President Trump finally has something to tweet about. His sweeping tax reforms have passed both the Senate and the House of Representatives, leaving it up to only Trump to sign them into action. This marks...
In the fourth game of the season, the LHS boys basketball team faced their city rivals, the WHS Warriors. Expectations ran high for the first ranked Pats and the stakes were high to defeat the...
The number one pick in the 2016 NBA draft, Ben Simmons, and the number three pick in the 2017 draft, Jayson Tatum, are the leading candidates for the Rookie of the Year award. Tatum and Simmons both have...
It is a bird. No, it is a plane. No, it is a UFO? Maybe “E.T.” is not so far fetched after all.
On the evening of Monday, December 18th, a just recently revealed government program that tracks and...
Abbie Griffin, Entertainment Editor
• December 20, 2017
During the holiday season, most people think about giving back but don’t know how to. Some might not know how and where they can get involved. Here are seven ways you can get involved through LHS throughout...
Whether it is because of war overseas, or a simple brief lodging for academics, there is no doubt that Sioux Falls is a melting pot of cultures. Students from all over the globe attend LHS, including Junior...
Opening my email this week proved to be worth it for the first time in months: Spotify created a top 2017 songs specifically for me, along with a new playlist based off those songs. This is gold.
As...
Kobe Bryant, aka the “Black Mamba,” one of the greatest to ever play the game of basketball, had his jersey retired last night. Throughout his 20 year career in the NBA, Bryant racked up many achievements...
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, according to holiday enthusiasts. Holiday enthusiasts tell us to bake, to shop, to wrap presents, to clean, to spend time with family during the holidays; they...
On the morning of Dec. 18, tragedy struck the small town of Dupont, Wash., as an Amtrak passenger train derailed, resulting in multiple casualties.
Going over an interstate overpass, the Amtrak train...
With the FCC vote 3-2, Net Neutrality is repealed as we know it. The FCC is getting a lawsuit and backlash from across the nation.
The votes were in the hands of five people, leaving everyone else out...
On December 12 a video of the young teen Keaton Jones was posted on Twitter. The video contained Jones sobbing recounting a mishap at school earlier that day. Jones claimed his bullies “poured food down...
Julia Hedrick is a senior and third-year staff writer for the Statesman. She is involved in Spanish Immersion, NHS and girls golf. In her free time, you will find Hedrick at her local Starbucks, hitting...
