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Porter Press

The student news site of Lockport Township High School

Porter Press

The student news site of Lockport Township High School

Porter Press

Of Mice and Men and Crown the Empire departures

Written by Jennie Alexandros, Staff Writer February 2, 2017

Fans nationally were disheartened on December 30th, 2016, by the news stating that Austin Carlile of Of Mice and Men was leaving the band due to health problems. Because his symptoms of Marfan Syndrome...

Bowling and competitive dance State results

Written by Bradley Zimmerman, Senior Staff Writer February 2, 2017

Over the weekend, on January 27, and 28, two Lockport athletic teams, boys bowling and competative dance, competed at their state championships. The boys bowling team went to State hoping to bring home...

College recruit gets second chance

Written by Kyle Steinhoff, Features Editor February 1, 2017

James Robinson has had a whirlwind of conflicting life changes in the last few days. The 6’3” wide receiver out of Lakeland High School has decided to commit to the University of Florida. The nation's...

French election

Written by Kevin Becker, Staff Writer February 1, 2017

French banks have refused to lend money to the National Front (FN) Party of France. The party is headed by president Marine Le Pen, current front-runner in the election. Despite Le Pen’s success in the...

The boys bowling team

Boys bowling, poms compete at State

Written by Bradley Zimmerman, Senior Staff Writer January 27, 2017

  Saturday, January 21, was a busy day for LTHS athletics, with seven of Lockport’s eight winter athletic teams competing in events. The boys bowling and competitive dance/poms teams were...

2017 NFL mock draft

Written by Kyle Steinhoff, Features Editor January 26, 2017

Cleveland Browns-Myles Garrett, DE, Texas A&M - After a historically bad year, many Browns fans have been calling for a new franchise QB. While Roger Griffin III is not the answer, he is the fill...

An open letter to protesters

Written by Adriana Watson, Editorial Editor January 24, 2017

Dear protesters, I get it if you’re mad. You got Donald Trump as president, and the Alt-Right is beating you down one politician at a time. But come on! Have a little respect. Just because you don’t...

The power of words

Written by Adriana Watson, Editorial Editor January 24, 2017

You are dumb. You’re ugly. You’re useless. You’re disappointing. You’re embarrassing. You’re ignorant. You’re messy. You’re weak. You’re short. You’re tall. You’re gay. You’re awkward....

GSA Meeting

Student life slideshow

January 23, 2017

Inauguration 2017

January 20, 2017

Trump

Inauguration Day 2017

Written by Bradley Zimmerman, Senior Staff Writer January 20, 2017

Hundreds of thousands of people gathered at the US Capitol Building, the National Mall, and Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC on January 20 to witness the historic inauguration of Donald Trump as the...