STATE UIL ACADEMIC MEDALIST Congratulations go to Brittney Machado of Floydada High School, who competed at the State UIL academic meet Monday and finished in 3rd place. Brittney presented her work:“From Ink to Influence: How Jovita Idár Shaped Texas History”at the University of Texas, where it will be published in the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History and in the official Texas historical archives. | COURTESY PHOTO