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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Bruce Schreiner and Dylan Lovan

Federal government shutdown sidelines football, other activities at schools for military families

Shutdown Football - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Football teams at Fort Campbell and Fort Knox high schools were sidelined Friday by the federal government shutdown, which has paused extracurricular activities at the schools for military families.

The schools on the historic Army posts remain open for normal instructional activities, but the congressional stalemate has left the students and their families in limbo when it comes to other school-related pursuits. Fort Knox is in central Kentucky while Fort Campbell straddles the Kentucky-Tennessee border.

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