FBLA secured 17 first-place finishes and qualified 55 members for Nationals across 37 events at the State Leadership Conference April 5–6: the chapter’s best finish in history. Aswini Kake (’25), who will represent Illinois FBLA’s Central Area as one of seven State Vice Presidents next year,...

 The NCHS Ironmen athletics app launched in February, allowing Community sports fans to access Ironmen athletics information on mobile devices.  The app is a new feature from Snap! Mobile Inc., the company the athletic department uses to manage it's website, Athletic Director Mr. Nic Kearfott...

A nearly $10,000 donation from Rivian and Halo Solar funded Unit 5’s purchase of solar glasses, allowing the district’s students to view the near-total solar eclipse on April 8 safely. After 2017’s eclipse left the district “scrambling” to provide students with solar glasses and get permission...

The Bloomington Normal Boys Lacrosse team ended the regular season 0-12 after suffering a 13-11 loss to Plainfield North (2-12) during May 8’s Senior Night match-up. BN came within two quarters of breaking their winless streak in the regular season finale, taking a 7-4 lead into...

The girls track and field team claimed their third straight Big 12 Conference title on May 3, posting seven first-place finishes at Champaign’s Harold Jester Track. The Iron finished the night with 131 points, 39 ahead of their closest competitors–hosts Champaign Centennial. The Danville Vikings...

The girls’ track and field team is looking to replicate last season’s success as it enters the final stretch of the season.  That will be no easy feat, as the 2023 season was historic for the Iron–the program had a top-ten team finish at the IHSA 3A State Track & Field meet, won a first-ever...

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,...

I was heartbroken when Tristan Dugray, Chilton Prep’s quintessential swoon-worthy bad boy, got the boot from “Gilmore Girls”; crushed when the character was sent to military school during the show’s second season. But somebody at the WB, the network behind the hit show, must have seen...

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,...

My fellow fast food aficionados know that for every McRib and every Pumpkin Spice Latte, every delectable and delicious “limited-time-only” menu item, fast food chains have an untold number of culinary calamities.   In a world where innovation meets indulgence, there’s bound to be a few slip-ups...