Gun violence has shattered a family and stunned a community as two teenagers, 16-year-old Takeo Bill and 17-year-old Jalen McAdams, lost their lives in a tragic shooting incident last Thursday.
Coatesville High School’s Lebron Bessick, the 2022 Daily Local News Boys Track Athlete of the Year, found his special niche on the track in the recent PIAA post-season -– and the rewards were big-time. Coming into Districts, Bessick was the Ches-Mont champion in the 100-meter dash, the 200-meter dash, the 4×100 relay and the 4×400 […]
Students return full-time to a remade school Written by Dean Thompson on April 5, 2021
Pictured is one of the hallways near the cafeteria and library where new benches were installed. Taking advantage of the seating are, from left, Paul Ortega, Zeke Torres, Brandon Torres and Cierra Torres from Raul Diaz’s class.
Students will be heading back to class Tuesday across Grant County and not hybrid classes this time, but full, in-person learning with all students being in class five days a week, according to guidelines issued unexpectedly last month by the New Mexico Public Education Department.
The PED and the state shut down schools just more than a year ago, in March 2020, only allowed hybrid schedules for elementary students in the fall semester, and then opened up to middle and high schools very recently.