In 2015 there were about 1.53 million people in a federal prison in the United States. When adults are incarcerated, some of them leave children behind. In 2015 more than 50% of the people in prison left children under the age of 18--leaving about 2.7 million children with a parent incarcerated. Overall,...

Mayfield High School performed Shrek The Musical the weekend of April 5-7 and 12-14. There were over one hundred people involved throughout this the process of putting the musical together including cast, production staff, crew, orchestra, and parent volunteers. According to the director of MHS's...

Beginning in early May and projected to finish at the end of the summer, MMS will be undergoing many renovations, including new learning spaces, new lockers, the addition of a greenhouse, and more. The upper gym will be renovated into a large learning space, where kids will be designing and creating...

In 1999, LEGO miraculously gained the rights to make the first LEGO Star Wars sets, just in time for the release  of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. The very first LEGO Star Wars sets were rough by today’s standards, but still hold a nostalgic and memorable charm. The sets were an...

On March 8, the long-awaited Captain Marvel was released, starring Brie Larson as Carol Denvers, alongside Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, and Jude Law as Yonn Rogg. Set in 1995, this science fiction movie unveils the new superhero in the Marvel franchise, who will make an appearance in Avengers Endgame,...

Earning $13 million over its debut weekend, the CBS Films movie, Five Feet Apart, created controversy within the cystic fibrosis community. Starring Cole Sprouse and Haley Lu Richardson, Five Feet Apart is about two teens with cystic fibrosis who want to break the rules of infection control to be...

Makeup tutorials have exploded in popularity in the last few years. Michelle Phan, the pioneer of makeup tutorials, started her makeup channel on YouTube in 2006, and became the first person to do makeup tutorials for a living. She now has 8.9 million subscribers on YouTube and 1.9 million followers...

Teen vaping has become more popular in recent years, partially because people think it is healthier than cigarettes.  While vaping does cause less harm than traditional cigarettes, research shows it is not without heath impacts. Vaping is the action or practice of inhaling and exhaling the vapor...