Ally Pruente, Co Editor In Chief
• January 3, 2022
The SM Board of Education members will meet tonight at the Center for Academic Achievement (CAA) at 5 p.m. Their agenda consists of opening announcements followed by a full discussion of the current COVID-19...
StuCo's dance committee just announced Homecoming 2021's "Candy Land" theme.
Homecoming will be Oct. 2 at Shawnee Mission North Stadium from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. If a student wishes to bring someone who...
Two months ago, ex-officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of two second-degree charges and one third-degree murder charge less than a year after he killed George Floyd. June 25, Chauvin was charged with...
Information up to date as of May 7, 2021
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of three counts of murder last month, however his attorney, Eric Nelson, has requested a new...
Freshmen: Class of 2024
Derek Larsen, President and Tad Lambert, Vice President
Madison (Maddie) Cecil, Lily Chalfie, Nicole (Nikki) Cohen, Emelia Fothergill, Marina Johnson, Halley Laurent,...
Kim Potter, the officer who shot Daunte Wright after shouting "taser!" and shooting with her handgun instead, has been arrested and will be charged with second-degree manslaughter.
Potter resigned...
A Minnesota police officer shot and killed Daunte Wright April 11 at a traffic stop. The officer shouted "taser!" but fired a handgun instead.
The police said that they had tried to take Wright into...
Information up to date as of April 1, 2021, 1:42 p.m.
After weeks of planning, Prom Committee’s most recent prom proposal just gained approval from the Johnson County Health Department....
Governor Laura Kelly announced that starting on Mar. 29, individuals 16 years old and above will now have access to the COVID-19 vaccine. This means that Kansas is in the final phase of the vaccine distribution...
![Juniors Tad Lambert and Lily Reiff watch swim footage Jan. 19 in Room 153. Lambert and Reiff were editing their swim recap for Cougar Roundup. “[KUGR] is such a great environment for creativity but also to form amazing friends,” Lambert said. “KUGR has become like a home for me and I feel like I’ve gotten super close with so many other members.”](https://smnw.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ejohnson_KUGR_7-900x600.jpg)
