To recycle or not to recycle? In 2020 this shouldn’t really be a question, but surprisingly at Tyrone Area High School and many other rural schools across the state, it still is.

While TAHS currently…

Like many small towns across America, Tyrone’s downtown business district had been in a steady decline since the 1970s. Where there were once movie theatres, department stores, and specialty shops, there…

Nearly four years ago, in a high school varsity game against Bellefonte, current Penn State Altoona senior Finnley Christine was driving for a layup when her knee gave out. Lying on the Tyrone gym floor…

When Charles Wilson-Adams and his family moved to Tyrone from Philadelphia when he was in middle school, he quickly earned a reputation as an outstanding athlete in both basketball and football. In high…

For nearly thirty years, Tyrone native Aaron Vance has served his country in the United States Air Force in both active duty and as a member of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard.

Vance graduated from…

When 2015 Tyrone graduate Davina Lee faced the difficult decision of what to do after high school, she was at a crossroads. After considering her options, like many graduates Lee first decided to try…

Monday is an important day for all Americans. It is a day set aside to take time to thank all of those who serve, or have served in our armed forces. It is possibly the most important holiday for our nation.

Sadly,…

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the Lady Eagles soccer team honored someone very close to them who is bravely fighting this disease.

Doreen Walls, the mother of goalkeeper Rayann Walls…

Thanks to vaping, I am one of the millions of American teens currently struggling with nicotine addiction.

I first tried a Juul when it became popular during my eighth-grade year. The buzz felt good…

Tyler Beckwith, a life-long Tyrone resident and senior at the Tyrone Area High School, has done some very admirable things as a standout member of the Tyrone Boy Scouts.

Beckwith joined the Cub Scouts…

Everyone in Tyrone knew him as June. Most people didn’t even know his last name. But everyone recognized his friendly face. Unfortunately beloved citizen John “June” Wolford Ott III passed away…

In 2014 the Tyrone carpentry program broke ground on its most recent house project.  Five years later the students are still hard at work and hope to finish construction by the end of the 2019-2020 school…

Disclaimer: This staff editorial contains mentions of death and suicide and may be triggering to some readers. Please use caution before reading. 

If you or someone you know needs help, visit the guidance…

Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption 2 is a colossal disappointment, and surely not a masterpiece. “Red Dead Redemption 2 is a masterpiece. 10/10…” wrote just about every video game critic on the internet….

Penn State Altoona head women’s basketball coach Casey Wilt isn’t from Tyrone and probably couldn’t tell the difference between a Macs and an East End hoagie, but she definitely knows a good Tyrone basketball…

Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, a quaint town of just over 5,700 people, explodes to 25,000 or more every February 2 as visitors from all over the world make the pilgrimage to see Phil the Groundhog’s annual…

The fifth graders are just like the “big kids” now. 

For the first time at Tyrone Area Middle School, the fifth grade switched classes at the end of the second marking period. This marks the end…

Students from Tyrone Area High School received a visit last Friday from representatives of the organization founded to support the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Dr. Denis Mukwege.

Panzi USA Foundation…

A look inside the decision to cancel school and its consequences.

Tyrone senior Connor Gority has yet to graduate high school, but as a writer he already has three published books to his credit.

Gority has been working on his Elderquest trilogy for six years, and…

Since early November, teachers at Tyrone High School have been randomly disappearing. A morning here. An afternoon there.

What is the reason for this? Don’t they understand that students need to turn…

The 2018 Tyrone/Bellwood girls junior high soccer team did something never before accomplished in Tyrone soccer history, an undefeated season. 
Going 16-0, the team scored an amazing 83 goals, while…

When sophomores Brandon Lucas and Rodney Shultz were in fourth grade, they lost their dear friend and classmate, Adam Fink, to cancer.  This year the boys honored the memory of their friend by celebrating…

The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded today to two campaigners against wartime sexual violence, Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege.  Tyrone has a special connection with one of the winners. Although his work…

Sophomore Paul Rhodes may be the first male cheerleader in Tyrone High School history. Whether he’s truly the first is debatable, but either way, Rhodes is history in the making.

Rhodes got his start…