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Black Friday- Expect the Unexpected

Black Friday is the busiest in-store shopping holiday, with roughly 84.2 million…

COVID College Apps

COVID-19 has brought out a lot of fear in us all, whether it is the fear to go out, or the fear to be with the wrong peo…

Blue Moon

On Wednesday, October 28, the moon was waxing gibbous, meaning more and more of the moon is visible every night, and gib…

COVID Fatigue

As Cuyahoga County entered the red zone, the so much-awaited and desired return to school has once again been postponed.…

I Hate COVID

It’s funny, sitting here, writing away in the comfort of my own home. Next week we go back to school, in person. A…

The modern traditional woman.

Joe Biden was announced as the winner of the 2020 Presidential Election and his vice president, Kamala Harris, is the fi… Read more →

Fresh from our newsroom

Select Students Now in School As we know students that attend Lakewood City Schools are all enrolled in the remote-learning styled school year. If you don't know what rem
Covid-19 Governor Updates With covid cases rising and Cuyahoga County close to entering the purple zone, Governor Mike Dewine has tightened restrictions on daily acti
Voter Fraud is a Fraud? By now you’ve heard the term voter fraud probably nothing short of 80 times. While the term isn’t coined by our President, he has surely
Keeping Up with the Coronavirus Welcome back to another episode of Keeping Up with Covid. Today's episode asks if covid hasnfinally met its match? All joking aside, signifi
Governor Mike DeWine Recommends Ohioans Stay Home When Governor Mike DeWine arrived back in Cleveland on Wednesday, he talked about the rising Covid cases in Cuyahoga County. He mentioned th
Black Friday COVID Version Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and we all know what that means… Black Friday. Black Friday is the biggest and busiest shopping d
Lil Boosie & Mo3 shot in the same week? Recently we know King Von was murdered in ATL. Now it's starting to seem as if all the rappers are dying. The media is going crazy ove
Thanksgiving: America’s Lie And What That Lie Means Around this time of year, we are all used to the classic question: What are we grateful for? This is an important question to bring up every
A Win is a Win The Cleveland Browns faced off against the Houston Texans here in Cleveland for week 10 of NFL football. One thing is for sure, this was n
Winter Sports With COVID Winter sports has been on hold ever since March. Kids were not allowed to do any workouts with coaches, or even get in a gym. But then cases
Xbox Series X and PS5 is already sold out Ever since the PS5 and Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S came out for preorder, they have been out of stock. People who are actual buyers and
How to Safely Celebrate Thanksgiving During COVID This Thanksgiving, it is important to stay safe. And while people normally celebrate in large groups of family or friends, that is not the s
Mystery Story by Sydney Heckeler
MLB Offseason In this crazy year of 2020, the MLB will have some of the top players in the market. The top players in the market are a large variety of pl
Scientists Are Hard at Work For a COVID-19 Vaccine In the last couple of months, two companies by the names of Pfizer and BioNTech have been working hard on a COVID-19 vaccine. After many t

Staff Members

Ben Merriner

Senior Ben Merriner is a second-year member of the Lakewood High School Cinema staff. He wishes to make this year’
Armoni McNeill

Senior Armoni McNeill is a first-year member of the Lakewood High School Times staff. She hopes to make her senior year
Dylan Ferry

Junior Dylan Ferry first-year member of Writing for Publication. He hopes to write some stories on sports this year. He
Evan Brown

Junior Evan Brown is a first-year member of the Lakewood High school News Team. He hopes to make the site, and the yearb
Lucy McIntire

Junior Lucy McIntire is a first-year member of the Lakewood High School Times staff. She hopes to gain experience in wri
Sylvie Ballou

Sylvie is a first-year member of the Lakewood Times staff who is passionate about writing and considering a future caree

News

Select Students Now in School

As we know students that attend Lakewood City Schools are all enrolled in the remote-learning styled school year. If you
Covid-19 Governor Updates

With covid cases rising and Cuyahoga County close to entering the purple zone, Governor Mike Dewine has tightened restri
Governor Mike DeWine Recommends Ohioans Stay Home

When Governor Mike DeWine arrived back in Cleveland on Wednesday, he talked about the rising Covid cases in Cuyahoga Cou
Black Friday COVID Version

Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and we all know what that means… Black Friday. Black Friday is the biggest an
How to Safely Celebrate Thanksgiving During COVID

This Thanksgiving, it is important to stay safe. And while people normally celebrate in large groups of family or friend
MLB Offseason

In this crazy year of 2020, the MLB will have some of the top players in the market. The top players in the market are a

Person of the Week

Kristen Thompson

Kristen Thompson is a math teacher at Lakewood High School. She has been teaching at Lakewood for 13 years. She teaches
Aidyn Zingale

As the seniors’ final year at LHS comes to a close and COVID – 19 still lurks, I thought it may be a good
Mallory Lord

This young woman right here is Mallory Lord. She is 17 and she is a senior at Rocky River High School in Rocky River, Oh
Reaghan Norton

This young woman I am going to introduce to you right now is Reaghan Norton. She is 18 years old and is a senior at Bay
Student of the Week: Payton Rossen

Through these difficult times, it is important to recognize those around us for the hard work they put in and their posi
Emma Carson

Emma Carson is a Lakewood High School senior involved in orchestra, the Lakewood Project, National Honor Society, and th

Sports

A Win is a Win

The Cleveland Browns faced off against the Houston Texans here in Cleveland for week 10 of NFL football. One thing is
Winter Sports With COVID

Winter sports has been on hold ever since March. Kids were not allowed to do any workouts with coaches, or even get in a
Browns Week 8

