Fourth royalty ticket sales start Friday, with two contestants

When Alisha Armstrong and Kayla Young heard there were no royalty candidates this year, they both decided they had to step up for the community.

The chamber of commerce now has two candidates running for Fourth of July royalty this summer: Armstrong and Young.

Armstrong graduated high school earlier this month, and Young will be a senior next year.

Raffle ticket and food booth sales will kick off Friday, May 31, at 6 p.m. at the downtown pavilion.

The duo volunteered after concerns over zero royalty candidates - no one had signed up for the competition by the first deadline this month or the e...