February 29, 2020 - Members of VFW Post 8904 and Auxiliary honored Veterans of Operation Desert Storm during a ceremony held February 28, 2020.

February 28, 2020 Natchitoches, Louisiana – Two Shelby County graduates earned the honor of being among the 1,143 students named to the Dean’s List of Northwestern State University of Louisiana for the Fall 2019 semester.

The two students named from Shelby County were Maci McDaniel of Joaquin and a 2017 graduate of Joaquin HS and John Harrington of Center and a 2018 graduate of Shelbyville HS.

Students on the Dean’s List must be enrolled fulltime at NSU and have a grade point average of between 3.5 and 3.99.

February 27, 2020 - The First United Methodist Church of Center announces the winners of their second annual Soup and Chili Cook-off competition held Sunday, February 23 with proceeds benefiting the First UMC Missions Committee annual projects.  The First UMC Missions Committee members extend their appreciation and gratitude to the participants entering the cook-off competition, to the Silent Auction donors for their prizes and to the congregation and community for supporting their fundraiser.

February 19, 2020 – The University of Texas at Tyler announced today that 614 University students and 86 pharmacy students were named to the fall 2019 Dean’s List.

To qualify for the Dean’s List, a student must have completed 12 or more semester hours of undergraduate college-level credit in the awarding semester with a grade point average of at least 3.75. To be considered for this recognition, a student must qualify as a matriculated student pursuing a first bachelor’s degree. This recognition is made in fall and spring semesters.