The sun had barely set, casting a warm orange glow through the windows of Kim’s White Tiger Taekwondo. Sophomore Claire Kim steps onto the mat with quiet confidence, her bare feet pressing into the soft...

With a swift swipe of her hand, the piping bag moves with ease. Precise lines lay gently around a flawless sugar cookie, detailing designs that are perfectly replicated using a projector. Drawers filled...

While most of Flower Mound was asleep, members of the Marcus Band were wide awake and ready for their area competition. The rainy and windy conditions would be an obstacle to overcome. As long as there...

Colton Nussmeier is the son of Doug Nussmeier, the quarterbacks coach for the Philadelphia Eagles, and younger brother of Garret Nussmeier, former star Marcus High School quarterback and current starter...

“‘I don't need very much now,’ said the boy, ‘Just a quiet place to sit and rest. I am very tired.’  ‘Well,’ said the tree, straightening herself up as much as she could, ‘Well, an...

  As a visit to her grandmother’s Illinois house comes to an end, junior Lydia Hood catches her mother’s eye when they board the plane. “That’s a cute top,” her mom says. But the...

Everyone around senior Chloe Heeter is already halfway through their dinner, but her plate is untouched. She looks at each of her teammates silently. Chloe searches their faces for any hesitancy, any unease,...

Silence. The warm glow of red lights bathes the stage as she takes her place. Strums of a guitar begin to fill the air as sophomore Marquette Ashlin Knight turns to face the audience, rolling and swaying...