Complex sentence: The town made headlines in 2007 when Governor Brian Schweitzer gave the commencement address to the high school graduating class--one student, Roxie Britton, who received considerable soft news coverage for this distinction.
Split into simpler sentences: The town made headlines in 2007 when Governor Brian Schweitzer gave the commencement address to the high school graduating class which consisted entirely of one student, Roxie Britton. The act received considerable soft news coverage for this distinction.