![The issue of gun violence has never been far from the school gates. Recently, Kickapoo students decided to take a stand. Photo courtesy of Emma Franklin.](https://khqtoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_9849-722x900.jpg)
2023 Mass Shootings
Gun violence has affected nearly every part of the country already this year. Here is an overview of the statistics and the ways in which the country is responding.
Gabby Burgess, Business and Marketing Manager
• April 28, 2023
![Binges or Beaches?](https://khqtoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_9737-900x687.jpg)
Binges or Beaches?
Here are five binge-worthy TV shows for you to binge watch if you're staying in this Spring Break.
Gabby Burgess, Business and Marketing Manager
• March 3, 2023
![Photo courtesy of wilsoninfo.](https://khqtoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/santas-reindeer.jpg)
Ranking Reindeer
Each of the reindeer ranked and their personality. And yes, Rudolph is most definitely the worst.
Gabby Burgess, Business and Marketing Manager
• December 15, 2022
![Administration dressed as the Clue characters.](https://khqtoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_0025-900x600.jpg)
Halloween with the Kickapoo Staff!
This week members of the Kickapoo staff came together for a Halloween breakfast and their costumes were scarily good.
Gabby Burgess, Business and Marketing Manager
• October 27, 2022
![Photo courtesy of Cara Posegate.](https://khqtoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_3263.jpg)
A Year in the Life of a DECA Member
From SDC trips to fundraisers to competitions, Kickapoo's DECA chapter has been hard at work.
Gabby Burgess, Business and Marketing Manager
• May 20, 2022
![Headed Home](https://khqtoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/FullSizeR1-675x900.jpg)
Headed Home
After a year of walking the halls of Kickapoo, the foreign exchange students return home.
Gabby Burgess, Business and Marketing Manager
• May 20, 2022
![Thousands of supporters are working to ensure that Lucio is exonerated, and after reviewing the evidence, I have become one of them. Photo courtesy of MCT Direct.](https://khqtoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/OP-ED-TEXAS-LUCIO-EDITORIAL-DA-900x733.jpg)
Life and Death Decision: Melissa Lucio and Her Cry for Help
Melissa Lucio is a death row inmate who was charged for her daughter's death in 2008. However, her trial was corrupted and the evidence proves her innocence.
Gabby Burgess, Business and Marketing Manager
• April 29, 2022
![Missouri State University has officially approved the largest increase the campus has seen in over 10 years. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.](https://khqtoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/MissouriStateUHistoricQuad.jpg)
MSU Tuition Increase Approved
How the sudden change will affect incoming students, including many of our own Kickapoo Chiefs.
Gabby Burgess, Business and Marketing Manager
• April 25, 2022
![With many of our own Chiefs preparing to become Bears in the coming fall, all eyes are turned towards MSU as they fight for the largest tuition increase the university has had in over 10 years. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.](https://khqtoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/MoStatePlasterStudentUnion.jpg)
Missouri State Preparing to Raise Tuition
Gabby Burgess, Business and Marketing Manager
• April 20, 2022
![Mask mandates are continuously being lifted as numbers begin to fall, including within our own school system.](https://khqtoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/IMG_9549-600x900.jpg)
Up, Up, and… Away?
After a spike that left students home for weeks, COVID-19 case numbers finally begin to fall.
Gabby Burgess, Business and Marketing Manager
• March 4, 2022
![I do miss sharing my photos in all honesty, but the constant need I felt to share everything, was all the more reason for me to log-off.](https://khqtoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_9933-1-900x848.jpg)
I Quit Social Media.
Here's why it's the best decision I've ever made.
Gabby Burgess, Business and Marketing Manager
• January 10, 2022
![Senior Karmen Hales, swimming the 100-meter breaststroke. Photo courtesy of Emma Mayne.](https://khqtoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/DSC00897-900x506.jpg)
Swim Spotlight
Gabby Burgess, Business and Marketing Manager
• December 17, 2021
![After the shooting at Mount Tabor High School one student was rushed to the hospital where he later passed away after one of his classmates pulled out a firearm during a verbal conflict on September 1st, 2021. Photo courtesy of MCT Direct.](https://khqtoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/US-NEWS-NC-SCHOOL-SHOOTING-DMT-900x508.jpg)
School Shootings Plaguing our Country Amidst the Pandemic
Gabby Burgess, Business and Marketing Manager
• October 21, 2021
![Photo of Kickapoo archery team competing, photo by Erica White](https://khqtoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_20210331_134914_317.jpg)
Archery Update: 03-31-21
Gabby Burgess, Business and Marketing Manager
• March 31, 2021
![Will the Mask Ordinance be Lifted?](https://khqtoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_7933-900x880.jpg)
Will the Mask Ordinance be Lifted?
Gabby Burgess, Business and Marketing Manager
• March 9, 2021
Camp Barnabas Campfire 5K
Gabby Burgess, Business and Marketing Manager
• March 5, 2021
![Kicakpoo Color Gaurd team, photo by team coach Ms.Peterson](https://khqtoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_6229_2.jpg)
Winter Guard Update: 03-09-21
Gabby Burgess, Business and Marketing Manager
• March 5, 2021
![Sophomore Emilia Belcolore viewing TikToks message on their platform in accordance to the ban.](https://khqtoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/IMG_0689-600x900.jpg)
TikTok Ban
Gabby Burgess, Business and Marketing Manager
• February 12, 2021
Winter Guard
Gabby Burgess, Business and Marketing Manager
• January 15, 2021
Girls Swim
Gabby Burgess, Business and Marketing Manager
• December 18, 2020
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