All Amazing Things Must Come To an End
CLEVELAND — As you may know, the Cleveland Indians just went on a historic 22 game winning streak that struck the baseball world that was also the second longest winning streak in MLB history. The Indians record before the streak stood at 69-56 but they now sit firmly atop of the American League Central Division […]
Asking for a Friend
Dear Abby, What’s a newspaper without an advice column? The Talawanda Tribune is excited to debut its own starting up in September. “We wanted to help our student body while still entertaining them,” says the Tribune staff, who will be working together to provide constructive answers to anonymous questions submitted to the website. To submit, […]
Double Murderer, Gary Otte Executed
LUCASVILLE, OH–Gary Otte, 45 and convicted of back-to-back murders 25 years ago, was executed on the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2017. Otte was sent to death row for fatally shooting Robert Wasikowski and Sharon Kostura during home invasion robberies in a Cleveland suburb in 1992. His last effort to appeal included claims that the […]
Hype for the Apocalypse
“The Walking Dead” is an incredibly popular show on the television channel AMC, and the fanbase is most certainly not extinct here at Talawanda High School. The television show takes place in a post apocalyptic America, where a County Sheriff, Rick Grimes, is forced to survive in a world ruled by zombies, or, as they […]
The DACA Program And Its Effect On Talawanda
OXFORD — On Sept. 5, 2017 President Trump announced that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) would begin its wind-down. Established by former President Obama in 2012, the DACA program allows certain illegal immigrants who came to America as children to receive a renewable two-year work permit, as long as applicants can have […]
The Poet in the Schoolhouse
When you think of poets you think of Edgar Allan Poe or Ernest Hemingway. You wouldn’t think a great young poet would be sitting in a high school teaching teenagers about poetry but he is. Quentin Russell is the Artist in Residence for our school this semester. He runs the Poetry Club which is after […]
Darrtown Festival
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Early Season Struggles Plus Solutions and Predictions
OXFORD — The beginning of the 2017 season for the Talawanda Football team has not been one to necessarily remember. Two games into this season and the Braves remain scoreless. The team is 0-2 after losing to both Madison and Badin. Why have they been off to such a rough start? Last season, the Braves […]
Love and Honor For All: Miami University Marches Against White Supremacy
OXFORD — On January 19, 1998 two Miami University students were assaulted while walking back to their dorm. The attackers shouted racist slurs and comments at them before beating them with baseball bats. One of the student’s injuries were so severe they had to spend several weeks out of school and in the hospital. This […]