All orchestras, from Philharmonic to Symphony and Full Orchestra, swept the floor at UIL with all of them coming home with Sweepstakes.  For the past five years, every single orchestra has received...

With the first book of the series being published in 2023 and the last of the trilogy published in 2025, “Powerless,” written by Lauren Roberts, has over 5.5 million copies in print and has a growing...

Many things died in the years of COVID, school pride being one of them. As the years go by and schools still hold to the same traditions, the loss of spirit has become more noticeable.   “I honestly...

The Columbia space shuttle disintegrated upon reentry after completing mission STS-107 on Feb. 1, 2003. Commander Rick Husband, was an Amarillo native as well as an Amarillo High School graduate. Since...

The soccer season has just begun and the two teams, boys and girls, aspire to achieve new goals and push themselves farther than ever before. The girls soccer season started out well, which helped support...

The varsity football team, with a record of 7-2, was full of momentum and confidence on their way to the playoffs.  They go to bed on November 6 only to wake up the next day with a new gut-wrenching reality....

A knock sounds at the door during ninth period, two office admin come in without a word to tape a large blue piece of paper to the door. Then, they leave. Students become confused about the unexpected...

Texas silences phones in schools as House Bill 1481 becomes law.  House Bill 1481 went into place on September 1, changing the extremity of consequences for a person caught on their phone. This law...

Ghost Town, a 2008 comedy, stars Ricky Gervais (Invention of Lying, Night at the Museum), Téa Leoni (Madam Secretary, Family Man) and Greg Kinnear (Last Song, Heaven is for Real).  This movie portrays...

After two failed attempts to swap out the STAAR test, the Texas Legislature created House Bill 8 which does away with STAAR testing and replaces it with three tests given at the beginning, middle and end...