Obama’s story is one of historic “firsts,” from the schools he attended, to the jobs he has taken, to the legislation he has championed. His story is also one of reconciliation, as a son growing up without a father, as an African American in a country that still struggles with racism, as someone [...]

Minnesota center Bryce Webster, a sophomore-to-be, will transfer after being granted his request to be released from his scholarship, the school announced Thursday.
“We understand his desire to leave the program, and we wish him the best of luck the rest of his career,” coach Tubby Smith said, in a prepared statement.
After a standout career at [...]

The Pinckneyville Community High School board of education heard from parents at their Monday meeting who questioned objectivity in the awarding of a scholarship provided by the Southern Illinois Coaches Association and the Egyptian Officials Association.
Wade Graskewicz and Casey Hawkins told the board that awarding the scholarship during the past school year to Bryant Hale, [...]

Roy Reeves, owner of RMS Gravel, of Dryden, has established a scholarship at Southern Cayuga High School.
He has donated $5,000 to the school district to set up the scholarship. The scholarships will be three, $1,000 awards to a graduating senior each year, starting this June. The remaining $2,000 will be invested at Cayuga Lake National [...]

This $2000 scholarship is based on academic scholarship, personal character, financial need, leadership qualities and interest, and involvement in athletic activities, including: football, basketball, cross country, volleyball, tennis, track and field, soccer, rodeo, baseball, swimming, wrestling, officiating, community recreation, etc. One boy, one girl, and one Native American student will be nominated from Tooele High [...]

When Susie Kay arrived at H.D. Woodson Senior High School in September 1990 to teach U.S. government, the former congressional staffer told herself she would be there only a year.
But she stayed 13 years, and, while there, she came up with an idea that would change the course of her life and that of hundreds [...]

BARTON – James E. Clark Jr. died Nov. 14, 2002, after a long and spirited battle with cancer.
In memory of Clark, a respected community member as well as youth and high school athletic coach for more than 20 years, his family and friends established the James E. Clark Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Clark was a beloved [...]

Thursday marked an important anniversary for the Boston family. It wasn’t a wedding date or a birth date. Rather, Feb. 22 marked the one-year anniversary of Jarrett Boston’s lost battle with cancer.
In 2002, when Jarrett was 13 years old, a black, strange-looking mole was discovered on his back. After the mole was diagnosed as a [...]

The Varsity Indian Creek Lady Braves pre-game announcements on Thursday, included a special presentation.
Emily Downey, former student at Indian Creek and Lady Brave, had an untimely death this past fall. She was very active in Indian Creek’s sports programs and was well loved by all she came in contact with.
One of her favorite summer activities [...]

Kyle Scott, a Chester resident, has been awarded a $2,500 college scholarship by the Bradford White Corporation as part of the Educational Foundation of the Plumbing Heating Cooling Contractors National Association. Nebrasky Plumbing Heating and Cooling, a PHCC member, sponsored Kyle in this effort.
A summer employee at Nebrasky, Scott is a student at SUNY College [...]