Daniel Hicks has been named a Welch Scholar for the 2013 summer by the Trull School of Sciences and Mathematics

Scholarships totaling more than $210,000 were awarded at the 28th annual Rotary Academic Banquet

Nick Boekhorst, a senior at Saltillo High School, recently signed a letter of intent to play basketball for Morningside College.

Six students at Mount Vernon High School will compete at the state academic meet in Austin on Tuesday, May 21. For more information, see the May 16 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald.