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WASHINGTON (AP) — When you groggily roll out of bed and make breakfast, the government edges up to your kitchen table, too. Unlike you, it’s perky.

Flag-waving children cheered and yelled with excitement Tuesday afternoon as two U.S. Army vehicles from the Camp Bowie Training Center rolled up to the Bright Future Academy child care center in Brownwood.

Woodland Heights Elementary is one of the four Brownwood ISD elementary schools that will see new teachers and grade levels this year as students are welcomed back to school. The campus, located in southern Brownwood at 3900 4th Street, will now host PK-5th grade students, bringing new energy to the school.

Opportunities for showing our national pride and celebrating freedom have been building for several weeks now, and the granddaddy of all patriotic holidays arrives Monday — Independence Day on the Fourth of July. You might say this string of patriotic observances began with Armed Forces Day on May 21 and continued with Memorial Day, followed by Flag Day June 14, which is also the birthday of the U.S. Army, and Juneteenth.

LOVIANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces withdrew from a strategic Black Sea island Thursday, potentially easing the threat to the vital Ukrainian port city of Odesa, but kept up their push to encircle the last stronghold of resistance in the eastern province of Luhansk.

YAHIDNE, Ukraine (AP) — On the outskirts of a Ukrainian village stand the remnants of a small school that was partially destroyed in the early weeks of the Russian invasion. Surrounded by tall pine trees, the school’s broken windows offer glimpses of abandoned classrooms that are unlikely to see students again anytime soon.

Brownwood head football coach Sammy Burnett doesn’t overreact to wins and losses during the summertime 7-on-7 pass-tag season. Instead, he and his coaching staff saw growth and development in their players this summer as the Lions posted a 7-9 record in 7-on-7 games.

The Brownwood High School Class of 1957 had its 65th Reunion celebration June 18 at the Brownwood Country Club. First row, from left: Ramona Brown Wood of Houston, Lynda Thomas Harkins of Lubbock, Pat Hardin Cunningham of Early, Linda Traylor Chism of Longview, Tressa Cowan Flannigan of Brownwood and Glen Browder of Bangs. Back row :Neva Wells Moten of Copperas Cove, Carole Houston Spearman of Brownwood, Jean Reynolds Laird of Brownwood, Sarah Weatherby McAline of Blanket, Nelda Broom Masey of Bangs, Danny Chapman of Early, Marvin Brincefield of Wichita Falls, Dottie Mosley McCarley of Seguin, Elwana Hawthorne Brewster of Andrews and Sammie Stewart of Blanket. Photo contributed