Scoring 12 unanswered points to start off the game, the Free State girls basketball team beat cross-town rival Lawrence High School 60-51 Friday, Feb. 28. The Firebirds led by around 10 points most of...

A totaled red Jeep. Debris. An ambulance, a resource officer and two tow trucks.This is what students and faculty observed on the last day of finals after the bell rang. Before winter break on the last...

According to a sample group, two thirds of Free State students recognize the existence of blow-off classes. In an anonymous student survey, 66 percent said Physical Education or art classes were the easiest...

On Dec. 5, Freshman Rowan Plinsky got up in front of more than 200 people and read poetry. Can We Talk recently coordinated the first Free State talent show. It was hosted by Kelly Barah and featured...

As of last year, Principal Ed West has worked in what is essentially a broom closet. He gave up his spacious office with windows so that the school’s two SROs could effectively complete their job with...

 The smells of baked goods and desserts waft through the air as students wander past culinary teacher Kerri Hess’s classroom, a place that many speculate to be filled to the brim with incessant snacking...

The idea of in school suspension may not seem appealing, but for ISS officer Danny Speicher, it is an opportunity to enrich the kids who have to be there for the day. “My thing in here is academics...