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Concealed Carry, a large issue in America, may not be quite as dangerous as you think. Having law-abiding citizens carry a concealed weapon can and does act as a deterrent to most criminals. They are less likely […]

Gay marriage, should it be legal, should it not be legal? All states have agreed that it should be legal. On June 26, 2015, the US Supreme Court ruled that gay marriage is allowed in all 50 states. Prior to this […]

The American Big Three Bailout refers to the government subsidised loans provided to Ford, GM, and Chrysler in 2008. The bailout was successful in saving over three million American jobs and insuring the pensions […]

While technology becomes more and more prevalent in our world, many schools are still reliant on outdated textbooks to convey information to students every day.  Replacing these textbooks with tablets, or similar […]

Social media, a way that people can use to communicate without even being in the same room at the same time. While social media can be a way of talking with those far away, in the wrong hands can be as dangerous […]

Illegal is illegal. America is a place for everyone, no matter where you’re from. However, entry, status, length of stay, work visa, green card (and the list goes on) are all important. The Illegals are costing h […]

The past two years have had their share of parades in the high school, celebrating WPIAL births for varsity football and track. Today, on a chilly March afternoon, the school celebrated an undefeated season for […]

The Lady Lopes play Friday vs. Greensburg Central Catholic at 6:30 at Baldwin High School. The boys’ play Wednesday vs. Neshannock at 8 PM at CW North Catholic.

Both teams return to the playoffs for the s […]

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Friday, February 5, the boys’ basketball team win against rivals Northgate. The boys and the cheerleaders also celebrated their Senior Night as the end of the season draws closer.

On January 26, a PBS news crew filmed Mr. Shirey’s Personal Finance classes and interviewed Juniors Jessica Peters and Jacob Grande for a segment about finance classes in public schools. The following photos were […]

Ruth B, a twenty-year old Canadian singer/songwriter, has been making waves on Vine. The Intro, her breakout EP, was released last November, and features her single “Lost Boy”. Each track on the EP is simply Rut […]

More photos from the 2015 Children’s Hospital Auction. The total raised between both schools for the  Children’s Hospital Free Care Fund was $15,690.05
Student Council sponsor Keera Dwulit wrote to the staff   […]

Photos by Alex Domencic from the Lopes close game against now 16-2 Quaker Valley, who won 62 to 55 on their home court Tuesday, Jan 26th. The first photo is from the JV game.

On Tuesday, January 26th, the Northgate/Avonworth swim team successfully faced off against North Catholic’s swim team. The final score was Northgate with 149 total points and North Catholic with 92 total points.   […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers have made their way into the playoffs tonight in Ohio, with the wildcard game against the Bengals, who they had a close loss to and a strong win against. The Steelers are in […]

Each picture is of something you might see every day at Avonworth…let us know in the comments 

On Friday, December 4th, students of both AP English and the Drama class attended Carnegie Mellon University’s production of Lord of the Flies.  The show featured some of CMU’s drama students, the producer Cade […]

Caroline Schaper, 2011 Avonworth Graduate and former avonews editor-in-chief, visited Monday, November 30th, during 4th period to share how she not only landed a job as a writing intern for David Letterman on The […]

Cassadee Pope, the season 3 winner of The Voice, is making quite a name for herself.  Her new single, “I am Invincible”, clearly shows her capabilities as a rising female signer and, at the same time,  creates im […]