Following is the address given by Journal-News publisher Mike Plunkett at Memorial Day services in Hillsboro on Monday morning, May 29.
Tony Foulds.
Tony Foulds is an 87-year-old British …
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5/30/23
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This month we’re going to visit about mental health. Our friends at SIU Medicine have been working hard to offer programs and support specifically for farmers and their families. Farming is …
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by Katie Wilson, Montgomery County Farm Bureau
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5/22/23
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The Litchfield Car and Machine Company was formed by David Orr Settlemire in 1876. The company was a reorganization of the Litchfield Car Manufacturing Company and the machine shops and foundry of …
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5/22/23
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May 1956 is so typical of the day-in-day-out work that had to be done on the family farm. As I read Grandma's entries about her gardens, both flowers and vegetables, I can see her so clearly as she …
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George Gustavus Lafferty served as the principal of Litchfield Community High school from 1924 to 1926, when he passed away at the age of 53.
According to reports from that time period, Mr. …
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5/15/23
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“A statesman,” said the great Prussian diplomat Otto von Bismark, “is a politician who thinks of his grandchildren.”
Three years ago, former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar …
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by John T. Shaw
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5/15/23
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I wonder who is running Montgomery County.
The governor puts out billions of dollars in road repairs, and yet Illinois Route 16 from Hillsboro to Ohlman is in a shambles.
The governor sends …
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Anne Marty, Ohlman
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5/15/23
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