On May first, Lake Ridge will hold the 9th Annual Spring Show in the High School Gym. Ticket prices are $5 and are being sold in the dance classroom all week. Every year, Amie Harris, Dance and Drill Team...

The 2021 senior prom is made of soft clouds, sweet dreams, and… a casino night? What once was a senior dance to be held at the Ross Perot Museum with dancing and dinosaurs, is now a game-night-style...

Saturday, May 1st will be the last day of voting in the Mansfield City Council elections as well as be the day of Texas's 6th Congressional District Special Election. While fewer people vote in smaller...

On March 1st, Kakao Entertainment and Spotify faced criticism from many K-pop fans after they came to a seemingly sudden conclusion to remove the songs of over 60 artists under Kakao Entertainment’s...

What many thought was going to be a relaxing 3-day weekend with a possibility of snow, turned into over a week-long of state-wide outages that affected the majority of Mansfield. There were unpredictable...

Major animation companies such as Disney and Pixar have a huge influence on the lives of young and impressionable children. Pixar’s most recent animation, Soul, has been popular with many people. While...

Women's activist Elizebeth Cady Stanton once said, “the best protection any woman can have is courage.” Courage is a necessity when up to 76% of women are targeted for physical and/or sexual violence...

Sleigh bells are ringing, finals are singing, and a great deal of people are ready to leave 2020 behind. Goals set for 2020 most likely did not play out as expected for the majority of people, but as the...

She is a legend at Lake Ridge. She is well known for her ability to balance the excessive school work of a top student and the social life of an average high schooler with an easy smile. It’s hard to...

The long drawn out lines, the many many yard signs, and numerous commercials and ads sporting red, white and blue. It’s voting season. 2020 is the year of change, both good and bad, but one thing that...

At the front of Lake Ridge is a room filled with books; rows upon rows of pages bundled together to tell a story. Students were once seen loitering around the tables, laptops opened and keyboards clicking....

The winter break is coming up, and many people with be celebrating a holiday or spending time with their family and friends. Families of different religions will have their own ways to spend the long break,...

Thanksgiving is a time associated with family, turkey and…football?! Many families use sports as a way to bond during family gatherings, by watching it or even playing a pick up game in the backyard....

It was widely anticipated, and many people were holding their breath for it. Kristin Chenoweth, the Tony Award winning actress, has come to Mansfield and performed at the Mansfield Performing Arts Center...

Halloween is here, which means that many people in America are looking for the perfect costume. There is some debate on whether or not to buy a pre-made, store-bought polyester suit, or make and put together...

Lake Ridge is a part of the new generation. New phones, new laptops, and new bullying. Students nowadays are being bullied in ways that aren’t clear firsthand. It’s one thing to be bullied at school,...

On September 6th, a Lake Ridge student was hit by a Lake Ridge student driver. Many factors come into play as to the cause of the accident. One such factor includes the school zone. Due to the original...

Spirit weeks, clap outs, and pep rallies can can only mean one thing: it's game time, but not just any game, Border Brawl. For the first Football game of the season, Newsome Stadium will be filled with...

He is obviously a senior, very familiar and friendly to the teachers, occasionally wears a black cap. You may have seen him around or at the very least heard of some of the trouble he caused in the past....

In a small, sunlit school in Northern Uganda, boys and girls gather to stare through the windows of the small classroom at the lucky few that have a pen pal. They crane their necks, attempting to read...

The menorah is lit each night and dreidels spun by the children are falling off the tables and to the floor. Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday celebrating the burning of the candle for eight days straight....

There is no better time to sit at a kitchen table sharing what you are thankful for, than Thanksgiving. But for the First United Methodist Student Ministries staff, Thanksgiving is filled with volunteering....

Students pose showing the variety of the student body.

 Retired Lieutenant Colonel Aricai Berry, is back in service. Berry, JROTC's newest Senior Army Instructor, served 22 years in the military, but is now ready for a service of a different kind. Although...

The Maker Space hopes to encourage student's creativity outside the classroom.

Kristi Canon teaching her Yearbook class, is excited to be at Lake Ridge.