You have an hour to write a 5-7 minute speech with facts and sources. Go! This is the rush that Senior Drake Berry lives for. Berry has been participating in NPHS Speech and Debate team for four years....

Nebraska State wrestling: a significant weekend for coaches, wrestlers, and their families. The qualifying athletes anticipated this day for months and the same goes for senior Bobby Fryer. Fryer is down...

My heart raced as assistant principal John Byrn pulled me out of my business law class and down to the makeshift drug testing lab in a teacher workroom. It felt like I was about to be in some serious trouble,...

Whether you spent Valentine’s Day with your significant other or decided to stay home and binge-watch your favorite Netflix show, North Platte High School’s Hug-a-Heart took a twist this year and was...

The lights are bearing down, the crowd is silent, the feeling is tense. This year, the spotlight is on the sophomores because there are not many junior or senior wrestlers. North Platte wrestling coach...

After a long day of school, followed by an exhausting practice, you’re ready to go straight to bed. Until you remember that you have a test you haven’t studied for, homework from two other classes...

Trying to get a hold of Santa? Here is how! What do you think about all of the apps that people can use to get a hold of you? I think it would be better if they came and talk to me   What...

My mom died before I got to know her. I don’t remember her hugs, her voice or her smell. I’m angry because my mom died before she got to know me, and I’m a pretty damn, cool person. I’m angry because...

With the changing of seasons fast approaching, shorter days, busy schedules, lack of motivation and gloominess is a major issue for some. This time of year especially takes a toll on many people’s mental...

North Platte High School’s annual canned food drive raised, quite literally, a ton of food for the Salvation Army this year. In fact, the food that students brought in during the canned food drive totaled...

Senior Abbie Hedgecock drives down the court in the girl’s first scrimmage versus Gothenburg. “We have a really good chemistry. We can play with each other, criticize each other, but also really help...