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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

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

The McHenry Messenger

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a briefing on the Iran war, at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 16, 2026. REUTERS/Nathan Howard

Iran War negotiations continue

Elijah Latronica, News Editor April 17, 2026

President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance continue to tout good progress in terms of the U.S-Iran war as Pakistani mediators make it to Iran for negotiations, and the blockade temporarily restricts...

Journalists gather as bodies are exhumed from a mass-grave in the grounds of the St. Andrew and Pyervozvannoho All Saints church in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, northwest of Kyiv on April 13, 2022.

Opinion: Putin is a war criminal

Bri Quast, Staff Writer April 21, 2022

Bodies with gunshots to their heads, and white ties bounding their wrists behind their backs are strewn across the streets of Bucha. Cars with bullet holes sit abandoned by civilians, some of them with...

Black smoke rises from a military airport in Chuguyev near Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 24, 2022.

Russian forces launch attack on Ukraine

Vanessa Moreno, News Editor February 25, 2022

On Thursday, a Russian attack on Ukraine began with missile attacks near Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, and the Russian border. There have been around ten civilian deaths, 40 Ukrainian soldier deaths, and...

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