City of Humboldt Parks & Recreation operates summer sports and youth programs across five public parks with playgrounds, tennis courts, softball, and baseball fields.
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Recent coverage tied to Humboldt Parks & Recreation Summer Programs, Gibson County, and West schools.

Gubernatorial Candidates Grow Their Support at Strawberry Festivals
Contenders campaigned over the weekend as a new poll shows Sen. Blackburn widening her lead.

TDOE announces $2.6M in Perkins Reserve Grant awards to support CTE and STEM learning
The Tennessee Department of Education has awarded more than $2.6 million in Perkins Reserve Grant (PRG) grant funds to 55 school districts to support career and technical education (CTE) programming in the 2024-25 school year.

District level data shows challenges for third-grade students in rural counties and West Tennessee
The Tennessee Department of Education says four of five third-grade students in the Jackson-Madison County School System (JMCSS) failed to meet the testing threshold to advance to the fourth-grade. That’s the eighth lowest in the state and behind other large school districts including Memphis-Shelby

University of Tennessee Report Finds Nontraditional Students are Benefiting from a College Support Program
The report found that Navigate Reconnect participants are 11 percentage points more likely to remain enrolled in college than similar students who aren’t participating in the program at the end of two years.
