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The student news site of Pleasant Valley High School

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Walk with Your Head Up

Walk with Your Head Up

Katie Bullock, Photo Editor September 7, 2018

With the kidnapping and murder of Molly Tibbetts looming over the nation, and more specifically the state, many have recently been on edge. Causing havoc around all of the I-80 residential areas, a...

Photo taken by Matt Umland

The rise of local coffee shops

Ava Stigler, Editor in Chief September 6, 2018

The Quad Cities has recently seen an increase in the number of coffee shops across the area. Local coffee shops that were formerly known as places to grab a quick pick-me-up before a long work day now...

Violence rocks local schools

Maya McClain, Photography Manager September 6, 2018

When tragedy strikes it’s easy to think of our school and our city as safe, almost untouchable. However, in today’s day and age with the easy access to firearms, is any city truly protected from the...

JUUL-ing

JUUL-ing

Alana Woolison, Photography Manager September 6, 2018

Pleasant Valley High School has taken the new 2018 school year as an opportunity to crack down on the new Juul-ing trend. Consequences ranging from usage fines of $50.00 and three days of out of school...

The Life of John McCain

The Life of John McCain

Noah Streeter, News Editor September 6, 2018

At 81 years of age, John Sidney McCain III was buried in his final resting place at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland on Sunday, September 2nd, according to BBC. John was a naval academy alumni,...

Solution to PV’s parking problem

Jimmy Guest, Student Life Editor September 6, 2018

After patiently waiting many months, the students and staff of PV are ready for a change in parking. As construction crews began to make way for a large expansion to the east side of the high school, both...

Why I should care about the Nipah outbreak?

Why I should care about the Nipah outbreak?

Roshni Nair, Arts and Entertainment Editor May 22, 2018

A rare and deadly viral infection called Nipah is reemerging in the Kozhikode region of Kerala, India. The disease is commonly carried by animals; in the past, pigs were an identified host of the virus....

Supreme Court legalizes sports betting

Supreme Court legalizes sports betting

Justin English, Staff Contributor May 21, 2018

On Monday, the Supreme Court paved the way for states to legalize sports betting after striking down a law from 1992 that had largely prohibited sports betting in most states in the country. The court...

58 Killed in Gaza protests over U.S embassy

58 Killed in Gaza protests over U.S embassy

Justin English, Staff Contributor May 21, 2018

Just as celebrations occured in Jerusalem following the inauguration of the new U.S. embassy in the contested region, gunshots flew into crowded civilian protesters just miles away. Israeli forces shot...

Irish abortion referendum shakes the country

Irish abortion referendum shakes the country

Ramya Kumar, Arts and Entertainment Editor May 21, 2018

The Irish government has decided to hold a national referendum on May 25, regarding the Eighth Amendment of the Irish Constitution: “The states acknowledges the right to life of the unborn and, with...

Tragedy strikes Santa Fe

Tragedy strikes Santa Fe

Roshni Nair, Arts and Entertainment Editor May 21, 2018

On Friday, May 18, 2018, 10 people were killed in an act of gun violence at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas. The shooter was 17-year-old student Dimitrios Pagourtzis. According to the Washington...

Mixed signals: North Koreas back-and-forth on denuclearization

Mixed signals: North Korea’s back-and-forth on denuclearization

Veronica Henderson, Copy Editor May 21, 2018

In the latest of a series of moves seemingly designed to ease tensions with South Korea and the U.S., North Korea has begun to dismantle its Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site. Satellite photos from North Korea...

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