WARNER ROBINS, GA- The Robins Regional Chamber’s Educational Foundation and the Perry Area Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the 2014 Student Teacher Achievement Recognition (STAR) System Award winners.  The 2014 STAR System Winners for Houston County are: student- Willa M. Wang and teacher- Sherin Hinnant from Houston County High School.  The award is given to one student from a high school in the county.  STAR students compete for System Title and System STAR student in turn compete for region honors in the 12 STAR Regions.  Region winners and their STAR teachers are invited to further compete for the state STAR awards.

Six seniors and teachers from each high school in Houston County were awarded on Wednesday evening.  The 2014 STAR students and their teachers who were recognized include:

ATLANTA (WXIA) -- After more than 80 years as the Georgia State Capitol's most prominent statue, the likeness of 19th century white supremacist politician and newspaperman Tom Watson was quietly removed the day after Thanksgiving.

That prompted some civil rights leaders to ask that it be replaced with a statue of Martin Luther King, Jr.

State Representative Tyrone Brooks (D-Atlanta) even introduced a bill to make it happen.

The Warner Robins Recreation Department has a youth football player, Isabella Winston, competing in the NFL Punt, Pass and Kick National Championships.  The competition will be held in Denver, Colorado this weekend January 11th and 12th.

Isabella, or Bella, as everyone calls her began her journey by participating in the local NFL Punt, Pass and Kick Competition which was held in Warner Robins, Georgia on September 26, 2013 at Memorial Park.  She won her division and advanced to the NFL PP & K Sectional competition on November 17, 2013 at Memorial Park in Warner Robins, Georgia.  Isabella was then notified that she had qualified to compete in the NFL PP & K Falcons Team Championship which was held December 15, 2013 at the Georgia Dome.