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Meadville hosts Northwest Region’s Special Olympics

Meadville hosts Northwest Region’s Special Olympics

Avery Feleppa, Social Media Editor May 29, 2025

On May 21, 2025, the Northwest Region Special Olympics took place at Robertson Sports Complex in Meadville, PA. This is their 52nd annual track and field event. There are six sports: “walking/running,...

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Remembering the Joplin Tornado fourteen years on

Kendra Besanson, Staff Writer May 29, 2025

During the early hours of Sunday, May 22, 2011, fourteen years ago, a massive EF5 tornado tore through the heart of Joplin, Missouri. The tornado began just west of Joplin at about 5:34 p.m. CDT, appearing...

State budget reforms impact education for districts throughout PA

State budget reforms impact education for districts throughout PA

Sierra Schwab, Staff Writer May 28, 2025

School funding is important, especially for everyone in the next school year. On February 7, 2023, the commonwealth court declared Pennsylvania’s school funding system unconstitutional. The judge ordered...

Quizzes, trivia, and a night of district rivalries!

Quizzes, trivia, and a night of district rivalries!

Camden Gjovik, Managing Editor May 19, 2025

The annual PENNCREST School District Hi-Q competition will be held on May 21, 2025, at 7 p.m. in the Cambridge Springs High School auditorium. The Hi-Q teams from all three schools compete against each...

Dire wolves return: a scientific triumph or troubling gamble?

Dire wolves return: a scientific triumph or troubling gamble?

Anna Bradshaw, Staff Writer May 19, 2025

At the beginning of April, exciting news reached public ears as scientists at Colossal Biosciences revealed that they had successfully brought back the 12,000-year-extinct dire wolf. By using the previous...

Saegertown senior awarded as “emerging” leader

Saegertown senior awarded as “emerging” leader

Brady Williams, Opinion Editor May 8, 2025

Last Wednesday, April 30, Saegertown senior Cora MacAdam received some shocking visitors in the middle of Mr. Shontz’s third period AP Literature class. News anchor Eva Mastramatteo and a camera crew...

Humanoid robots race with actually people in China

Humanoid robots race with actually people in China

Jazmine Salomon, Staff Writer May 8, 2025

With the modern era, technology has grown and broken limits we thought were impossible. One instance is in artificial intelligence. Currently, the US and China are competing on who can fully dominate this...

Saegertown welcomes community members with open arms

Saegertown welcomes community members with open arms

Claire Barickman, Editor-in-Chief May 6, 2025

On Monday, April 28, Saegertown Jr./Sr. High School hosted their first ever Community Engagement Night. Across PENNCREST School District, Community Engagement Nights have been held as a way for parents,...

Saegertown hits hard in the regional Battle Bots competition

Kaylee Reynolds, News and Features Editor, Broadcast Director April 24, 2025

Saegertown’s robotics team competed in the annual Battle Bots competition at Meadville Area High School on Saturday, April 5. There were three groups for this year's team, including the senior high team...

The Panther Press waves goodbye to old website

The Panther Press waves goodbye to old website

Dustin Steiger, Journalism Adviser April 10, 2025

The Panther Press is entering a new era in their publication and transitioning to a new website. All archived posts, articles, and related content have been moved to our new URL, www.pantherpressshs.com,...

St. Patrick's Day Issue: Volume 19, Issue 5

St. Patrick’s Day Issue: Volume 19, Issue 5

March 17, 2025

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Saegertown students and community reflect on LORD Corporation explosion

Saegertown students and community reflect on LORD Corporation explosion

February 24, 2025

By Sierra Schwab Staff Writer In Saegertown, PA, thirteen people were injured after an industrial fire and explosion at the chemical plant Parker LORD Corporation on Sunday, February 9. Seven plant...

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