Tall tales, giants, mermaids and even a wicked witch tell the story of Edward Bloom’s life. This year's spring musical “Big Fish” showed two sides as it switches between the past and the present of Bloom’s life, and secrets were revealed as stories were shared between father and son. “The...

Boys’ track and field season has started coming off their best track season in school history, looking to add on and top that performance will be of focus for the tigers. “We had 15 all-conference athletes and won the strongest conference in the state,” head coach Anthony Holler said. “Success...

Stepping or step-dancing was introduced to North this year as something new to bring to the school. It is a percussive dance where the participant uses entire body as an instrument to produce complex rhymes and sounds through a mixture of footsteps, spoken word and hand clap. It can be performed by an...

This season holds great promise and potential as girls’ track finds themselves three meets into the season. They finished first place in their first two meets and still have plenty more to come in the following months. Coach Tammy Gummerson, who is both the girls’ cross country and track coach,...

Sometimes the best food comes from the unlikeliest of places La Flor De Morelos has been in Plainfield for a little over a year and is located in the BP gas station on 135th street. The food itself is very good and highly recommended. Their steak, cilantro and onion tacos are loaded with steak...

Filled with 90’s nostalgia, impressive action shots and a woman ready to fight her way through anything, “Captain Marvel” blasts into theaters with a $455 million global box-office opening weekend record for 2019.  Before the film begins, the iconic Marvel opening sequence has been updated yet...

When I was first born, I was an outsider. I was the first person in my family to be born outside of China, and I grew up speaking English – not Mandarin like my maternal relatives, and not Fuzhounese like my paternal relatives.   The First time I went to China, I was three years old, and I could...

North is now giving students a unique opportunity to travel abroad over summer. Global Glimpse is a new program allowing students to experience life outside of Plainfield. The program is only for Chicagoland high school students and this is the first year North will be participating. “This program...

District 202 presented the first group of student ambassadors at its Jan. 18board meeting. One student from each of the four Plainfield High schools will help represent the 27,000 Plainfield students during district board meetings. They will help share information with the board about school life...

One night a year, the Museum of Science and Industry is engulfed with sparkles, hairspray, blasting music and nearly five hundred of North’s juniors and seniors. Prom 2019 is coming faster than we think. Only a couple short months away, the juniors are getting excited for their first experience...