Just days after International Women’s Day, #notallmen has been trending on every social media platform. It has been used as a defense that not all men are violent perpetrators. That is true; however,…

Society tends to place a negative stigma on people who are “different” or “don’t fit in.” However, differences are what make people unique – what sets them apart from the rest of the world.

If one was…

Shakespeare died in 1616, but he has been alive in high school classrooms for 500 years. Now there’s a growing movement to kill him.

More and more teachers think that Shakespeare shouldn’t be taught…

A recent Gallup poll showed that we are living in an age of minority rule, one of the central features in this political era. The Republican Party represents a minority of the American electorate (25%),…

Parents and family members of Bellwood students questioned and expressed concerns regarding the sexual abuse allegations against Ryan Blazier last night at a board meeting at Myers Elementary.

Board…

In the U.S. it’s common for teens to turn on the daily news or scroll through social media and see someone who died via suicide. A simple Google search of “suicide news” will lead you into a slew of…

Pennsylvania State police on Thursday arrested Bellwood-Antis junior high wrestling coach Ryan Blazier and charged him with rape and sexual assault, among a slew of other charges

Police allege the 39-yer…

According to CDC estimates, anywhere from 1.6 to 3.8 million sports and recreation related concussions occur each year in the U.S., and ten percent of all contact sport athletes sustain concussions yearly.

Brain…

A Bellwood-Antis School Board member who has been arrested on multiple felony and misdemeanor counts will remain on the board at least in the short term, B-A superintendent Dr. Thomas McInroy said today.

The…

English teacher Mr. Kerry Naylor remembers how competitive it was to get a job at Bellwood-Antis fifteen years ago.  When he applied to teach at B-A in 2006 after teaching at Tyrone for nine years, he…

For some high school athletes the sports season doesn’t end when their team’s schedule is complete.

More and more, teenagers are joining travel teams to compete all year-round.

Each year parents…

Stress is your body’s way of responding to any kind of demand or threat. Coaching at any level causes stress, and there are many stories of coaches having health issues from the constant toll it can…

Bellwood-Antis history teacher Mr. Robert McMinn feels that a person’s relationship with history can be compared to any relationship with a significant other.

“If you truly love someone,  you see and…

Basketball, football, volleyball, and hockey are sports. Cheerleaders on the other hand, are a sideshow, a part of the action but eye candy at most. At least that’s the popular perspective in Bellwood…

Bellwood-Antis High School students were thrown a curve ball a few weeks ago when Mr. Tim Trexler put up a sign saying no more coffee would be served in the media center.

The announcement caused widespread…

Bellwood-Antis senior Jordan Moore probably shouldn’t be alive, let alone walking, let alone playing in a high school football game.

Before ending his junior year, on the night of May 13, 2018, Jordan…