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West Marion High School junior Ryan Bracey, an exceptional welding student at the Carl Loftin Career and Technology Center, is also interested pursuing rodeo. | Photo by Joshua Campbell © Emmerich Newspapers, Inc. 2024

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Bracey welds his own path
By JOSHUA CAMPBELL - Publisher
Fri,04/26/24-5:07PM , 1,438 Reads
There are a lot of avenues students can take in Marion County. The Carl Loftin Career and Technology Center offers students a taste of real world professions, allowing them to test their skills to find what they are good at prior to graduation.
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When Keith Stanley was first hired at Columbia Academy, he was just 20 years old and still in college. By the age of 24, he was promoted to CA's head baseball coach on top of serving as an assistant football coach. Now, at age 29, Stanley has built a baseball factory up the hill at CA, changing countless lives in the process. | Photo by Jackson Howell © Emmerich Newspapers, Inc. 2024

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Coach them hard and love them harder: Stanley’s age never hindered him from success at CA
By JACKSON HOWELL - Sports Editor
Fri,04/26/24-3:02PM , 2,068 Reads
In recent years up the hill at Columbia Academy, youth has been anything but a weakness for the Cougar baseball team, with the likes of Logan and Trent Buckley, Roman Lawrence and players of the past such as Slade Wilks dominating on the diamond to lead CA to high-profile finishes.
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West Marion’s Khalice Brown leading in academics and the arts
By ALLYSON ALFORD
Fri,04/26/24-1:42PM , 1,079 Reads
Navigating through high school can be quite the challenge. However, West Marion High School senior Khalice Brown has made this journey appear effortless and now has the world at her fingertips.
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Hunter Stringer ropes a calf during a rodeo competition. | Photo submitted

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New Hope senior ropes his dreams
By JOSHUA CAMPBELL - Publisher
Wed,04/24/24-1:07PM , 1,809 Reads
New Hope Community Christian School senior Hunter Stringer comes off as a bit shy and guarded at first. That is until he gets to talking about his passions — training horses and calf roping.
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