Screams issued from the Walhalla Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, but it wasn’t a horror film screening — it was critters.

During the last week of the recent school year, more than 11,500 free jump passes for The Hub, valued at $184,000, were handed out to students at 19 area schools.

Letter A activities are one of the easiest ways to kick off early literacy, especially with so many familiar words like apple, ant, and alligator to build from. These hands-on ideas help preschool and ...