When freshman Owen Allen started high school in August, he had no idea that he would soon be scoring touchdowns alongside senior varsity players. Allen was running sprints with the freshmen A team after just three games into the season when his coach called him over and told him he’d be practicing...

Carroll ISD’s lead school psychologist, Stephanie White, has always been passionate about helping students learn how to succeed in a school environment. A few years ago, she was able to make it her career. “I had been a teacher as well as an assistant principal, and I had started encountering...

Every day there are families in Kenya who don’t know if they’ll be able to send their kids to school. Krista Dillard and her family have been traveling to Kenya since she was 11 to help alleviate this crisis. With a foundation called Made in the Streets, founded by her grandparents 24 years ago,...

Imagine being in a room with 70 chihuahuas barking at 60 widescreen TVs blasting ‘Bad Romance’ and being told to concentrate on something menial and boring. That’s exactly how it feels to work under the stress of mental illness. As a collective, we have gotten so much better at recognizing and...

After their elimination in the second round of the playoffs last spring in a thrilling game-seven double overtime contest against the Stanley Cup Champions, the Dallas Stars were expected to be a lethal team in the league this year. The Stars started their season losing seven of their first eight games,...