Photo gallery: Global Youth Strike for Climate
March 27, 2019
The youth of St. Louis gathered around the Old Courthouse Friday March 15, joining millions of others around the world to protest the government's lack of concern for the environment. The strike was originally organized by Swedish Climate Activist and Nobel Prize nominee Greta Thunberg and spread to...
Revving up the rivalry
Benji Wilton, sports editor
March 14, 2019
“Who would want to play in St. Louis? Boring. So boring. I always get asked, ‘Where would you like to play? Where would you not like to play?’ St. Louis is on the list of places I don’t like to play. It’s rough.” When Chicago Cubs star third baseman Kris Bryant said these words on a come...
Treat, no trick?
Madelyn Rehkop, artist
October 29, 2018
Trick-or-treating: an activity that almost all of us have done at least once in our lives. The question remains, though, why do we say “trick-or-treat” if we only really get a treat? I have always asked myself this throughout my childhood. St. Louis is one of the only places in the U.S. that require...
Issues: Human trafficking
Amelia Hurley, features writer
October 19, 2018
All she wanted was a ride home. All she needed was for him to drive her to her small home in the suburbs. Instead, he took her to a small hotel room and forced her to sit and wait. He made her wait for the first of many sex clients. According to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, over 589 trafficking c...
NHL Preview 2018-19
Austin Cleveland, sports writer
October 9, 2018
September drifts into October, and an eerie shift begins. The weather is getting colder, the days are becoming shorter and the NHL hockey season creeps into the pandemonium of professional sports. With the NBA, NFL and NHL gearing up, (not to mention college football) and MLB playoffs also going on,...
Your summer bucketlist
Melanie Witt, copy editor
May 4, 2018
Summer approaches and the days slowly pass as students wait in anticipation for freedom. However, this excitement quickly diminishes when KHS students realize where they live: Missouri, or better known as misery. There are always the typical summer activities like going to the pool, just chilling with...
What’s the weather like today?
Bridget Killian, art editor
February 23, 2018
This editorial cartoon depicts the sporadic weather of St. Louis. Recently, the temperature has jumped from a frigid 12 degrees to a humid 80 degrees over the course of a few days. Within the past two weeks, the forecast has gone from sunny to rainy to snowing. Each of the windows in the room shows a...
That’s how the cookie crumbles
Grace Klebe, entertainment writer
February 8, 2018
If you have a sweet tooth, you know what it’s like to order a cookie and be disappointed. TKC set out on a mission to find the best cookie in St. Louis. We were tired of your average bland, hard cookie and we knew there were better options out there. After lots of research, we compiled a list of six...
Sounds of St. Louis: record stores around STL
January 23, 2018
TKC went to four record stores in the St. Louis area and rated them based on atmosphere, selection, location, pricing and organization.
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