Mr. Horace “Bill” Hill, 89 of Lakeland, FL formerly of Camp Hill, AL passed away on Friday, April 5, 2024.Public Visitation will be held on Friday, April 19, 2024 from 2:00 PM CST until 6:00 PM CST at Silmon-Seroyer Funeral…

Barbara Adkins Smith, 87 years old, of Ridge Grove, Alabama, died Sunday, April 14, 2024, peacefully at her residence.Barbara was born in LaFayette on March 31, 1937, to the late Edwin and Ersa Adkins. She was a member of Center…

By John BriceCorrespondent Volunteers from a variety of local organizations gathered at the Chambers County Health and Wellness Center to celebrate Earth Day during the morning hours of Saturday, April 20th of 2024. Alabama Cooperative Extension System Coordinator for Chambers…

By John BriceCorrespondent The LaFayette City Council met on Monday, April 22nd of 2024 at the Chambers County Farmers Federation Agricultural Center at the ALFA building in LaFayette. In attendance were Mayor Kenneth Vines, Councilman Terry G. Mangram, Councilman Toney…

The Chambers County Sheriff’s Office released more details about the incident, where a woman was hit by a train in Cusseta.According to CCSO, the sheriff’s office received a report about a person, later identified as 41-year-old Donna Michelle Watkins from…

Patricia Ann Price, passed away peacefully at her home in Lawton, MI, on April 7, 2024, at the age of 86. Pat, as she was affectionately known, was born on January 13, 1938, in Battle Creek, Michigan.Patricia’s life was marked…

Jeanne Grevelding, 95, of Paw Paw, passed away Tuesday, April 16, 2024, at Maple Lake Assisted Living, Paw Paw. She was born Sept. 1, 1928, in Bath, New York, the daughter of Henry Kleckler and Blanche (Ray) Kleckler.Jeanne met her…

Fifty years NBC television began broadcasting “Little House on the Prairie” based on Laura Ingalls Wilder’s series of young reader novels of the same name.Some of us of a certain age practically grew up reading her stories of growing up in the…

What goes around, always comes around again.I remember the early 1970’s when college students as well as others took to the streets of campuses and cities to protest what they thought was an unjust Viet Nam War. It was a…

By John RaffelCorrespondent PAW PAW – Paw Paw varsity baseball traveled to Parchment on Friday for a nonconference doubleheader and swept a pair.In game No. 1, the Red Wolves bats were on fire and collected 17 hits and the Red…

The Investiture and Administration of the Oath of Office for Susan Metzger as probate judge for Van Buren County, was held Friday afternoon, April 19, at the Van Buren County Courthouse. Judge Metzger was appointed to the position, following the…

By Paul GarrodStaff Writer A fundraiser banquet for Reach the Forgotten Jail Ministry was held Thursday, April 18, at Freshwater Community Church, here. Reach the Forgotten jail ministry assists inmates in finding their faith. Funds are derived solely by donors…

LANSING – Senate Republican Leader Aric Nesbitt and state Rep. Pauline Wendzel recently criticized the Whitmer administration’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) for its overburdensome bureaucracy and unacceptable failure to process timely permits for Michigan’s blueberry growers.“Unelected bureaucrats…

By John RaffelCorrespondent MCBAIN – Northern Michigan Christian’s soccer team on Monday beat Brethren 8-0
Jada VanNoord had five goals and assist.Kylee Winkle had two goals and three assists.Sofia Hernandez had one goal and one assist. Lydia Sprague had two assists.
Harper…

By John RaffelCorrespondent CLARE – Clare’s girls track team competed in the Chippewa Hills Invitational on Saturday and coach Kyle McKown was happy with what he saw from his team.Clare tied for fifth place with Hart and was a half-point…

I’m not a fan of roundabouts. I know they are all the rage in road construction at this point, but I’m not sure they help in alleviating traffic congestion.More importantly, the latest round of round-a-bouts in some of our circulation…

Wednesday is here – deadline day – and once again I am sitting here staring at the darn computer screen. As usual, I couldn’t think of a thing to write about this week, but sometimes when I start typing…Part of…

Recently the in the news I heard the term “cafeteria Catholic” used in reference to a politician who while claiming to be a good Catholic man, supports abortion, which the Catholic Church is overwhelmingly against. The person making the comment…

It’s time, with the hopefully temporary closing of the one grocery store left in our town, to recount the basic story of grocery stores in Marion, Michigan. At one time, we had three grocery stores and several more businesses that…

We will gather to celebrate the homegoing of a truly remarkable soul, Pearl “Aunt Pearl” Maude Hubble, who was called to her eternal rest on the 13th of April, 2024. Born on the 24th of June, 1938, in the quaint…