The classroom is quiet and the lights buzz as sophomore Samantha Thiellen walks up to the front of the room. Paper in hand, she breathes in and looks up at her peers surrounding her. She starts to speak,...

No one chooses to live with a heart condition or learning disabilities, let alone both, but for freshman Damon Dauel, that is the life he lives. While he didn’t choose to have those conditions, they...

Rounding the corner onto Main Street at Walt Disney World, math teacher Alicia Lahood and her sister, Cydney Granger, pressed on toward Cinderella’s castle. Despite waking up at 1 a.m. and the toll of...

As the lunch bell echoes through the halls, a bustling crowd of students spills into the cafeteria, eager to grab their midday meal. Students have many options with steaming trays of today's main dish,...

Although Halloween was celebrated just a few weeks ago, an eerie event recently occurred at the Gretna Public Library. On Nov. 14, Forensic anthropologist Kaitlyn East, PhD, visited the library and presented...

The feeling of sharp stabbing needles in his back was a clear indication that something was wrong. Junior Kasen Brown needed to get help from professionals, and after going through tests locally, Brown...

The name Brad Feeken stands alone in the Gretna community. His dedication in the classroom as a seventh-grade reading teacher at both Aspen Creek Middle School and Gretna Middle School with his decorated...

Despite only having a single electoral vote, Omaha’s “blue dot” has been a hot topic for months with its potential power. Even prominent, national news organizations have recognized the “dot’s”...

The month of September was Suicide Prevention Month, which the National Alliance on Mental Illness describes as a month to bring hope to the highly stigmatized issue of suicide. Piggybacking off of that...

Gretna is growing and the sense of community is growing right along with it. Every Saturday from 8 to 12 p.m., a group of local farmers, bakers and small business owners come together, adding to that sense...

Most musicals and plays use one full cast of characters to portray the story, but when more than 50 students audition, it’s hard to not include everyone. “Spongebob: The Musical” at ACMS strives...