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January means different things to different people. It can be as varied as short, dreary days or a fresh start with new opportunities and a reason to make positive changes.
With that in mind, it …
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by Barb Boston and Dawn Young
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1/21/25
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Local street departments are going above and beyond to keep our towns safe and moving smoothly during the recent snowfall. However, some community members have been expressing frustration over the …
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by Valerie Belusko, Extension Office
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1/21/25
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Dear Editor,
This letter is being written to raise awareness of the request by Hillsboro Energy LLC to increase the earth dam height of the coal refuse site adjacent to the town of …
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1/21/25
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I watched 115 movies in 2024. According to my notes, I watched 40 2024 releases.
Both are increases from the past year when I watched 100 and 30. But when I consider the circumstances of 2024, …
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by Isaiah Atkins
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1/13/25
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Dear Editor,
We moved to Irving from Granite City in 1996. Doug had built an airplane, but there was no hangar space in our area. The closest place was Hillsboro Airport. They had space, then by …
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1/8/25
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Lately I’ve been thinking of mortality, not that of cultural life as we know it but the end of my life in particular. I don’t have a specific date in mind, and the possibility of my …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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1/6/25
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Grandma and Grandpa begin December 1957 sunning by a swimming pool in California and end the month back in Illinois dodging snow flurries. Grandma doesn't have the time to manage her usual Christmas …
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by Carole (Best) Brown rosebudbooks@gmail.com
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1/6/25
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Dear Editor,
Until now, I have been uncharacteristically silent concerning the Wooded Acreage Assessment issue because, as the old folk excuse goes, “I have no dog in this …
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1/6/25
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Believe in what you feel inside
And give your dreams the wings to fly
You have everything you need
If you just believe
It was the day before Christmas Eve, and Charley …
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by Mary Herschelman
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12/30/24
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Dear Editor,
Montgomery County has become quite appealing to outside entities that see it as a dumping ground for dangerous material, unwanted at its point of origin.
Parts of …
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by Bill Schroeder
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12/30/24
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Dear Editor,
As taxpayers, we deserve better from the Montgomery County Assessment Office than what we have experienced since the retirement of former Supervisor of Assessments Ray …
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by Brandi Lentz
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12/30/24
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I never had much of a thought about Santa Claus growing up. My earliest memories about him are all moments that I knew he wasn’t real.
I read the numerous letters to Mr. Claus that are …
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by Isaiah Atkins
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12/23/24
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Dear Editor,
Christmas Day is fast approaching. If we left it up to the commercial world, it would be three months long. If we left it up to the Christans, it would be 12 months, 24 …
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by Maxine McElroy
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12/23/24
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Dear Editor,
Montgomery County is going to see huge new stresses on local roads, air quality and daily life. Deer Run Mine will be sending coal trucks to Springfield and possibly …
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by Mary Ellen DeClue
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12/23/24
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Since its inception in 2018, Cross Over Ministries (COM), dba The Haven Home has grown exponentially in the field of mental health and substance use support, especially since The Haven Home of Hope …
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by Barb Boston and Dawn Young
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12/16/24
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Hough Funeral Homes is celebrating 125 years of operation and service in Montgomery County in 2024. Each month a short story from the history of the funeral home will be ran in the Journal-News, …
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12/9/24
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I don’t know about you, but for me, whenever I go out in public for extended periods of time, I do at least one to three embarrassing things all in a row- it’s inevitable. Either from the …
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by Laura Boston
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12/9/24
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Welcome back to another week of the Dragon Beat after a long break! I hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving. This year, for the first time ever, the Dragon Cheer Squad is taking part in the ICCA …
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by Audrey Billington
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12/5/24
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Welcome back, Topper Nation! After a long Thanksgiving break, students are back in the halls. For those who answered the Thanksgiving riddle last week, if you said: pi(e), you got it right! We will …
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by Milla Anderson
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12/5/24
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Welcome back Lancers, and Happy Homecoming week! The Lancers have been quite busy this week, so let’s get into it! The boys basketball team played Okaw Valley at home on Tuesday night. Both the …
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by Abilene Norris
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12/5/24
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