Retirees Mr. Kelly Keogh and Madame Laurel Litwiller have expanded their students' views of the world during their combined sixty plus years in social studies and foreign language education. Colleagues and students alike thank these inspiring teachers for their commitment to their school and global...

Behind her instrument -- a harmonium -- the girl sits, her legs curled behind her. She shifts her weight in concert with her moving hands, pushing and pulling the instrument's bellows. Even before she rests her fingers on the keys, a soft, almost inaudible air emanates to open the song. NCHS...

A look back on the 2021-22 Ironmen basketball season conjures up images of Zach Cleveland dunks, Tyler Dwinial charges and Trey Redd’s clutch 3s... Those highlights helped the Ironmen tie the basketball program’s season win record, matching the 2014-15 team’s 33-win season. This season on...

For 33 years, Community’s boys track and field pole vault record stood at 15 feet, 6 3/4 inches, until Charles Cruse, then a junior, jumped 15 feet, 7 inches -- breaking the record by a quarter of an inch. That was nearly a year ago, and Cruse keeps jumping higher.  In one of the first indoor...

In the Spring 2022 edition of the "Inkspot" magazine, four teachers shared their high school musical history, reflecting on their experience on stage. Watch as Ms. Meg Keogh goes in depth with her experience in "The Wizard of Oz."

In the Spring 2022 edition of the "Inkspot" magazine, four teachers shared their high school musical history, reflecting on their experience on stage. Watch as Ms. Stephanie Hedgespeth goes in depth with her experience in "Bonnie and Clyde."

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Four Bloomington Area Career Center Culinary Arts students -- Emma Feit ('21), Madelyn Burton ('21), Kennedy Coe ('21), and Gavin Regnier ('20) -- qualified for the SkillsUSA State competition after participating in the Regional culinary competitions at Southwestern Illinois College in Granite City on...

Tonight, Friday, April 17, NCHS would have hosted the 2020 Normal Community Co-Ed Track Invitational and recognized the senior athletes of the boys and girls track teams. However, like so many other events, that meet is canceled. Kailah Carter (‘20), a 2018 and 2019 State track and field qualifier,...

  The struggles of those combating COVID-19 have hit home for the family of Kennedy (‘21) and Piper (‘20) Coe. Utilizing their sewing skills and passion for helping others, the sisters started crafting homemade masks a month ago, distributing them to friends, family, health-care workers,...