Category: News

Truman Presents: Cabaret

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 […]

Truman’s Track Queen

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 […]

Drama Tournament

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 […]

Homecoming Preparations

BY MEGEN HIPPENSTEEL Homecoming is this weekend starting with the football game tonight, the parade Saturday morning, and the dance Saturday night. We interviewed several homecoming candidates to see what they responded to 4 different questions. Homecoming is a nicely looked upon time of the year as Logan Boone […]

The New Eagle

BY MEGEN HIPPENSTEEL Truman junior, Dakota Lepker, will soon be an Eagle Scout. This kind of achievement doesn’t go unnoticed. Lepker is already beginning to see changes around him. One of these changes is that Lepker senses a more respectful attitude coming from many of his elders and peers […]

Relay for Life

BY MACKENZIE WYATT Truman high school students, staff, and community recently participated in Relay for Life. This is an event where students form teams, and in order to participate each member on the team must raise 100$ worth of donations. Groups get together to do and sell different things […]

Trump and His Cabinet

BY CHEYENNE HENRY   So far very little of President Trumps nominees for his cabinet have been approved. There are ten positions in the cabinet that do not require Senate approval and Trump has exercised his right to appoint government officials by filling in these ten spots right away. […]