Academy nominations

WASHINGTON

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, has announced his nomination of 13 students from Mahoning, Cuyahoga, Lake, Lorain, Medina and Summit counties to attend U.S. military service academies.

The local nominees are Owen Lewis of Boardman and James Burley Jackson of Campbell.

Each year, Brown, of Cleveland, nominates students for each slot available at our nation’s service academies requiring congressional recommendations. This year, openings were available for Brown to nominate up to 20 students to the Air Force Academy in Colorado and up to 10 students each to the Merchant Marine Academy in New York, the Naval Academy in Maryland and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in New York.