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McHenry High School's student-written and -edited newspaper

The McHenry Messenger

McHenry High School's student-written and -edited newspaper

The McHenry Messenger

Each year, Americans swarm local their Starbucks to sample special holiday drinks and to pick up their own red cup. But which drinks are actually worth it?

Review | Which Starbucks holiday drink is best?

Grace Bellavia, Staff Writer December 20, 2024

It's that time of year again where Starbucks releases their Christmas drinks. They came out with three new Christmas drinks and two of them were not delightful. I ordered every drink off the Christmas...

Analysis | A comedian’s holiday

Analysis | A comedian’s holiday

Beth Brackmann, A&E Editor December 18, 2024

Released on November 1st, Jimmy Fallon’s Christmas album has begun to make its mark on the Christmas season.  Jimmy Fallon, a comedian and host of “The Late Night Show with Jimmy...

Review | Top-10 Christmas movies to watch this holiday season

Review | Top-10 Christmas movies to watch this holiday season

Grace Crockett, News Editor December 17, 2024

Movies can be an amazing way to kick off the spirit of the holiday season! People all over, including Sophia Stabenow, a junior at MCHS, have their favorite Christmas movies they watch every year. Having...

"Rosie" is the debut studio album by South Korean singer Rosé, best known for performing in BLACKPINK. The album was released last week through The Black Label and Atlantic Records.

Review | Number one girl

Michalina Sotka, Print Managing Editor December 16, 2024

BLACKPINK’s Rosé released her long-awaited album – “Rosie” – this week. The album contains 12 songs, including her two pre-release tracks: “APT” and “number one girl.” Rosé was one...

Icelandic singer Laufey attends the Los Angeles premiere of Netflix's "Olivia Rodrigo: Guts World Tour" in Los Angeles on Oct. 25, 2024.

A very Laufey holiday

Maggie Demski, Copy Editor December 10, 2024

Listening to Laufey’s new Christmas album, “A Very Laufey Holiday,” is becoming a new tradition in many people's homes. Fans have said that this album added a missing spark back into the Christmas...

In one snippet of Coca-Cola’s recent holiday ad, detail-less monkeys sit in cold water and watch trucks with distorted wheels roll into a sweet, holiday town. But it isn’t AI’s quality that’s so disturbing about this ad, which has become a kind of holiday tradition.

Analysis | It’s just an ad

Beth Brackmann, A&E Editor December 10, 2024

For the upcoming winter season Coca-Cola released a new advertisement made entirely with AI. This ad has created quite a stir online with mixed reactions, most being negative. This one commercial could...

Bri LaPaglia and Zach Bryan attend the 66th Grammy Awards at Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 4, 2024, in Los Angeles.

Zach Bryan is unlucky

McKenzie Woods, Copy Editor December 4, 2024

As people are lying in their warm beds, looking at their phones and scrolling on social media they start seeing drama that is going on with one of their favorite music artists. When they start looking...

Review: The last dance

Review: The last dance

Travis Norberg, Staff Writer November 22, 2024

“Venom: The Last Dance” is the newest installation of the now trilogy of Venom movies, coming after “Venom,” and “Venom: Let There Be Carnage,” respectively, and it is now being shown in theaters. With...

One Piece anime will be part of Fan Fest Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood.

Real revolution

Travis Norberg, Staff Writer November 22, 2024

The beloved anime series, “One Piece,” has been around on TV since October 20, 1999, making the series 25 years old. However, it’s still going strong and rapidly gaining fans. In the last couple...

“Chimp Crazy” is a docuseries on Max following the story of Tonia Haddix, an exotic animal breeder, and her chimpanzee Tonka

Analysis | Chimp on the run

Beth Brackmann, A&E Editor November 20, 2024

Made by the same people who filmed the incredibly popular 2020 Netflix show “Tiger King,” “Chimp Crazy” follows the story of people who own chimpanzees and other types of monkeys. Airing on...

A recent TikTok trend has made Coscto internet-famous because of a schtick that gained popularity on "The Jimmy Fallon Show."

Bringing the boom to MCHS

Brynn Kostelnik November 18, 2024

When the viral “Costco Guys,” A.J. and Big Justice, were featured on “The Tonight Show” along with the “Rizzler,” they began sprouting what can only been known as “brain rot,” and Jimmy...

Haliey Welch also known as the "Hawk tuah" girl countines her fame by creating the Talk Tuah podcast.

Review | Why ‘Talk Tuah’ struggles to engage listeners

Dominic Burnett, Puzzle Master November 13, 2024

The podcast “Talk Tuah” isn't living up to the hype. When you tune in on the podcast for the first 5-10 minutes you'll be listening but then after that it just turns into background noise. Who is...

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