Chaffin Middle School’s 8th grade girls’ basketball team beat Darby Middle School in the first 8th grade city championship on February 16th, at Northside High School. This year Northside hosted the very first 8th grade Fort Smith city championship. In previous years, when middle schools were still...

     24 year old NFL player, Damar Hamlin, who plays for the Buffalo Bills, suffered cardiac arrest on the field, during the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals matchup after tackling Bengals player Tee Higgins on January 2, 2023      “It’s confusing, because I don’t have a very good...

On November 13th, 2022, 4 college students were killed at an off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho. Bryan Kohberger is the main suspect; DNA was found on a knife on a victim's bed that matched Kohberger’s DNA. The night of their murder Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves were at the Corner Club bar. They...

As you know, cheer and Charmers tryouts occurred during the week of March 1st through March 4th. Everybody worked day and night to perfect their tryout dance, chants, tumbling, etc. Now that the tryouts have concluded, I am excited to tell you that we have the 2022-2023 Chaffin Cheerleaders and Charmers!...

As you may know, the ACT aspires testing is coming up in a few weeks and teachers are going crazy.  Teachers have been in the rush about preparing you for testing.  They have been doing test prep questions, putting you in a testing environment, and even have been taking practice tests with you.  Mr....

  March 27th, 2022 at 7:00 pm was the 94th Academy Awards for the Oscars. During the show, Chris Rock made a joke that said, "Jada I love you, 'G.I. Jane 2, can't wait to see it" about Will Smith's wife and the disease that she has. Pinkett Smith(Will's wife) has alopecia which is an autoimmune disorder...

At this time in the school year, much of the eighth grade population is stressed or excited about going to high school for the first time. Some do not know how to feel. We interviewed eighth grade student Hunter White. Hunter is going to Southside, and we hoped to get his opinions on going to ninth grade...