story by Shiloh Wolfork | photography by Riley Higgins
Growing up, Tisha Grote-Menchhoffer (Mench) was always surrounded by politics. Her friends and family had graduated at the top of their classes from...
personal narrative by Maddie Cramer | art by Kelly Johantges
I think it’s safe to say that most people’s relationships have changed quite a bit since Ohio Gov. Mike Dewine issued the stay at home...
story by Nicholas Hetterich | art by Alexandra Fernholz
With little to do during this pandemic, Dan McCallister is challenging the community to get in better shape. McCallister is the father of Lakota...
story by LeAnn Niederman | art by Alexandra Fernholz
Reserves Park, normally deserted of cars, is completely full with not a spot left.
“[I] was disappointed but not surprised,” says Robyn Welling,...
story by Natalie Mazey | art by Alexandra Fernholz
For four years of high school, students look forward to the day they will get to walk across the stage and receive a diploma, cementing the idea that...
story by Mary Barone | photography fair use
On Saturday, May 2, West Chester resident Andrew Suski accomplished the seemingly impossible. In just under 16 hours, he ran every street in Beckett Ridge,...
story by Hannah Bui | photography fair use
Scrolling through Facebook, everything is dark, angry and scared people are fighting. The news of COVID-19 haunts people’s feed. It feels like there is no...
story by Marleigh Winterbottom | art by Alexandra Fernholz
When Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced on March 22, 2020 that schools would be going remote, Wyandot Early Childhood School (ECS) teacher Abigail...
story by Megan Miranda | photography fair use
Things were falling into place perfectly. She spent her last years of high school working past the hardship of taking a different route than her peers, and...
story by Ava Huelskamp | photography fair use
Her eyes focus on the road ahead as she makes her daily trek to the Hospice of Cincinnati Blue Ash Inpatient Care Center to drop off hand-crafted masks to...
story by Mia Hilkowitz | photography fair use
He sits on the runway of Middletown Regional Airport ready for takeoff. Cherokee Elementary fifth grade teacher Dave Fugate has spent the whole day crouched...
story by Ava Huelskamp | photo by Cassandra Mueller
Ellie Leisten plops her books down on her desk and gets ready to begin her nightly math homework or binge on some netflix, but instead her mom beckons...
