By: Vivienne Wellet On Thursday, April 6th a 10-foot alligator was crossing a busy road in Venice, Florida, becoming a large traffic mess. Officials tried to move it by using meat to taunt or catch it so it can then be released into the wild, but none of those seemed to work. A local in Venice captured a video of the 10-foot animal crossing underneath … Continue reading Aligator Blocks Traffic
By:Summer Livengood Florida is a very touristy area. Key West gets over 550 tourists a week. You would never guess how many we get during summer break. Over 3 million people just during the summer. `Now for the small Florida keys, that’s a lot of people. It also hurts our oceans and other communities. Bars stay open longer, beaches get more pollution. The summer comes … Continue reading Florida’s Upcoming Summer
On Monday, Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a new bill focused on addressing what House speaker Chris Sprowls calls a “fatherhood crisis” that the state is currently dealing with. The bill, formally known as HB 7065, showed support from Republicans and Democrats, and it unanimously passed Florida’s House and Senate. Under the measure, about $70 million from Florida’s budget will be allocated to various … Continue reading Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs two new bills to help Florida families
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) originally wanted to launch the 1st Artemis Mission with the goal of landing the first woman and person of color on the moon. However, the mission got postponed, pushing each stage back from a few months to a year. The earliest that the third mission, Artemis 3, can take place is 2025. On Saturday, April 2nd, they were … Continue reading NASA’s Artemis Mission Postponed
Since the start of the season, Key West High School’s (KWHS) Girls Lacrosse team has dominated the field through their diligence, teamwork, and skill. Their hard work is reflected in their incredible ten-to-two win-loss record this season. Climbing their way up the ranks to the top, the girls lacrosse team is ready to win the district championship. Naomi Grabus, Juliette Hamilton, Isabella Marchiano, and Katie … Continue reading Live, Laugh, Love: Lacrosse
By:Summer Livengood Gun violence has affected over 1 million people in just the United States. Whenever you read or watch the news most of the time you will always see a shooting or killing by deadly weapon such as a gun. Today in this age there have been serious injuries from guns also having major deaths. Guns are associated with drive-by shootings, school shootings and … Continue reading Gun violence
In November of 2000, two notebooks that initially belonged to the famous naturalist Charles Darwin were taken out of storage at Cambridge University in England to be photographed. It was completed in the same month. However, it was discovered during a routine check made in January of the following year that the box which contained the books had not been returned to its original place. … Continue reading Missing Notebooks of Charles Darwin returned to Cambridge after two decades
By: Grayson Acevedo, Emily Bracher, Jack Molder, and Gus Wilson Key West High School’s football team has four seniors headed towards the next level. Jeremiah Osborne, Michael Cates, Nathan Outon, and Henry Audette all have offers to play college ball. With signing day on April 7th, these boys have a great deal of opportunities awaiting them in the future. Jeremiah “Jay” Osborne officially committed to … Continue reading Key West High School Football Commits
A mass shooting in the city of Sacramento, California, has killed 6 adults and injured 12 others. The mass shooting took place at around 2 AM Pacific Standard Time in the Capital City of California, Sacramento. The shooting occurred after a crowd gathered in front of a Sacramento Jewelry Store close to the California state capitol building, which was reportedly in a heated verbal altercation … Continue reading Mass Shooting in Sacramento Kills 6, Injures Several
Through March 26th-30th, Claire Schoonover, a junior at Key West High School (KWHS), and Kyla Shoemaker, an English teacher at KWHS, traveled to Long Beach, California to celebrate Schoonover’s appearance in the sequel to The Freedom Writers, a nonfiction book in 1999 written by 150 high schoolers: Dear Freedom Writer. Last school year, Shoemaker assigned her students to write to the Freedom Writers, the authors … Continue reading KWHS student becomes a published author
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