School
BHS 2020 graduating seniors honored with signs
The Bridgeport Lions Club donated $2,000.00 from proceeds earned during this year’s Basketball Tournament in March to the Bridgeport Public Schools, with some of the money going towards these senior signs that can be found on the front lawn of the Morrill County courthouse and the Cobblestone Hotel on Main Street in Bridgeport.
Central Community College students receive scholarships
Grand Island/Hastings—About 325 new and returning Central Community College- Grand Island students and about 390 new and returning Central Community College-Hastings students have received scholarships for the 2020-21 academic year.
PANHANDLE PERSPECTIVES: The importance of play
As parents, grandparents and other relatives and caregivers are home with children because schools are closed due to Covid-19, it is good to remember the importance of play to the growth and development of every child.
All State basketball lists honorable mention
Nine local students, six girls and three boys, have been given honorable mention to the 2019-2020 Super-State and All State Basketball Tournament, which will be held at Lincoln in July. In class C-2 All State, the Bridgeport Lady Bulldogs saw Ruthie Loomis-Goltl, Sydney Nein and Mackenzie Liakos make the list while Bayard Lady Tiger’s Jessica Whitebear and Halley Cochran were also honored. For the Bridgeport Bulldogs Luis Garza, Braxten Swires and Cole Faessler received honorable mention for the boys’ team. In class D-2 All State for the Leyton Warriors, Madelyn Watchorn was given honorable mention.