As the students of Lakota West returned from spring break, we were greeted with a new mural on the back wall of the school. This huge mural, showing off West Chester’s iconic clock tower, takes up the entire wall right outside the cafeteria.  The...

Martin Luther King Jr is perhaps America’s greatest civil rights activist of all time. He worked tirelessly to ensure that African American citizens could have equal rights, even winning a Nobel Peace Prize for his work in 1964. Unfortunately, he was...

The day was Friday, December 4th.  My mother had not been feeling great, and two people from her work had tested positive earlier that week. Her work forced her to get a COVID test, and, as one would expect,  it came back positive. I was sitting in...

With the overwhelming amount of smoothie options in the West Chester area, it can be hard to choose which one. Therefore, the West Press has decided to do the work for you. We have narrowed it down to the three best smoothie shops: Tropical Smoothie Café,...

Throughout the years Lakota West has had some premier student-athletes, some of who earned amazing opportunities to continue their sports path after high school. Today, we catch up with two former Lakota West athletes, Maddie Prohaska and George Asafo-Adjei,...

Football at Lakota West has always been a big deal. However, until the 2019 season, the recent students and alumni haven’t had much to cheer for. Prior to 2019, Lakota West football hasn’t had a winning season since 2015. To put that in perspective,...