Local students selected for Boys', Girls' State program

Several local students will join nearly 400 other high school juniors from across Nebraska at Boys' and Girls' State later this month.

The program will take place May 31-June 6 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's downtown campus.

The annual citizenship program, sponsored by the Nebraska American Legion, is designed to provide youths with a better understanding of how city, county and state governments operate. Each participant is sponsored locally by an organization such as an American Legion post, or by some other patriotic, civic, fraternal or religious group in cooperation with the l...