to Stay Safe: Free Narcan and Fentanyl Test Strips for Kansas Youth

Gabri Trujillo, Podcast Editor May 17, 2025

Fentanyl is now the leading cause of overdose deaths for people under the age of 25. According to the National Center of Health Statistics there were 80,391 overdose deaths in the Unites States in 2023,...

Hooked, Not Connected: How Hookup Culture and Social Media Distort Modern Intimacy

Hooked, Not Connected: How Hookup Culture and Social Media Distort Modern Intimacy

Saige Russell, Student Life Editor May 6, 2025

The way our generation approaches dating has changed fast—and drastically. On the surface, it all looks more free, more open. But peel it back, and hookup culture reveals a different reality: one where...

Turning Point USA's Connection to Nick Fuentes' Groyper Army

Turning Point USA’s Connection to Nick Fuentes’ Groyper Army

Gabri Trujillo May 4, 2025

Turning Point USA (TPUSA), is a conservative nonprofit organization founded in 2012 by Charlie Kirk and William Thomas (Bill) Montgomery. Charlie Kirk is an American political activist and author, widely...

How Teenagers Have Impacted Political Movements in the Past—and How They Still Can Now

How Teenagers Have Impacted Political Movements in the Past—and How They Still Can Now

Zoe Washington May 2, 2025

In recent years (and I'm guessing for most of history) teenagers have been seen as lazy and uneducated by adults and older generations, judged for lack of experience or the underdevelopment of their frontal...

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Wichita’s Underground Sound: A Teen’s Guide to Local Shows

Saige Russell April 24, 2025

I’ve been to more than my fair share of concerts—like, hundreds. Yeah... I’m flexing. But seriously, nothing beats the feeling of a local show. There’s something different about it. The person...

The Weight of a Bullet: Gun Violence Within The Black Community

The Weight of a Bullet: Gun Violence Within The Black Community

Janaya Berry, Writer April 17, 2025

Gun violence in the Black community is more than a statistic-it's a wound that never fully heals. It leaves holes in families, fractures friendships, and destroys communities built around that person....

Are There Really Tunnels Under Wichita?

Are There Really Tunnels Under Wichita?

Emily Zaruba, Writer April 17, 2025

When a Twitch Streamer was live near our very loved Quick Trip, most likely the one on 31st St, there was this strange man. The man was assumed to be “homeless” and probably on some drugs. He told...

The Real Story Of Natalia Grace

The Real Story Of Natalia Grace

Mia Morin, Staff member April 7, 2025

Natalia Grace who was thought to be 7 years old was adopted in 2010 by Kristine and Michael Barnett. Natalia had a rare form of dwarfism called spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita, which made her look...

Orchestra & Band DCA Performance

Orchestra & Band DCA Performance

Gabrielle Washington, Staff March 12, 2025

In less than a week, the  performing arts department will embark in going to DCA  to play in front on judges. As you know, the South High School music department work very hard to put on performances...

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What is St. Patricks Day?

Mia Morin March 12, 2025

St. Patrick's Day is celebrated every year on March 17, the anniversary of  his death in the fifth century. Saint Patrick was a patron saint of Ireland and its national apostle. He was born in Roman Britain...

What's the Deal With Snow Days? Your Guide to All the Drama

What’s the Deal With Snow Days? Your Guide to All the Drama

Zoe Washington March 11, 2025

This February, students attending Wichita Public School’s had a historic turn of events over our parent-teacher conference break: five consecutive snow days, and nine consecutive days without school...

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