Jeopardy Records Shattered
Jeopardy contestant James Holzhauer just passed the $1 million mark in the shortest time in Jeopardy history. His total is now at $1,061,554 million after 14 games. He now holds all top five one- day records, beating…
Earth Day Music
Rapper Lil Dicky, released a song and music video called ‘Earth’. Earth day has recently passed, so the song was created to promote the day and the issue of climate change. Lil Dicky gathered many…
Bombing Devastates Sri Lanka
On Easter Sunday, suicide bombers attacked churches and hotels in Sri Lanka killing 290 people and leaving 500 wounded. So far, Sri Lankan police have arrested 24 people in connection with the explosions. The bombing…
Government of Sudan Overthrown By Military
Sudanese dictator President Omar al-Bashir has been kicked out of office after the military staged a successful coup last Thursday, but the path towards democracy in the north African nation remains a struggle. Instead of…
Softball Youth Night
Our girl’s softball team will be hosting a softball youth night for their game next Friday. All elementary age kids can attend the game for free with a paying adult if they wear their softball…
Comedian Becomes President of Ukraine
Comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who ironically once played as a president in a show, now is president of Ukraine. Zelenskiy won the election by a landslide, winning 73% of the the total 90% votes placed in…
South Carolina Teacher Strike
Hundreds of South Carolina teachers plan to march on May 1st in a teacher strike. The strike is to protest for better pay, smaller class sizes, and less standardized testing. As of April 23rd, over…
Earth Day “Delicacy”
In an effort to reduce heat usage for Earth day, Mr. Tyson announced that the cafeteria will only be serving cold subs for lunch on April 22nd. Some students, however, simply don’t see the point…
Notre Dame Fire
Monday, a fire broke out at the Notre- Dame Cathedral in Paris. According to the New York Times, around 500 firefighters fought the fire for five hours. Two thirds of the roof ended up being…
Sports Games 4/11
Following a great pep rally performance here at John Champe, we have a few sporting events taking place tonight. Come out and cheer on our girls and boys soccer teams at Freedom High School tonight…