Members of the Lawrence American Legion Hess-Eastman Post 174 LadiesAuxiliary are shown Monday night, May 25, at Hill Cemetery, during a luminary service that featured over 1,200 luminaries that were lit in honor of Lawrence area men and women who served in the armed forces.Courier-Leader photo/Paul Garrod
Paul Hamre was guest speaker at the Paw Paw Memorial Day Parade and ceremony at Maple City Veterans Park. Members of the Paw Paw High School Marching Band, the Paw Paw Amer-ican Legion McGowan-Johnson Post 68, and Paw Paw Veterans of Foreign Wars, Wilson-Hall Post 2532, and others, participated in speaking, providing music and laying Read More…
On Memorial Day night, the community of Lawrence held a Memorial Day night luminary service that featured over 1,200 luminaries, with the name of a Lawrence service man or woman on each one, were lit at the conclusion of the service. What began 20 years ago by Charles Moden, Lawrence American Legion Hess-Eastman Post 174 Read More…
By Robert TomlinsonNews Director ST. JOSEPH COUNTY — Several communities around St. Joseph County marked the Memorial Day holiday Monday with events, remembrances, and salutes, remembering those who lost their lives serving the United States. In Three Rivers, the city had its annual parade step off around 10 a.m., led by the honor guard from Read More…
By KATHRYN PALON Contributing Writer A 14-year-old was charged in a nine-count juvenile petition alleging involvement in a series of false threats, including a “swatting” call, that led Napoleon Community Schools to lock down on May 5 and cancel classes the following day, Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney Kelsey A. Guernsey announced earlier this week. The Read More…
By ELIZABETH FERSZT Contributing Writer Antonio Green, 20, appeared before Hon. Susan Jordan, in the 4th Circuit Court May 15, for a final pre-trial conference, on charges of open murder for the shooting death of Mia Sims, 18. Sims was killed Sunday, July 27, 2025, outside of the Peoples United Community Church on Carl Breeding Read More…
By KARA DECHALK Contributing Writer Albion Department of Public Safety officers responding to a suspicious situation in the 1000 block of Hall Street on May 19 found two firearms, ammunition and suspected methamphetamine, authorities said. Information given by the initial caller and then confirmed based on their own observations gave officers probable cause to search Read More…
By Linda LaNoue Contributing Writer Imagine your first prom in your own school, in your own community, surrounded by people who show up just for you. That is exactly what unfolded Saturday, May 16, at Marshall Opportunity High School. Two young men greeted each other at the door with a big hug, one of their Read More…
. By Ken Wyatt Mt. Evergreen Cemetery in Jackson is the resting place of some notable figures in both Jackson and Michigan history. They each played a role in that terrible national conflict that exacted the lifeblood of some 700,000 Union and Confederate soldiers. Of the 90,000 Michiganders who served during the war, more than Read More…
By Maggie LaNoue, Contributing Writer Proposed changes to Albion’s city charter moved forward May 18 as City Attorney Cullen Harkness guided council through two amendments that could appear before voters on the November 2026 ballot, and council followed his guidance closely throughout the evening. Michigan cities have the authority to draft and amend their own Read More…