Local students nominated to prestigious U.S. military academies

A second-time applicant from Stockdale High, a student earning a perfect 800 score in reading on the SAT, a student at a military institute and a volunteer with more than 800 hours of community service earned House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy's four principal recommendations Monday to the prestigious U.S. service academies.

McCarthy said in a statement that nominating the students was a "trem