Holly S. Jones, Bristol D. Frazier and Caroline E. Reis, all of Charlestown, were awarded $1,300 from the Masonic Scholarship Board of the Grand Lodge of Indiana, Free and Accepted Masons. Emily Shaw was awarded the Blazing Star scholarship.

Walking into the principal’s office at Charlestown High School, one is immediately struck with a dose of “Pirate Pride.” Earlier this month, the Greater Clark County School Board named Mark Laughner Charlestown High School’s new principal. Laughner comes to Charlestown by way of Jeffersonville’s Parkview Middle School, where he served seven years as principal. Laughner began his teaching career in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida as a social studies teacher, before stints teaching at Clarksville High School and an Assistant Principal position at Clarksville Middle.