By: Allison Petkoff On January 29, the largest baby in the state of Florida was delivered. The baby, named Avery Ford, weighed 14.1 pounds at birth and was born at St Joseph’s Women’s Hospital in Tampa. The average baby weight is 7.5 lbs. Only 5% of babies fall outside of the range of 5.5 lbs. to 10 lbs. This baby had a truly exceptional birth … Continue reading Fourteen pound baby born in Florida

By: Megan Bias Early Monday morning, February 9, Northeastern states were under winter storm warnings with expectations of up to two feet of snow for the third Monday in a row. According to CNN, the states included in the snowstorm were Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. According to The National Weather Service, the states were predicted to get twelve … Continue reading A Snowstorm Per Week

By: Allison Petkoff On Tuesday night, February 3, a commuter train in Valhalla, New York, crashed and killed 6 people while injuring at least 12. The train was heading north, traveling from New York City’s Grand Central Terminal. After leaving the terminal, it hit a Mercedes SUV that was sitting on the train intersection. The car had 6 passengers and all of the passengers were … Continue reading New York train crash kills six

by Rachel Heinz On January 23, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) issued a Health Advisory to inform public health departments of a recent outbreak of the measles possibly originating from Disneyland. According to CDC director Tom Freiden, there are currently 102 reported cases spread out among 14 states. As reported by The Hill, Freiden also expressed that we are “likely to see more cases” of … Continue reading Unwillingness to Vaccinate Leads to Measles Outbreak

By: Megan Bias On Saturday, January 30, a 66 second ISIS video showed the beheading of Japanese reporter Kenji Goto captured late last year by the terrorist group in Syria for refusal to meet their demands. Japanese and U.S. intelligence officials made no immediate comment regarding the videos. According to ABC News, the video was titled “A Message to the Japanese Government” and begins with Kenji … Continue reading ISIS Beheads Japanese Reporter

by Bridget Richard As the Dayton Daily News reported Wednesday, December 10, several new official dates of recognition have been made for the state of Ohio. With September being made “School Bullying Prevention Awareness Month” and March receiving the title of “Ohio Maple Syrup Products Month,” there is one other designation that sticks out from the rest. From now on, February 21 will be known … Continue reading Ohio House Recognizes Dates

by Bridget Richard The Orion Spacecraft, developed by NASA, was recovered 600 miles from the Pacific Coast by the Navy following its successful test launch on Friday, December 5.  The test lasted 4.5 hours and the Orion had a total mass of 46,848 lbs. at launch. This first Exploration Test Flight was the first of many complex steps for the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) before … Continue reading First Test for Orion Was a Success!

By: Cayla Destefani Tamir Rice was a 12-year-old boy from Cleveland. On Saturday, November 22, the boy was at a local park outside of the Cudell Recreation Center and apparently pulling out and waiving around an Airsoft gun with the orange tip removed. Police arrived at the scene and told the boy to drop his weapon. When he did not comply and pulled the weapon … Continue reading Boy shot over fake gun

  by Bridget Richard The announcement from the grand jury was made Monday, November 24, 2014 that Darren Wilson, the officer who shot and killed black teen Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, in August, was not going to be indicted. Coverage of Ferguson had died down in modern media, even though protests have been continuing in the Missouri city for almost four months. And while … Continue reading National Protests After Announcement in Ferguson