BY CAROLYN BLAND Opening night of Cabaret was extraordinary. With many well-rehearsed actors like Blake Savidge, Molly Ross, and Isaac Towne, the musical carried the audience from scene to scene at the edge of their seats. Set in 1931 Berlin, about the time the Nazis were rising, “Cabaret” is […]
BY WALTER CANADY III GQ magazine sparked a lot of conversation with this years’ surprising selection of Citizen of the Year being Colin Kaepernick. The surprising factor is not that Kaepernick has not proven himself to be a notable citizen, but rather that he has done it in what […]
BY CRAIG STEWART Sat. Nov. 18 will signify the start of another great basketball season for Truman’s varsity hoops team. It will be a good game for our team with Head Coach Rod Briggs going into his second year at Truman High school. This year at Truman all the […]
BY WALTER CANADY III The overlook of this years political nonsense feels like it’s at an all time high. Every time we look up there is a new story pertaining to our new political leaders. Of course we know that a lot of people have attacked our new POTUS […]
This week we take a look back at the Veteran’s Day ceremony and ahead to “Cabaret”. In sports we look ahead to girls’ basketball and take a look at the athletes who signed to play in college.
BY WALTER CANADY III Winter time means transition time as basketball season starts again. After a sub-fair season for our new football team we are looking forward to seeing how the basketball team will do this year;and of course outside of our team, the basketball fans can’t wait to […]
BY MEGEN HIPPENSTEEL Truman’s track queen, junior, Stacy Briggs performed phenomenally last weekend at sectionals to earn herself a ticket to state. Right now she is on the cusp of being an elite runner in Missouri. Briggs has proven to be quite the runner and as said by Coach […]
BY CRAIG STEWART The Kansas City Chiefs were finally defeated this past week losing to the Pittsburgh Steelers 19-13. After being the underdogs in the game with a record of 3-2 the Steelers defense destroyed the Chiefs offense in the first half. As they were holding on for […]
BY MEGEN HIPPENSTEEL Competitive drama, a course highly associated with acting and relating to speech and debate, has a tournament today. The NFL novices (or first years) head to Blue Springs for their first tournament and the varsity (second and above years) travel to Blue Springs South. In these […]
BY WALTER CANADY III Every year the United States celebrates Columbus day on Oct. 9. For most of us, it was just a day off from school, was as in past tense. A day that ISD and many other school districts have decided not to represent anymore. It […]