Shaniece Jackson, who graduated from Emmaus High School, became the first black woman to be hired as a full-time assistant athletic trainer for the Philadelphia Eagles earlier this year after interning with the team during the 2020 season. Jackson...

Emmaus senior Cole Smith first encountered drugs in a social setting, mostly smoking marijuana in a recreational manner with friends. As time went on, they would socialize with the sole purpose of getting high.  In addition to the social expectation...

The 2016 presidential election made history -- it marked the first woman nominated for a major party ticket, the first candidate not to hold government office, and the first election Olivia Pinocci-Wrightsman paid attention to.  Pinocci-Wrightsman,...

“I love you, and I’m so proud of you. You were a good son.” Those were the final words Darcie Garcia would utter to her son, Dmitri Garcia, a recent 2020 Emmaus graduate, during his last moments. Throughout the five days Dmitri spent in Lehigh...

Every Monday morning, Kathee Rhode pulls into the empty parking lot of the Lower Macungie Library. She unlocks the door, turns on the lights, and sweeps through the desolate library — she waters a few plants, and prepares herself to answer some...

When Emmaus High School freshman Bliss Brunhoeber stepped on the mat, she was nervous. She had never wrestled in a meet before in her life. She thought she would forget the techniques she learned in practice. But above all her worries, she had one that...

An integral member of Emmaus High School, senior Stefania Schoen influences the community through Science Fair, History Day, Model United Nations, Debate Team, directing the school’s plays and musicals, along with being heavily involved in the largest...

When Robert Christmas left Elizabeth, New Jersey nearly three years ago, he left behind a life of sleeping with guns by his side, dealing drugs, and couch-hopping, all his necessities for survival -- but he also left behind the only life he ever knew,...

Update, as of November 12:  East Penn School District superintendent Kristen Campbell reported the restoration of the Emmaus High School drumline’s performances at football games during yesterday’s school board meeting, sequential to their controversial...

Rania Draklellis, a junior at Pittsburgh's Point Park University, projects a story of an undocumented Venezuelan immigrant in her nationally recognized short film, American Love. Along with $7,400 and participation in nine film festivals, Draklellis...