Local students, 4-Hers compete at state competitions

AUSTIN - Martin County has been represented well at the state level for several weeks with the most recent being on May 25-26 at the State UIL Speech and Debate tournament.

Debate is the League’s longest-running contest, dating back to 1910. A small group of debate coaches met in Abilene and enthusiastically began an interscholastic forensic program to motivate their students and provide them with …