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August 29, 2025
SUMMER FFA
See what our Agriculture and FFA program was up to all summer - p. 2
LABUBU DOLLS
Learn more about the controversial Labubu doll trend on p.7
TAYLOR SWIFT What has this pop icon been up to this summer? p.3
THE BLACK AND GOLD Volume 5 Issue 1 August 29th 2025
Newspaper Staff Editor-in-Chief
Michaela Copeland
Staff
Bella Beems Ashlynn Bowen Katlyn Boydston Laci Burnett Gunner Delp Lauraly Lane Josie Long Grayson Moore Miley Phillips
Photo Credit: Michaela Copeland Photo Caption: Grayson Moore and Myles Funk discuss the new law.
NEW CELL PHONE LAW IN EFFECT THIS YEAR By: Grayson Moore
On July 1st, 2025, the state of Missouri passed a law banning personal device usage during educational hours. A lot of students think this policy is the worst thing that’s ever happened to them, but it's pretty much the same school rule from before, implemented by the whole state, and with slightly worse repercussions.
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