Trains Crash in the Fog 1889

Earlier this morning, two freight trains collided in a violent head on crash, leaving many injured and several dead. It is believed that dense fog near Bradley’s Station caused the crash.  The train engineers did not realize the situation until it was too late for prevention. The trains collided head on causing ten of the thirteen cars transporting cotton to tumble down a steep hill.  Engineer George Dean died instantly when the coal car rapidly flew off the track and crushed him. Dean’s fireman, Kennedy of Danbury, suffered major injuries and was pronounced dead at Dr. Delaney’s office a few hours later. Additionally, several brakemen were minorly injured and the engineer and fireman on the other train made a daring escape by leaping off the train and tumbling straight down into the dirt below. The damage to the locomotives will not exceed $10,000. The tracks were cleared of debris by 3 P.M.  

Murder or Accidental Death? 1879

Breaking News: Thomas Lyons died of fatal injuries earlier this morning at Stony Brook Farm where Lyons lived and worked.  Dr. Fanning was dispatched to the scene after Lyons was discovered in the barn by Mr. Sherry, Lyon’s employer.  Lyons suffered from injuries including a crushed skull, split scalp. Lyons was treated on site but died a few hours later at the scene. Several employees were questioned released.  Pending further investigation, Lyon’s death was ruled an accident.  He died at 24 years old. 

A Bold Train Robbery 1885

Breaking news- a train robbery occurred on the Chicago and Alton railroad. Four masked bandits reportedly entered the train through the smoking car. With drawn revolvers the men entered the car demanding the passengers to give them their belongings. Eyewitnesses say the robbers made no attempt of taking jewelry. John Henson, a passenger on the train told police that as the train was moving, they became frightened and hid most of their valuables. Barely any loot was secured as the west bound train left the city of Blue Springs. As the men reached the middle of the car they became alarmed and sprang from the train as it raced to its destination. Conductor, James Bogge alerted the authorities when the train reached the telegraph station. The robbers are still at large.  
~Andrew Garner

Original article provided courtesy of New York Times Historical Archive

Stoll explains plans for the future broadcasting class

As 2020 closes in, the Broadcasting class will be getting a completely new look. In the Fall of 2020, classes from grades 7-12 will be merged into one school. This has given Mr. David Stoll,  Journalism and Broadcasting teacher at Worthington Christian High School, the opportunity to expand upon the Broadcasting class after setting the foundation for the past two years. He explains that "it's been a long time coming and I just consider myself to be extremely blessed to have that opportunity to really expand the broadcast program."

With this in mind he has been thinking about how he wants to make the class work. He mentions that in other schools where these classes are a bit older they have "built into the program many different steps." As of right now he only has students in grades 9-12, but when the extra two grades are added, it raises the question of if he should include them or not. He goes on to say "right now the opportunities are great because we don't have that many students." With the class being so small and new, he states "we kinda throw you to the wolves a little bit and say here ya go! You got this, we believe in you!"

The current production is all within a few feet of each other. The new Broadcasting room will be about the same size as the current one. With the new building, there will be multiple spaces dedicated for specific tasks that make the broadcast work.

The WC broadcasting team does a live broadcast every morning to the school making announcements and talking about current and upcoming events. In addition, they have broadcasted over 11 live events ranging from basketball games and concerts, to graduation. At WC there are many gifted students. This is no exception when it comes to the broadcasting team. Stoll often jokes "I have tried to legitimately fail students just to hold onto them longer, but it hasn't worked out so far."

~Garrett Rowda