Government reopens

Cate Tucker, Assistant News Editor

February 14, 2019

After 35 days of questions with little to no answers, federal workers are receiving their paychecks for the first time in over a month after working without pay. The government has reopened after the longest partial shutdown in American history, which took a toll on bank accounts and the unemployment rate. Since this is the second partial government...

Extreme cold plagues Midwest

Ella Schulte, News Writer

February 14, 2019

Record-breaking lows, severe warnings to stay warm and indoors, thousands of canceled flights, snow days and for some, tragedy, have swept across the Midwest. The polar vortex was said to have peaked on Thursday, January 31 at around 7 a.m., while nearly 216 million people experienced falling temperatures well below zero. Twenty three lives are...