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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

The first, not the last

Written by Daniel Cruz, Editor-in-Chief December 3, 2017

Some people say that they don’t have regrets because it is all a learning experience. Others say that they are full of regrets. No matter what you do there is always going to be things in your life that...

LTHS warmly welcomes international Japanese student

LTHS warmly welcomes international Japanese student

Written by Stephanie Wilk, Staff Writer November 27, 2017

While lockers are an everyday component of high school life for students, they are a source of excitement for a new face in Lockport. Ichika Okashiwa, an LTHS foreign exchange student, discloses that her...

Epilepsy: What it means to be 1 in 26

Epilepsy: What it means to be 1 in 26

Written by Madeline Hedrich, Photographer November 26, 2017

You’re walking with your friend, until suddenly, they collapse onto the ground, unconscious, and immediately their body starts to flail and contract. They throw up, lose their bladder, and shake violently;...

UCLA basketball players caught shoplifting in China

Written by Annie Coniglio, World News Writer November 26, 2017

Three freshmen from the UCLA basketball team, LiAngelo Ball, Cody Riley, and Jalen Hall, have been suspended from playing as a result of shoplifting in China. It has not been fully revealed as to what...

Tiny Christmas trees made of paper

Christmas Crossroads craft fair photo slide show

Written by Angelina Borne, Photographer November 26, 2017

Stranger Things: Season two gets darker

Written by Sarayah Villasenor, Staff Writer November 26, 2017

**Before reading: Spoiler Alert** When we last saw our favorite groups of misfit middle schoolers, rag tag teens, and sceptical adults on the Netflix original series hit TV show, Stranger Things, they...

What I learned from rejection

Written by Adriana Watson, Staff Writer November 22, 2017

I recently volunteered at Christmas Crossroads, a craft show hosted by the Lockport Women’s Club, collecting donations for United Service Organizations and Tender Loving Care, an animal shelter in Homer...

Cross Country Girls Varsity 2016-2017

Cross country girls make it to state

Written by Kirsten Adamski, Staff Writer November 21, 2017

From the start of the season all the way to the end, the girls cross country team has brought pride to Lockport. This season they placed 3rd in regionals, 4th in sectionals, and 23rd in state. Coach...

Cross Country Boys Varsity 2016-2017

Boys’ cross country season ends with qualifying for state

Written by Kirsten Adamski, Staff Writer November 21, 2017

The LTHS boys’ cross country team’s season has been, as Coach Thomas Razo says, “exciting and fun.” Never has this been more true, as they qualified for state this year, which means this is the...

Why gun control shouldn’t happen

Written by Zayne Giertuga, Staff Writer November 20, 2017

With the recent Las Vegas shooting, the New York terrorist attack, and the more recent Texas church massacre, gun control has been a highly controversial issue in which both Republicans and Democrats have...

Photo of the lost dog, Butkus

Man in search for his lost dog

Written by Jennie Alexandros, News Editor November 20, 2017

On November 16, at around 1:30 pm, John’s beloved dog, Butkus, went missing by his house in Tinley Park. As an act of kindness, he asks to keep an eye out for his dog and to “please bring him back...

Tampa Bay scare

Written by Tannor Giertuga, Staff Writer November 20, 2017

For the rest of the United States, most of us have celebrated a normal Halloween this year.  We all put out bowls of candy for the kids to come and grab.  This year in Tampa Bay, a murderer is on the...