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With heating season now here, Witt Fire Chief Don Keiser is providing the public several important reminders. “Always make sure that smoke detectors have fresh batteries or are replaced if out …
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12/4/25
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Hello and welcome back to another week of Lancer Lines.
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and a fun, safe, snowy weekend! I will start this week off with the answer to last week’s …
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by Ella Jenkins at Lincolnwood
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12/4/25
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Welcome back, Dragon Beat! We’re coming back from Thanksgiving break and from our first snow day of the year! Let’s start with our athletics for the week. Our boys were supposed to play …
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by Isabelle Zbinden at HJHS
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12/4/25
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The Montgomery County Clerk’s office reports that on Monday, Dec. 1, Republican Party county board District 4 candidate Junior C. White of Coffeen withdrew his candidacy for the Tuesday, March …
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12/4/25
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Members of the Village of Taylor Springs Board convened for their monthly meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 21, at the community building. Acting Village President Jody Jackson called the meeting to …
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12/4/25
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St. Raymond’s Knights of Columbus Council #4696 assisted the Raymond-Harvel Ambulance Squad with a drive-thru chicken dinner on Friday, Nov. 7. The event raised $2,500 for the purpose of …
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12/4/25
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Taylorville Community Credit Union (TCCU) has announced that voting in its twelfth annual ‘Stop. SHOP. VOTE! ’ program has begun. A total of eight graduating seniors from Taylorville, …
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12/4/25
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Welcome back, Topper Nation!
As we enter December, Hillsboro High School is looking ahead to a season full of community events, celebrations and opportunities for student success. The answer to …
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by Milla Anderson at Hillsboro High
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12/4/25
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On Monday, Dec. 1, at 7:16 a.m., the Witt Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to a reported structure fire at 219 W. Mitchell St. in Witt. Chief Keiser arrived on scene, established command, and …
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12/4/25
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“People in Science'' was the topic of the recent presentations given by the fifth and sixth graders at St. Louis School in Nokomis.
Students searched the internet and books to find …
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12/4/25
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The Annual Patriot’s Pen Awards Program was conducted at Litchfield Middle School on Tuesday, Nov. 25.
The Patriot’s Pen Scholarship Competition is a 300 to 400-word essay contest …
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12/4/25
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The Witt Lions Club will be hosting a Lite-A-Lite dinner from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 14. The event will be held at the Witt Lions Building, located at 600 West Broadway St. in Witt. The …
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12/4/25
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Local adventurer Denny Carlock took the time off from his travels to catch up on the latest edition of The Journal-News while visiting King Tut’s burial site in the Valley of Kings in Luxor, …
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12/4/25
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Hillsboro Area Ambulance Service is proud to share that it has recently added several major upgrades to its fleet, including two new Stryker Stretchers, two Zoll NXT AutoPulse Resuscitation Systems …
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12/4/25
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Mrs. Paproth’s kindergarten class at Beckemeyer Elementary School in Hillsboro will be making a gingerbread man to eat the first week of December. However, much like the story, the gingerbread …
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12/4/25
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The City of Litchfield is hosting a “Deck the City Halls” coloring contest for children up to twelve years old. Coloring pages may be picked up at the Water Department, located at 120 E. …
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12/4/25
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Local businesses are invited to the upcoming HHS Work-Study Co-Op program’s special meet and greet event for potential sponsors and community partners. The meet and greet is an opportunity to …
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12/4/25
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The Village of Raymond decorated the town Christmas tree on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 23, before officially lighting it at dusk. Pictured above at the lighting are, from the left in the back, …
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12/4/25
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas around Montgomery County, where many communities received more than eight inches of snow on Saturday, Nov. 29. While it was a beautiful sight, the …
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12/1/25
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More than 600 meals were served on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 27, as part of the 34th annual Hillsboro Community Thanksgiving Dinner, hosted by the Hillsboro Area Ministerial Fellowship at The …
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12/1/25
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