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Body CANYON—West Texas A&M University has received more than $2 million in grants for programs meant to increase educational attainment and the rate of living-wage employment among the region’s underserved and rural populations.

Body In a nod to the coronavirus pandemic, a scaled-down Canadian High School homecoming week will culminate Friday night in the halftime presentation of the 2020 Homecoming Queen and her court.

Body CHS Canadian High School’s annual ‘Lighting of the C’ ceremony is scheduled for 8 pm on Wednesday, Sept. 16.

Body Canadian’s homecoming game is just eight days away, but The Flower Shop’s owner Jonilyn Hanes has been preparing for months. Each year, Hanes and her team produce hundreds of homecoming mums and armbands for Canadian ISD and surrounding school districts.

Body The Roaring ‘20s are back! 2020 is party time! Instead of speakeasies selling illegal liquor, COVID parties are all the rage. The crime is not drinking. The crime is refusing to social distance or wear a mask.

Body Open enrollment in the Texas Tuition Promise Fund®, the state’s prepaid college-tuition program, began Sept. 1 and runs through Feb. 28, 2021.

Body HOUSTON—The ACLU of Texas last week sent a letter to hundreds of school districts throughout Texas, demanding that they reexamine dress and grooming code policies that are unconstitutional and discriminatory.

Body The Texas American Federation of Teachers (AFT) will hold a Zoom news conference at 10 am this morning (Thursday) showing the features of a new website that allows teachers, school employees, and community members to report COVID-19 cases, deaths, and unsafe working conditions.

Body On Sept. 2, the Women for OSU Virtual Symposium offered inspiration drawn from the impact and philanthropy of the Women for OSU community. The event honored OSU’s 2020 Philanthropist of the Year, Helen Hodges, and 12 outstanding student scholars.

Body Ah, September! We’ve been waiting for you. Soon it will be a beautiful day in the neighborhood. A brutal heat wave has had us in its grip for the past six weeks. Temperatures have been over 100 degrees with zero precipitation. Our rain total thus far for 2020 is 8 inches.