Brooke Schmidt News Today

Business and nonprofit related briefs, taken from press releases submitted from around the Upstate.

Over the weekend, the best track and field athletes in Colorado congregated at Jeffco Stadium for the track and field championships. Two events earned golds for the locals, and more won spots on the podium.The Brush girls 800-meter sprint medley relay took home the Class 3A individual state title, beating out the rest of the […]

LIBERTY — The Eagles hosted their annual invitational on Friday, April 12, this time with the new name, the Ken Peek Invitational. It was renamed in honor of longtime coach

Fairview has hired a new volleyball coach.

From news releases ssubmitted from around the Upstate. Published in Marketplace Greenville, Jan. 26, 2024.

Gregory Smiley passed away. This is the full obituary where you can share condolences and memories. Published in the Lockport Union Sun Journal on 2023-12-30.

Experience matters. When Columbia hosted Fairview for a nonconference volleyball game on Aug. 23, the experience gap showed. The Raiders are a veteran group with seven seniors, and they dominated the unseasoned Warriors, 25-13, 25-10, 25-10. Fairview returns two players from last year. Now only two games into a new era (0-2), the Warriors are […]

One mom, who lost one of her twins shortly after birth, found a way to channel her grief in a productive way. Her positivity and generosity did not go unnoticed.

When considering her options for where to attend college and continue her track and cross country career, Copperas Cove High School senior Breonna Reese had on priority in mind: Her Christian faith. On Feb. 3, Reese joined six of her peers and signed a letter of intent to compete at Abilene Christian University in Abilene. “I feel like that was really important that I choose a school that will lift me up academically and spiritually, so that was really one of the main focuses,” Reese ...

The Dinsdale Family Learning Commons opened on Jan. 27. January 30, 2021 10:33 pm LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – The Dinsdale Family Learning Commons opened just this past week, giving East Campus a brand new look. The $22.5 million renovation of the former C.Y. Thompson Library, received funding from private donors and contributions from the Dinsdale family of Nebraska. The building offers study spaces, pods, interactive classrooms, and more. It also has over 30 computer stations and three private ...