Last weekend, the Cleveland Browns went up against a very intimidating Las Vegas Raiders team. The Raiders were coming i
Basketball is Back

After being on hold for six months, basketball is finally back. The athletic director, Sean Jackson, had been pushing ba
Bounce Back Win for the Browns

After a bad loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers last week, the Cleveland Browns bounced back to pull out a close game agains
2020 World Series: Tampa Bay vs. Los Angeles

The World Series is finally here with the Tampa Bay Rays and Los Angeles Dodgers getting ready to finish out the year wi

Lakewood Life

Lakewood Truck Park

Have you ever gotten bored of a food place’s menu? Well with the new food truck restaurant in Lakewood called Lake
Surveying Our Options

There is finally hope for getting back into school for all students in Lakewood instead of having to sit in front of a c
The Annual LRMB Festival

Last week we got a small glimpse into the LRMB’s season and how they are dealing with COVID. Like most bands around th
School coming back?

Do you feel comfortable returning to school on October 19th? This year Lakewood High school students will have the optio
The LRMB Beats COVID

It’s no surprise that COVID has effected every aspect of life, and extracurriculars are no exception. Recently, th
How Jobs Have Been Affected By Coronavirus in Lakewood?

How is Coronavirus affecting jobs in Lakewood? At the beginning of the quarantine, all restaurants were shut down, and n

Technology

Xbox Series X and PS5 is already sold out

Ever since the PS5 and Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S came out for preorder, they have been out of stock. People who ar
Mercedes-Benz Vision AVTR

This car made by Mercedes-Benz is actually based on the movie Avatar from 2009. The color scheme is the same as the glow
HTC Vice Cosmos Elite vs Valve Index

The two most recent and most expensive VR headsets that came out are HTC’s new Vive Cosmos Elite, and the Valve In
PS4’s New Party System

The first PlayStation was released on December 3rd, 1994. Ever since its release, it has been the most popular console.
The New iPhone 12

Apple recently announced that they are releasing a new product: the iPhone 12. It will be coming out with four models: t
Facebook’s Oculus Quest 2

Facebook has created a new virtual reality headset, called Oculus Quest 2. It is an improved version of the original Ocu

Arts & Entertainment

Lil Boosie & Mo3 shot in the same week?

Recently we know King Von was murdered in ATL. Now it’s starting to seem as if all the rappers are dying. The medi
“Call Of Duty Black Ops Cold War”

“Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War” is the next Call of Duty game to come out in the Black Ops franchise. Peop
King Von shot and killed in ATL

A 26-year-old Chicago rapper was shot and killed in front of a hookah bar in ATL on the 6th of November. King Von was on
Rap’s Restyling

Music, especially rap, has immensely changed over time. The style, the speed, the rhyme scheme. Rap has changed to adj
October Reads!

There is nothing better than curling up with a cozy blanket, a cup of coffee or hot chocolate, and a good book to read!
Halloween Horror Movies

Its that time of year — hot chocolate, cozy pajamas, and scary movies. And lately more and more scary movies are

Featured Athlete

Franklin Limkermann

Junior Franklin Limkermann is a great student here at Lakewood High School. He is a two-sport athlete playing both foo
David Coleman

Senior David Coleman of the Lakewood Varsity Cross Country Team has put his heart and soul into his time here at Lakewoo
Gavin Newlon

With high school football season coming to an end, Junior Gavin Newlon is a varsity football starting cornerback for the
Grace Hoppel

As the fall sports season comes to an end we have to recognize some of our stellar athletes here at Lakewood High School
Teeghan McGann

Junior Teehgan McGann is a second-year varsity cross country runner here at Lakewood High School. Teeghan is a three-s
Lucas Winters

Junior Lucas Winters is the starting quarterback for the varsity football team here at Lakewood High School. Lucas is

Creative Corner

Mystery Story by Sydney Heckeler

1920s. New York City. It felt like almost every lamppost had the same flyer plastered onto it. Missing child, huge rewar
“Julep” by Lavinia Grandt

Lounging back on my mediocre couch, later in the night than I admit I stay up to, I hear a knock on my door. Curiously,
“The Fall of the Big Bad Wolf” by Lakewood Student

Many months have passed ever since that tragic day. The entire Wolf family distraught when hearing about the news
Character Sketches and Dialogue by Lakewood Student

Max Max doesn’t get much sleep these days. She hasn’t ever since she lost her mother a few years a
Written Character Sketches and Dialogue- By Lakewood Student

Character #1 Travels in a broken-down car. Travels lightly. A 46 year old man, danger around his every corner. Any move
“Another Night” by Anonymous Student

“If Curruthers is there next time I’ll gut him, I swear to God I’ll gut him.” This isn’t a metaphor for anythi

Opinion

Voter Fraud is a Fraud?

By now you’ve heard the term voter fraud probably nothing short of 80 times. While the term isn’t coined by our Pres
Keeping Up with the Coronavirus

Welcome back to another episode of Keeping Up with Covid. Today’s episode asks if covid hasnfinally met its match?
Thanksgiving: America’s Lie And What That Lie Means

Around this time of year, we are all used to the classic question: What are we grateful for? This is an important questi
Social media can be toxic.

Social media can be used for good and bad. Not everything you see is true. The more children spend time on social medi,
Campaigning Cowardice

As the results for the election are coming in, I think it is time to look back on this election in terms of the way in w
A Viewpoint on the Election

It’s been an interesting road these last 4 years. In 2016, we saw a showdown in politics like no other and this year w

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