In a teaching and coaching career that has spanned 39 years and counting, few accomplishments are more unique than the one that occurred last Saturday for Highland Bulldogs baseball coach … Cli...
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When Olivia Hemmerle starts in the pitching circle, good things have been happening for the Belleville East softball team this spring. Hemmerle, a hard-throwing junior righthander took the ball a...
A big fourth inning was all the Highland baseball team needed to notch their first win of the 2024 season on Tuesday. Holding just a 2-1 after three innings, the … Click to Continue »
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Burning Ban Extended Alhambra Area Chief Randy Take announced that until further notice that due to the high winds and dry conditions, residents are asked to please not burn anything … Click to...
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Burning Alerts The National Weather Service is asking people to refrain from any type of outdoor burning during this windy weather. Conditions are ripe for fire to get out of … Click to Continu...
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Friday was a special day for the Highland Post 439 American Legion Baseball Hall Of Fame. Four former Highland players and a former coach were inducted during the annual Wayne … Click to Contin...
The City of Highland is laying off a number of emergency medical service workers and will have only one ambulance operating in the near future. City leaders posted an information … Click to Con...
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Noon Friday, March 15, is the deadline to appear in next week’s “Around Town” listing. We must receive your event in writing with a contact phone number for questions. Submissions … Click...
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Food Pantry Needs The Highland Food Pantry is in need of kids cereal and canned fruit cocktail. Hamel Food Pantry is in need of mayonnaise, salad dressing, cooking oil, BBQ … Click to Continue ...
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Burning Alerts The National Weather Service is asking people to refrain from any type of outdoor burning during this windy weather. Conditions are ripe for fire to get out of … Click to Continu...
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A strong junior class with experience will give the Highland girls soccer team a chance to have perhaps its best season in six years this spring. Fourteen returning players are … Click to Conti...
Highland basketball Coach Deryl Cunningham’s fifth season leading the Bulldogs was arguably his best and the best for the program in years. Highland went 21-13 this winter, finished second in �...
A week has passed since the Highland girls basketball team saw its hopes for a state tournament berth ended by Chatham-Glenwood. While it was not the the perfect end to … Click to Continue »
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Burning Alerts The National Weather Service is asking people to refrain from any type of outdoor burning during this windy weather. Conditions are ripe for fire to get out of … Click to Continu...
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Logan University The following area student was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disc...
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Fire Department Alert Chief John Markus cautions everyone about burning during some of these windier days. Even with the recent rain, brush fires can get out of hand very quickly. … Click to Co...
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After battling the top-seeded Centralia Orphan into overtime, the Highland Bulldogs looked to spring their biggest upset of the season on Tuesday night. Centralia super senior guard Cruz Harlan f...
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All they needed were a couple of more shots to fall and a couple more breaks to go their way and the Highland girls basketball team would be on the … Click to Continue »
Garrin Stone and his Highland basketball Bulldogs teammates had come up short in back-to-back games against Mississippi Valley Conference rival Mascoutah during this 2023-24 regular season. Stone...
The task was anything but easy, but at the end of the night it was all worth it for the Highland girls’ basketball team. Thanks to some hard-nosed defense and … Click to Continue »
Fire Department Alert Chief John Markus is cautioning everyone about burning during some of these windier days. Even with the snow on the ground, brush fires can get out of … Click to Continue ...
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PTO Drive-Thru Spaghetti Dinner The Center School PTO will have its second annual Drive-Thru Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser 2-7 p.m. Saturday, March 2, at Alhambra Primary. Each carryout-style dinne...
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Bradley University The following area student was named to the fall 2023 Dean’s List at Bradley University: Abby Johnson of Aviston Missouri State University The following area students are rec...
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“Brayden’s Fight Club” turned out in force as the Highland town square filled with people wearing red, holding candles and praying for Brayden Baer. Brayden, a student at Highland Middle �...
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An early third-quarter run put the Highland girls’ basketball team in control against Mattoon Saturday. But, it was the senior leadership of Lauren Maas and Larissa Taylor that kept the … Cli...