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Murder of Transgender Girl Puts Spotlight on Rising Global Violence Toward Transgender Community
By Finch Hale, Guest Writer On February 11th, 2023 a 16 year old girl named Brianna Ghey was murdered by two 15 year olds in Warrington,...
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May 9, 20233 min read
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Changes Need To Be Made After Nashville School Shooting
By Cathy Blankenship, Editor in Chief A shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee left 3 students and 3 staff...
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Apr 12, 20232 min read
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COVID-19 Lockdown: 3 Years Later
By Leanna Monteiro, Staff Writer March 13, 2023 went by like any typical school day. Students crowded the hallways, commuting to their...
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Mar 23, 20234 min read
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Disability Awareness Month
By Olivia Pierce, Staff Writer The month of March marks the beginning of Disability Awareness Month. The purpose of this month is to...
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Mar 10, 20231 min read
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Prom Attendance In Jeopardy After New Policy
By Cathy Blankenship, Editor-in-Chief After an updated version of the absence policy at PHS, students are worried about their chances of...
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Mar 7, 20231 min read
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PHS Bookstore Is Making Big Changes
By Cathy Blankenship. Editor-in-Chief The Portage High School bookstore is changing from what years past have previously known it to be....
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Feb 2, 20232 min read
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County-Wide Lockdowns After Threatening Calls
By Leanna Monteiro, Staff Writer A sixteen-year-old boy in Ohio has been identified as a suspect who made threatening phone calls to...
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Jan 30, 20232 min read
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PHS Lockdown Updates
By Cathy Blankenship, Editor-in-Chief Early Thursday morning, Portage High School went on a lockdown after an alarming bomb threat was...
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Jan 27, 20231 min read
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Will Students Help Make Portage High School Ideal?
By POW WOW Editorial Team Portage Township Schools Superintendent to meet with Portage High School students to discuss the “ideal” school...
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Dec 9, 20222 min read
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New York Times Journalists On Strike
By Cathy Blankenship, Editor-in-Chief For the first time in forty years, over a thousand New York Times employees are on a 24 hour...
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Dec 8, 20221 min read
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Chocolate and Chip Escape Holiday Death
By Cathy Blankenship, Editor-in-Chief Turkeys, Chocolate and Chip, were pardoned by President Joe Biden from this year's Thanksgiving...
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Nov 22, 20221 min read
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COVID-19 Updates
By Ms. Tunstall, Newspaper Advisor. The community transmission level in Porter County is LOW, according to the Indiana Department of...
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Oct 5, 20221 min read
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