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05/24/2026

Trailing 6-2, The Ironmen ralllied back against one of the state's top teams.

After Drew Stevens tied it up in the seventh, Andrew Naour ended the contest in his final home at-bat.

Read the full recap and what Naour had to say only on the Inkspot: https://bit.ly/3Rjlg7p

Photo Credit: Charles Green

05/21/2026

Tornadoes that swept through Bloomington-Normal on April 17 left their mark on Community’s athletic facilities, from a destroyed softball dugout to damaged fencing and missing sponsor signs. Read how the Ironmen fields weathered the storm: https://bit.ly/4wywSDu

05/21/2026

Scammers want urgency, trust and your money.

Audra Wolf gave one something worse: time.

Read how a suspicious inheritance email turned into a yearlong exchange with “Mr. Grant Acklin”: https://bit.ly/49BvYME

05/20/2026

Need a summer hobby? Start with a guitar.

Coelton Harris' latest article breaks down five songs that helped him learn the basics, build confidence and keep playing through the rough parts.

Read the listicle: https://bit.ly/4wBVtYh

05/20/2026

Once a year or so, the pros beat The Inkspot to a story we’re already working. We take that as a compliment

Imagine what we’d do if we didn’t also have AP tests and PE.
Anyway: meet the Michaels quadruplets, Community’s built-in best friends:

The question was a simple one. Too simple. Who’s the best at ping pong? All four Michaels siblings answered at once, each building a case, citing specific matches and disputed outcomes that seemed to stretch back for years. They talked over each other, around each other, through each other—until...

05/19/2026

The Ironmen are Big 12 champions again.
Community rolled past Bloomington 12-0 Monday to clinch a third straight conference title as junior Kyle Glass spun a three-hit shutout.
Community is now 30-2 and riding a 17-game win streak. Read the recap at https://bit.ly/4ulvuml

05/19/2026

Some books get challenged for what they say.
Others for the types of characters they present.
From English class classics to more modern favorites, here are five banned or challenged books worth reading while you still can: https://bit.ly/2II9rnl

05/18/2026

Last Friday marked the last day of school for most of the Inkspot's Journalism 2 students as 8 are graduating seniors. While hey still have some articles about to hit NCHSinkspot.com, here is the 2025-26 Inkspot staff signing off.