After placing fourth in conference and achieving a winning record of 9-5 in dual matches, the girls’ varsity tennis team is looking to qualify for state at the IHSA sectional competition on Oct. 13. “We have a winning record which we haven’t had in a couple years for dual matches. I’m very proud...

Known as one of the best haunted houses in the state, Statesville Haunted Prison is a great place for any thrill seeker. But there’s more to Statesville than the makeup and costumes. It is a community of people who come together every year to put on a show, and I’m proud to be part of that community....

The crowd gasps as they see a player collapse on the field, a victim of a contact sport injury. Speculation over the dangers of contact sports being greater than those of non-contact sports has increased lately since the death of Dylan Thomas, a linebacker from Pike County High School in Zebulon, Georgia. After...

Illinois state law mandates a four-year P.E. requirement for students to graduate, unless they’ve been given special permission for a P.E. exemption. The only way for a student to receive an exemption is if a student is in band, WILCO, or participates in two or more extra-curricular sports. As for...

Sophomore Eugenia Amado remembers Venezuela. If you ask her about her country, she will tell you about the beaches and the food, the friends and the family. She will tell you about the love and the people, but most of all, she will tell you about why she left it. Given the choice to leave the country...