Shortly after Mike Simeck was hired as Superintendent in 2012, he faced a daunting test of his leadership: the Lake Forest Education Association — the LFHS teachers’ union — had gone on strike. 
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After the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last week, law enforcement agencies immediately undertook a full-scale effort to track down rioters who may be guilty of crimes, by combing through troves of…

The United States Capitol has housed Congress since 1800. It is where the legislative branch of the federal government writes the laws of our nation and where presidents are inaugurated and deliver a State…

Man’s best friend does not fully define nor do justice to describe what a dog means to its owner. Regardless of size or breed, all dogs provide two unique, one-of-a-kind values to their human companions:…

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“This is a major threat,” Superintendent Michael Simek said of the coronavirus outbreak…

Guns kill people.

It seems that this simple fact is often disregarded or even denied when the debate over gun control occurs, but it’s quite simple: guns kill people. A gun is a tool, true enough,…

The last several years have seen a dramatic expansion of presidential power in the face of an increasingly dysfunctional Congress. The War Powers legislation passed by the House of Representatives and…

Ever since news broke of the COVID-19 outbreak in China and South Korea, senior Emmeline Bae and her family have been nervous to send their grandparents back to Korea, especially since their visas will…

Lake Forest hosted New Trier for the 24th annual ELS basketball game last Thursday, a game that once again proved to be one of the best all-school events of the year. Watch how it unfolded in this game…

A Lake Bluff family is finding support in fellow community members after its youngest member became the youngest patient ever diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a genetic disorder characterized…

With New Hampshire behind us and Illinois’ own primary coming up next month, the process of selecting a Democratic presidential candidate is well underway. This cycle brings the broadest, and arguably…

DES MOINES, IOWA — While the results of the Iowa Caucuses were in doubt at the time, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) nevertheless declared that the night had already shown Americans’ “deep hunger…

DES MOINES, IOWA — Democratic presidential hopeful Andrew Yang was elaborating on his plan for universal basic income, a system where the federal government would provide $1,000 a month to every American….

It’s no surprise to many that the San Francisco 49ers are headed to the Super Bowl, but the name of their Offensive Assistant coach might be more of a shock – Katie Sowers.  She will be the first woman…

Colin Kaepernick has been out of the NFL for three years, but says he is ready to return.  In early November, he held his own workout, with seven teams in attendance, giving NFL fans and his supporters…

Wrestling head coach Matt Fiordirosa would be the first person to tell you that WWE has distorted our perception of the sport.

Real wrestling is tactical, fundamental, and gritty; the favorite sport…

Controversy struck the idyllic lakeside campus of Northwestern University on Nov. 10. Following an urgent staff meeting, the editors of The Daily Northwestern released an editorial apologizing for posting…

Impeachment was never meant to be political. However, the impeachment scandal currently enveloping our country seems to be anything but non-partisan. The grave mischaracterization behind the motivation…

Last spring, three LFHS teachers went to see a play. Eager to find a show to put on as the freshman/sophomore production for the 2019-2020 school year, they went in with an open, but still critical,…

From a young age, seniors Bridget Mitchell,  Nicole Doucette, and Ingrid Falls had something special about them.

Not only were the three girls immensely talented on the soccer field, but they had a…

As always, the end of the week means new music. Here is a look at five standout projects released this past week, and five projects to be on the lookout for over this upcoming week. To keep up with the…

As a kid, I always looked forward to watching college football on Saturdays with my family. Whenever Holly Rowe was reporting, my dad made an effort to remind me that girls could be sports reporters, and…

Marketed as a safer alternative to smoking cigarettes, the e-cigarette has come under intense federal scrutiny after being linked to 12 deaths and hundreds of hospitalizations this year.

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In Washington the storm of impeachment is strengthening. In London the boisterous thunderhead of Brexit is looming. And in New York’s City the world’s leaders are gathering to discuss the steadily-warming…

For the remembrance of 9/11, Young Americans for Freedom, a national club with a chapter at Lake Forest High School, lined the sides of McKinley Road with thousands of American Flags. Why? To commemorate…

On the 18th anniversary of the September 11th attacks on our nation, local residents awoke to the sight of 2,977 miniature American flags lining the street in front of Lake Forest High School. The…

LAKE FOREST — When it arrives in this usually quiet, sleepy town, springtime tends to be a chaotic time, especially for seniors attending Lake Forest High School. It’s filled with sports, studying…

Behind the curtains at Lake Forest High School’s annual TEDx event, something wasn’t working as expected.

The agenda had called for showing “Hot Ones of LFHS,” a New Media flick created by junior…

I grew up driving past the infamous green lawn of Lake Forest High School, dreaming about when I would call the white, ivy covered building my home.  After graduating from middle school in 2015, I thought…

I am 18 years old.  Until Monday, Nov. 12, I had never experienced grief.  I had never cried over a death because I had never known anyone close to me who had died.  

But that day the hearts of the…