An eighteen year old boy was sentenced to 18 months in juvenile detention Tuesday for elder abuse. Michael Alfinez, 18, pleaded guilty to cajoling his senile granmother into appearing on a homemade rap video with a gun and threatening to "shoot all the pigs". Here's…
In 2006, then-editor Steve Smith of The Spokesman-Review had the idea of starting a publication for an often forgotten audience: teenagers. The Vox Box was a continuation of the Vox, an all-student staffed newspaper published by The Spokesman-Review. High school student journalists who staffed the Vox made all content decisions as they learn about the trade of journalism. This blog's mission was to give students an opportunity to publish their voices. The Vox Box and the Vox wrapped up in June 2009, but you can follow former staffers' new blog at http://voxxiez.blogspot.com.
