Editor's note: this story won Best News Feature and Overall Best Writer from The Dallas Morning News (2019).  Inside an ambulance, Eric Epperson’s body tensed as he stood looking over his son. Senior...

Do it yourself: Halloween edition While Halloween is only days away, it’s not too late to make a DIY costume. Instead of spending money on a costume you’ll wear once, head to your favorite clothing...

The district wide Kindness Committee started with the student advisory group last year, that was originally formed to promote an understanding of diversity. Andy Plunkett, LISD assistant chief of schools,...

March 2018. I woke up and my jaw was shaking — my whole body was shaking. I sat up in my bed and stayed there for a couple of minutes trying to wake up. I swung my feet down on the tile floor and tried...

The Flower Mound Police Department viral lip-sync video won the USA Today's lip sync bracket. They were up against the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department in the final two. While Charlotte-Mecklenburg...

It had been a week of waiting. My dad said he was on his way to see my mom and I. We hadn’t seen each other in years, and he was finally able to come visit. Every day that week, when I got home from...

Her heartbeat pulsed in her ear while overwhelming cheers filled the field as she prepared herself for the triple jump. The horn blared, and she was off. The fans, team members and coaches encouraged her...

English departments across LISD are divided over looser curriculum standards that now contain less mandated content. In recent years, LISD has moved to a more flexible learning approach which focuses...

The clicks of my 5 in. heels echoed as we hiked the stairs looking for our row. The cold stadium seats brought goosebumps down my arms, and the anticipation grew in the air. My grandpa’s Old Spice cologne...

  Cheers engulfed the crowds of students in the stands. It was the beginning of the 2006 school year and everything was just getting started. The room was vibrating, the seats were shaking...