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Welcome back, Redskin fans! The students have one more week until spring break, so keep pushing! Looking back to last week, the softball team played two tough teams, losing to both. They played …
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3/23/26
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I spent about half of 2025 journeying through Middle-earth, beginning with The Hobbit and then reading The Lord of the Rings trilogy for the first time in my life. (At the time, I had never seen the …
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by Isaiah Atkins
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3/23/26
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Hello and happy March! Spring is finally here and I am ready for it!
Tomorrow is National Agriculture Day, and we are dedicating this month’s column to farmers and the food they grow for us. …
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by Katie Wilson, Montgomery County Farm Bureau
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3/23/26
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The Christiana Tillson Chapter of the NSDAR in cooperation with The Journal-News will be providing a monthly article pertaining to the build up to the Revolutionary War. The articles are for …
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3/23/26
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Dear Editor,
My Name is Rachel Treece and I live in Raymond, Illinois. I’m concerned as Pattern Energy’s “The Shoals” wind project continues to move forward just outside our …
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by Rachel Treece
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3/23/26
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Dear Editor,
Is history about to repeat itself?
Our World War II veterans and history say Germany was the most powerful country at the time Hitler became drunk with power and …
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by Paul Hemken
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3/23/26
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Welcome back, Topper Nation! Welcome to the second week of fourth quarter! As we enter spring, here are a few important updates and reminders for the HHS community. The answer to last week’s riddle …
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3/19/26
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Dear Editor,
For nearly 100 years, my family has called Montgomery County home. As the fourth generation farming our land, I've watched us face droughts, floods, market swings and …
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by Heath Houck
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3/16/26
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To the Editor,
My name is Jason Goby. My family farms in Montgomery County and I am writing to firmly oppose the Shoals Renewables wind turbine project proposed by Pattern Energy in …
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by Jason Goby
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3/16/26
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Dear Editor,
The media landscape is changing and it's not for the better. Media consolidation has resulted in independent newsrooms - print, digital, and broadcast alike - becoming …
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by Jake Leonard
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3/16/26
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Dear Editor,
Below is my Public Comment given to the Montgomery County full board on March 10.
Thank you for the opportunity to speak tonight at this county board meeting. My name is Dionne …
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by Dionne and Ken Manzer
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3/16/26
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Dear Editor,
I did some research on the Internet and gathered a lot of useful information which I shall share here. At turbine height (older turbines), the average wind speed in Montgomery County …
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by Mike Maccanelli
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3/16/26
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Dear Editor,
No Kings?
When the no kings protest started, I wasn’t sure what they were about. I eventually found out that most of them don't like Trump and that is what it is all about. …
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by Stan Huber
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3/16/26
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To the Editor,
In recent letters to the editor, writers have voiced concern about the impact wind farms will have on the rural atmosphere and lifestyle of county citizenery.
Everyone in the …
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by Bill Schroeder
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3/16/26
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Welcome back, Redskin fans! I hope you are ready, because this week is a busy one! Last week, the girls softball team started their season 1-1, defeating Cowden Herrick/Beecher City, but falling to …
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3/16/26
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Hello and welcome back to another week of the Lancer Lines! I hope everyone has had a great week! I will start this week with the answer to last week’s riddle! Here it is: What goes up when the …
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by Ella Jenkins
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3/12/26
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Welcome back, Topper Nation! Welcome to the fourth quarter! As we enter spring here are a few important updates and reminders for the HHS community. The answer to last week’s riddle is rain! The …
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by Milla Anderson
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3/12/26
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February 1959 piles on more problems for Grandma and the family. She is still in St. Joseph’s Hospital in Alton recovering from breast cancer surgery. My eight year old sister, Connie, is now a …
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by Carole (Best) Brown rosebudbooks@gmail.com
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3/9/26
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Dear Editor,
Montgomery County is a rural farming community built by wonderful families who have passed their farms down from one generation to the next. Many have invested their …
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by Sunny Rosenthal
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3/9/26
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Dear Editor,
Since the turn of the century, homes and businesses have invested in their own forms of power generation. Mostly, it has been solar panels. Wind generators, those monstrous …
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by Russ Beason
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3/9/26
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