50 years ago, on April 30th, North Vietnamese tanks knocked down and rolled over the gates of the Saigon Presidential Palace, South Vietnam.  Upon storming the palace, North Vietnamese troops arrested South Vietnamese President Dương Văn Minh, who...

[April 29th, 12:34 p.m.] An internal lockdown took place earlier today at Lakota West Freshman, lasting a little over an hour. Starting at roughly 9:50 a.m., students and staff were put in lockdown due to rumor of a possible threat made by a Lakota Central...

It looks like Apple is up to something really nice with wearables! There are rumors that they might add cameras to the next version of the Apple Watch. Just imagine having a watch that’s not only for checking the time or your notifications. A watch...

 After a stressful few weeks for fans, players, and administrators alike, the deals with receivers Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins were finally secured. Extension Details Chase’s contract took precedence over Higgins', and boy, was it a big one....

Lakota West is currently working on one of its most technically difficult shows, Hadestown High School Edition. Hadestown is a musical featuring the Greek myth of Orpheus of Eurydice, except their story is set in a Great Depression era city, dealing...

Senator Cirino’s SB1 comes after the national context where the federal government, under President Trump, has pushed back against the DEI policies that were ushered in under the last administration.  President Trump has already issued Executive Orders...

On February 9, 2025, Google recognized Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on borders covering American sea borders. However, Google, on the 9th of this month, would rename the Gulf of Mexico as a whole to the...

It isn’t the first and it isn't the last of the Los Angeles Wildfires. The destructive wildfires started on January 7th, 2025, and reached full containment more than three weeks later on January 31st. The fires, which have killed at least __ people,...

The Lakota West Theatre Club has officially begun working on its next big musical; a high school version of Hadestown. Hadestown tells the ancient story of Orpheus and Eurydice, in a brand new light. The story takes place in the Great Depression era,...

When Vice President JD Vance was sworn into office, a series of vacuums in elected offices trickled down finally ending at the Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.  Replacing Vice President Vance in the Senate was Fmr. Lt. Gov. Jon Husted.  Governor...

On February 22nd, 2024, Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student was murdered while she was jogging at the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens Georgia.   Laken had sustained significant blunt-force trauma to her head as well as evidence of asphyxiation.   The...