By Isabella Pena    An event in the nation that is most commonly only around one week has lasted almost a month at this point. Job layoffs of mostly private-sector positions have been popular during this time, but the specific number of how many have been fired due to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ inability to work properly during the government shutdown, and without a head leader. The last Commissioner of the BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics), Erika McEntarfer, was fired in

By Isabella Pena    I do not think the phone ban is working as the people who introduced the law had planned. In every class that I attend, regardless of whether other students have been caught or not, there is a phone out. Some students and teachers even state that there is a separate policy forbidding students from listening to music WITH wired earbuds during class, which surprised me. I still do not know if that is a real policy or not, but when I tried to research the det

By Isabella Pena     Many students and adults throughout the world are familiar with illness and the occasional sick day, some more than others. How would it affect all people if the body isn’t allowed its needed time of rest during these periods of sickness? In Lawrence County, Tennessee, we can see that question being answered today.     Issued on June 22nd, 2023 (06/22/23), and revised just four days later (06/26/23), under the descriptor term of “attendance”. Inside this,

By MacKinzee Howard As we get closer to Thanksgiving and all the festivities that surround it let’s take a closer look at the history...

By Amber Stevens     Paul Teal, a TV actor on One Tree Hill , died at 35 on Friday, November 14, in Raleigh North Carolina. He was...

By Jayden Branam Friday, September 27th, Hurricane Helene's floodwaters rose dramatically, submerging Unicoi County Hospital almost...

By Jayden Branam School/ sku:l/ noun: an institution for the teaching of children. Synonym: academy. Antonym: place of war.   Wednesday...

By Arleth Garcia      The owner of Worcester Wreath Company of Herrington, Morrill Worcester, was a 12-year-old paper boy who had won a...

By Sarah Hall      Imagine experiencing the worst day of your life because of unimaginable circumstances that no one deserves to go...

By Layla Troyer     On September 29th, Hurricane Helene said her farewell and finally ceased her destruction. Yet, the damage she left in...

By Arleth Garcia     Theodore Robert Bundy known as Ted Bundy was born on November 24, 1946, in Burlington Vermont, and died on January...

By Amber Stevens      A military contractor, Leonard Francis aka. Fat Leonard was sentenced on Tuesday, November 5th, 2024, to 15 years...

By Sophie Planos    A high school freshman in Colorado has been hospitalized with a rare and dangerous complication of E. coli poisoning....

By Sophie Planos     On August 20, 1989, Jose and Kitty Menendez were watching television in their den at their Beverly Hills home when...

By Amber Stevens     In Harris County, Texas- Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced recently that charges were filed against...

By Amber Stevens      I work at a restaurant in Downtown Knoxville. On game days, there aren’t many people there,  but Alabama game day...

By Amber Stevens     Paolo Banchero, a 21-year-old player for the Orlando Magics had the best game of his young career. He scored 50...

By Amber Stevens     A wildfire in Ventura County started in the mountains and burned into neighborhoods, setting homes on fire and...

By Sophie Planos     As of October 30th, there have been at least 205 confirmed deaths, and many more missing from the flash floods in...

By Nathan Lambert     A man in Oregon and Washington state burned ballot boxes to disrupt the United States presidential election. The...