The Ironmen look to spoil U-High’s Intercity title chances when they host the Pioneers’ today at 4:30 p.m. U-High, the reigning Intercity champions, enter the match 4-0 on the season and 2-0 in tournament play. Community is 2-0-1 and undefeated in Intercity action. The Pioneers return 18 players...

Friday night’s matchup against the Normal West Wildcats is a game Ironmen football fans have had circled on their calendars all offseason. Whenever the crosstown rivals meet, Community head coach Mr. Jason Drengwitz said, it always feels like a playoff atmosphere. “Both sides show out really,...

The Ironmen’s explosive offensive effort secured a 55-12 road victory over Peoria’s Richwoods Knights in Aug. 30’s season opener. The victory, head coach Mr. Jason Drengwitz said, stemmed from a good week of practice. “I felt like our approach was really locked in, really focused,” Drengwitz...

Community’s 2024 Homecoming festivities will feature several notable changes to boost school spirit and student involvement. Those changes include adding a parade, reformatting the annual assembly and organizing new activities during Sept. 9’s week-long celebration. The modifications result...

The Freshman Mentoring Program hosted its annual activities fair on Aug. 27. Over 35 student organizations and clubs were on-hand to showcase the school’s wide range of extracurriculars during lunch hours in the multi-purpose room. The event, FMP coordinator, Mrs. Tara Pendleton said, aims to help...

The foreign language and math departments welcome new leadership for the 2024-25 school year after the retirement of department chairs Mrs. Mary Esther Baldwin and Mrs. Amy Feeney.  Seventeen-year French and German teacher Ms. Mirjam Schnabel replaces Baldwin, who has served as foreign language department...

The Unit 5 Art Show will showcase an array of artwork from students across the district on April 30 at Normal Community from 6 p.m. to 8. The event features student work from all four middle schools and both high schools in a range of mediums, including ceramics, sculpture, graphic design, photography,...

Friday night’s matchup against the Normal West Wildcats is a game Ironmen football fans have had circled on their calendars all offseason. Whenever the crosstown rivals meet, Community head coach Mr. Jason Drengwitz said, it always feels like a playoff atmosphere. “Both sides show out really,...

The Ironmen’s explosive offensive effort secured a 55-12 road victory over Peoria’s Richwoods Knights in Aug. 30’s season opener. The victory, head coach Mr. Jason Drengwitz said, stemmed from a good week of practice. “I felt like our approach was really locked in, really focused,” Drengwitz...

Former Ironmen football standout Marcellus Johnson did not survive the NFL's 53-man roster cut deadline on Tuesday, Aug. 27. Despite being waived by the New York Giants as the team trimmed its active roster to 53 players, the 24-year-old's hopes of helping the  Giants return to a Super Bowl remain...

Casting a long shadow over the vast expanses of the “Alien” universe is the Weyland-Yutani corporation, a gluttonous mega-company that prioritizes profit over people and pursues corporate goals with little regard for the catastrophic consequences. “Alien: Romulus,” the franchise’s seventh...

A lot of television sitcoms have us wishing we could erase the memory of ever watching them, wishing to forget we ever saw a single episode of the show.  “The Good Place” is one of them.  You’ll wish the plot could be wiped from your memory just so you can watch and love it again and again,...

“Insane” barely begins to scratch the surface of “Rick and Morty.” It's far too sane a word to describe the hit’s straightjacketed madness.    For seven seasons on Adultswim, the animated sci-fi comedy series has made a name for itself a concoction of utterly chaotic characters...

You’d be hard-pressed to find someone who hasn’t heard of the King of Monsters. Since first laying waste to Tokyo in 1954, the grandfather of kaiju has been featured in 38 films, with the latest entry in the Monsterverse franchise, “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire,” hitting theaters on April...

Welcome to the wild world of March Madness, where the energy is unrivaled, brackets are broken and upsets are the stuff of legend. As fans gear up for the thrilling 68-team NCAA championship tournament, we're reminded that victory demands more than just skill on the court—it requires grit, resilience,...