With the start of the 2021 school year, we see students returning to school for new classes, new friends, and of course, the start of the class of 2022's senior year. In Heather Armstrong's fourth issue of her comic strip "Heather Forever", will she be as excited for this new beginning as her peers? Or is something more ominous lurking in the dark...

Texas voters have been fighting over abortion for a while. A law in 2013 that would have closed more than half of the abortion clinics in Texas, but it was blocked by the supreme court. In September 2021 there a new law that bans abortion after six weeks went into effect. Many protests have been happening since this bill has been passed. Previously abortions were allowed up to 20 weeks into...

https://youtu.be/IUwMZVcXHhA Veteran Ledger reporter Henry Klee and his guest LHS Junior Nathan Cummings discuss the endurability of recent albums and individual songs recently pushed out by Kanye, Drake, and Baby Keem.  Join in the conversation by leaving your comments below!  

Summer is a time for getting out, spending time with friends, and trying new things.  So it's usually not a big shock to see a Scout's troop out and about pushing themselves and trying new things, as was the case for Troop 20. The only difference? Troop 20 embarked on their trip with a majority group of teen girls. The girls spent 6 days paddling the Upper James in it's entirety camping along the...

On September 1, Governor Greg Abbott of Texas signed a new abortion ban into law.  This new law prohibits nearly all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy from being performed in Texas. It bans all abortions after a “heartbeat,” or what is considered one by lawmakers, is found through an ultrasound.   The ban is now one of the strictest measures involving abortions in the country, as many...

Attendance incentives and rewards are nothing new in the public education system. From the certificate given out in elementary school at assemblies for perfect attendance to the pizza parties and free bowling nights in high school, this strategy to try and get students to attend school is nothing new. While most attendance rewards are usually nothing of serious consequence that is not the case...

Need a Monday afternoon boost? Meet Bear, Elora, Willie Jack, and Cheese, four Native teenagers and the leads of new FX on Hulu series, Reservation Dogs. With episodes premiering each Monday, you can start your week off right with some comedy and much-needed Indigenous representation. Set on a modern-day Oklahoma reservation, the show follows the misadventures of the main quartet as they navigate life...