Pushing for More APUSH Textbooks
OXFORD — Sophomore AP US History students are facing a dilemma. Since the school board’s adoption of a practice five years ago, the funding for course materials has been changed. The practice was adopted in an attempt to justify the one-to-one program that Talawanda has adopted. The one-to-one program has provided individual Chromebooks to every […]
Who is the FFA President?
Oxford, OH– The roots of the FFA originate from a time when boys were losing interest and leaving the farm. Walter Newman, 1925 became the Virginia State Supervisor of Agricultural Education, wanted to seek a solution to this problem he and three other staff members of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute Agriculture Education Department proposed forming […]
The Game’s Afoot
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Major Accomplishments
OXFORD–You take a deep breath and count to four. You can’t see the crowd because of the stadium lights glaring down into your eyes, but you know there is a full friday night stadium staring at you. You keep your head high and your eyes set to kill- and you’re walking out onto the field. […]
The Demise of the Graham-Cassidy Bill, and the Last Ditch Effort Debate
WASHINGTON DC–After reaching the set deadline of Sept. 30, the GOP bill proposed by Senators Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy has been confirmed denied from reaching the Senate floor. What was meant to be another joint effort to establish a proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the bill comes short to reach any approval, […]
Talawanda/Butler Tech FFA Attends Farm Science Review
London Ohio– On Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017 members of Talawanda/Butler Tech FFA attended the Farm Science Review. The event teaches people of all ages about the new and improved advances of technology in the agriculture industry. It also teaches younger individuals the importance of our agriculture industry, land preservation and how to farm in different […]
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 […]
The Game’s Afoot
Oxford, OH — It’s December 1936 and broadway star WIlliam Gillette (played by senior Tyler Boyd), admired by the world for his lead role in the famous play Sherlock Holmes has invited some of his colleges to his Connecticut Castle for a weekend of revelry. But when one of the guests is stabbed to death, […]