At Free State, dozens of clubs, organizations and activities go on throughout the year to support social and academic engagement. However, hundreds of students participate in non-school affiliated hobbies...
Editor's note: Following Kansas Department of Education protocol, we were unable to get consent for an interview with an IEP student currently in music therapy.
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Baila Love, Online Managing Editor
• March 26, 2025
Straight from spring break, Black Box Theatre Festival is in its final week as the shows come closer and closer. BBTF is entirely student-made and directed in order to give students an opportunity to explore...
CanWeTalk is a student-led club aimed at giving a voice to students of color who feel unable to speak out against injustices in school. The group, which has been a club at Free State for 15 years,...
Coming up on his final year in high school, junior Alex Kerr is running for a spot on Lawrence City Commission. Since childhood, Kerr has been interested in politics and now looks forward to possibly breaking...
Evie Chancy, News Managing Editor
• March 11, 2025
According to the Free State Club Directory, over 60% of all clubs at Free State have women on their leadership board despite only 48% of students being women according to US News.
Free State’s...
After four years of working as a Student Resource Officer, Corporal Kacey Wiltz is leaving at the end of this school year to work as Chief of College Police at Kansas City Kansas Community College.
For...
Evie Chancy, News Managing Editor
• March 11, 2025
Every Wednesday and Sunday, senior Hazel Powers clocks into work like many other teenagers do throughout the week. For Powers, her job is more than just practice because as a certified nursing assistant,...
Phoebe Morris, News Editor-in-Chief
• March 11, 2025
Editor's Note: Names are made up for the safety of students with fake IDs
With a quick flash of a false identification card, minors nationwide can enter the college party scene. According to a study by...
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated since the original press release for corrections.
For the first time in nine years, Chamber Choir was offered the opportunity to perform at Kansas Music Educators...
Harley Quill
According to The University Daily Kansan, in Dec. 2008, a former Free State student, Judson King, successfully petitioned the
city to legalize the ownership of hedgehogs. Because of...
Televised streaming of sports has been a pivotal part for fans around the country. Recently, sporting organizations have moved from traditional services like NBC, CBS, ESPN and Fox to offer streaming services...
![Monitoring the school, School Resource Officer Kasey Wiltz works in her office to help make Free State a safer place. Over the past four years as an SRO, Wiltz has discovered a passion for the work as well as the community. “Once I became a school resource officer, [I found my niche] and I didn't ever want to do anything different,” Wiltz said.](https://www.fsfreepressonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Butler_2_11_2025_Casey-Wiltz-2-copy-1200x801.jpg)
