HCHS to present ‘Smokey Joe’s Cafe’
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HCHS to present ‘Smokey Joe’s Cafe’

Holmes County High School Drama Department will present the musical “Smokey Joe’s Cafe” on Thursday, Feb. 23; Friday, Feb. 24; Saturday, Feb. 25; Monday, Feb. 27; and Tuesday, Feb. 28 at the HCHS Auditorium. Showtime is 7 p.m. each night. Doors open at 6. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller virtually invented rock ‘n’ roll, and…

PDL High School senior reaches out to Trump for baseball team sponsorship
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PDL High School senior reaches out to Trump for baseball team sponsorship

Eighteen-year-old Dillon Lewis got a little creative this year with his fundraising efforts for the 2023 spring baseball season. A center fielder and pitcher for the Ponce de Leon Pirates, Lewis sent a hand-written letter to Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago address asking for a $300 sponsorship to help his baseball team this year. Lewis…

Holmes County 4-H clubs teach a variety of skills
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Holmes County 4-H clubs teach a variety of skills

Holmes County 4-H has a variety of clubs that have been busy learning and having fun while they are at it. Those clubs range from an Open Club for homeschoolers to shooting sports with kids from 5-18 learning valuable lessons. The Cloverbuds are 5-7 years old and meet once per month for an interactive learning…

Florida Supervisor of Elections offers scholarships
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Florida Supervisor of Elections offers scholarships

The Florida Supervisors of Elections Association will offer four $1,200 scholarships for 2023 college students as announced in a release from  Washington County Supervisor of Elections Carol F. Rudd. Applicants must be registered Florida voters and resided in the state for at least the preceding two years. Applicants must be either a Political Science, Public…

HCHS Blue Devil Battalion gives U.S. flags a proper farewell
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HCHS Blue Devil Battalion gives U.S. flags a proper farewell

The Holmes County High School JROTC Blue Devil Battalion gave close to 80 unserviceable U.S. flags a proper farewell by conducting a Flag Retirement Ceremony Jan. 20. Students and faculty at the school, as well as the public, were invited to witness the ceremony as donated flags that were too tattered and worn to be…

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Kendall Walton is the 2024 Teacher of the Year

The cafeteria at Holmes County High School buzzed with excitement the evening of Jan. 10 as guests enjoyed delectable eats and waited for one of the district’s most anticipated annual awards ceremonies to begin. This was the district’s seventh year recognizing the Teacher of the Year and fourth year recognizing the School Related Employee of…

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A trip to the capitol: PDL fourth-graders learn history, how laws are made

Ponce de Leon Elementary fourth-graders now have a better understanding of where Florida’s system of rules and regulations come from, thanks to a field trip to the Florida State Capitol Dec. 13. The state capitol experience was organized by Kaitlyn Bailey Owen, a PDL alum from RSA Consulting Group. Students arrived bright and early at…

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Local students named to Chipola Dean’s List

Several local students made the Chipola College Dean’s List for academic achievement during the Fall Semester 2021. To be placed on the Dean’s List, a student must take 12 or more semester hours of courses and make an average of 3.25 (B+) to 4.0 (A) in all courses. Students who made perfect averages of 4.0—straight…

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Chipola College nominated for Aspen prize

MARIANNA—The Aspen Institute named Chipola College one of the 150 institutions eligible to compete for the $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the nation’s signature recognition of achievement among America’s community colleges.This is Chipola’s seventh consecutive nomination for this honor. Chipola stands out among more than 1,000 community colleges nationwide as having high…

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State college enrollment continues to shrink

TALLAHASSEE – Florida college officials are trying to figure out what’s behind a continuing drop in state college enrollment, which analysts project could decline by more than 9 percent over the next five years if the trend persists. The most recent end-of-year data on college system enrollment showed a system-wide enrollment of 293,493 students for…