Area graduation ceremonies for Florence and Deshler high schools were held Friday night in their respective football stadiums.

The graduation caps were sent flying Thursday night as seniors from Sheffield and Muscle Shoals high schools took their final bow at their respective commencement exercises.

MUSCLE SHOALS — Today marks the end for the Colbert preschool campus of Mars Hill Bible School. 

MUSCLE SHOALS — University of North Alabama graduate Austin Gregory has been named a Fulbright award winner and will spend the next year teaching English in Taiwan.

PHIL CAMPBELL — Northwest-Shoals Community College recently received a $2,000 Sport Opportunity Grant through the National Junior College Athletic Association Foundation to assist in the new cross country athletic program.

THARPTOWN — The Tharptown High School rocketry team finished second in the nation at Saturday's American Rocketry Challenge in The Plains, Virginia.

TUSCUMBIA — The Colbert County School System has approved a measure to ensure a school resource officer in each of its schools when the 2023-24 school year begins.

FLORENCE — The first-grade class at Riverhill School earned a badge of distinction Monday.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has turned its sights to banning food and drinks with too much sugar that are offered in public schools.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has turned its sights to banning food and drinks with too much sugar that are offered in public schools.