

Obama May Face First Veto Override
“The Senate will vote Wednesday, September the twenty-eighth, to override President Obama. The veto bill is to give victims’ and...


Chattahoochee Man Identified
The body that was found floating in the Chattahoochee river on Wednesday, September 21st, has been identified as former southeast Alabama...
J Day 2016
On September 22, the Purple Cat Press and yearbook staff went to Troy University for Journalism Day, or J Day. As you arrive at J Day you...
The Cost of Being a Librarian
Mrs. Barefoot, our school librarian, is responsible for all of the bookkeeping at Ariton School. Every year, five to ten books are...


The History of Halloween
Halloween is thought to have originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes...


Shelby County Gas Leak
Cleanup continues in and of Shelby County where a gas leak has caused quite a few problems since it was discovered on Friday, September...


Clubbed to Death
So many clubs and so many choices. Students get overextended in club work all the time. Here at Ariton we have so many clubs to choose...


Alabama’s Creepy Clowns
For the past few weeks, several clowns have been on Facebook making open threats to schools and other establishments, concerning many...


Teen Marriage
Now days most teens think even the notion of teen marriage is insane. This wasn’t such a wild concept just a few hundred years ago...


The Fault in Our Stars in Real Life?
The real “Fault in our stars” couple dies within 5 days of each other. Dalton Prager, only twenty-five years old, died Saturday in...