Christmas time has finally come to a start in Round Lake. Village officials started off the holiday spirit with an annual tree lighting Friday, Nov 30. The residents of Round Lake gathered around Village Hall to sing along with one of the elementary school’s choirs and to witness the arrival of Santa...

Some of The Blaize staffers ask Round Lake High School students: What's your favorite Halloween candy?

On Wednesday, Oct. 31st, all Round Lake High school students and staff were challenged to play the Beanboozled Challenge during all lunch hours in the commons. Students were nominated by classmates and it cost five Hero points to make a nomination.  Students who dared to try the jelly beans risked...

Jason Van Dyke, a white Chicago police officer, was found guilty of second-degree murder Oct. 5, nearly four years after he shot and killed LaQuan McDonald,a black 17-year-old holding a knife. Thirteen months after the shooting on Nov. 24, 2015,police released a dash cam video of the shooting. The footage...

Experts are stumped by the growing number of cases of acute flaccid myelitis, which is affecting mainly children and has polio-like symptoms.

It was almost the end of seventh hour when a loud buzzing and beeping echoed from nearly every student's and teacher’s phone. People who checked the notification read, “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No Action is Needed.” Most people  did not know how to react...

President Donald Trump was planning on nominating Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court on July 9. The plan was for Kavanaugh to replace retiring  Justice Anthony Kennedy. Kavanaugh’s nomination had been put on hold after allegations of sexual assault. After a hearing, Kavanaugh was confirmed...

To any student in a club, it’s no doubt that participation in extracurricular activities has a positive correlation to students’ lives in high school.  According to the source National Center for Educational Statistics, which is a source that shows statistics about students in high school, 30.6%...

Hispanic Heritage Month is a unique time where all the proud Hispanics of the United States gather around as they celebrate their roots and bring to life the traditions of their ancestors. Hispanic Heritage Month, which started Sept. 15 and goes until Oct. 15, is especially important and popular for...

After anxiously trying to figure out how to check her grades on Infinite Campus, Round Lake High School Junior Jayda Delatorre complained to her teacher about the new student information system that Round Lake Area Schools District 116 implemented on August 6. Previously, all District 116 schools...