🌱 Hoover Students Receive National Merit Scholarship + New Principal

Hoover AL

11 May, 2022

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Up and at 'em, Hoover! Here's everything you need to know to get this Thursday started off right. First, today's weather: Mostly sunny and warm. High: 88 Low: 65. Here are the top three stories today in Hoover: Two Hoover students have received the National Merit Scholarship. Riley G. Luthin, from Spain Park High School, and Sreekiran Nataraj, from Hoover High School, are among 34 Alabama students to receive the award. They have each received a scholarship of $2,500. Congratulations to all the recipients! (AL.com) On Tuesday night, the Hoover Board of Education approved the hiring of Simmons Middle School's new principal. Tarrant Elementary School Principal Walter Womack comes recommended by Superintendent Dee Fowler and will be the fifth person to serve as principal at Simmons since early 2019. According to the superintendent, Womack has been asked for a commitment to stay at least three to five years at Simmons, and Womack said he'll stay as long as the Hoover school district will let him. (Hoover Sun)A video uploaded to social media shows a Hoover man fighting with Gulf Shores police officers during a track tournament. On Friday, at the AHSAA State Outdoor Track and Field Championship, a mother and son brawled with officers after they approached Devin Wilson, of Hoover, for multiple complaints of being disorderly. Lieutenant Jason Woodruff with the police department said the officers only had a few scratches. Devin Wilson will be facing charges of second-degree assault and resisting arrest; his mother, Ykama Wilson, was charged with a misdemeanor. (WBRC) Today in Hoover: Mt Laurel Wildflower Seed Bomb, At Mt Laurel Public Library (All Day) Hoover Area Chamber Of Commerce May Coffee & Contacts, At Fairfield Inn & Suites (7:30 AM) From my notebook: Don't miss these four Hoover area new open houses coming up soon! (Hoover Patch) The City of Hoover sends a hearty congratulations to the entire 2021-22 graduating class of Leadership Hoover! (Facebook) The Regions Tradition, the first of five major championships on the PGA Tour Champions schedule for the best golfers age 50 and older, is back now through May 15 at the Greystone Golf and Country Club. (Facebook) More from our sponsors — thanks for supporting local news! Events: Jewish Food and Culture Fest (May 15) Add your event That's it for today! See you all tomorrow for another update. — Miranda Fraraccio About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander, now living in New York. She works as a staff writer for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and is a graduate of The University of Rhode Island, where she earned a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies. In her free time, you can find her traveling, drinking tea, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.