Area News Highlights

Pictured are Judge Randy Rosenbaum, Chief Judge for the 6th Circuit Court, Supreme Court Justice David Overstreet, John Watson and Kate Watson as she is sworn in as Judge for Douglas County. On Tuesday, May 2, in a courtroom packed with family and friends, career prosecutor Kate Watson was sworn in as circuit judge for…

Pictured are Tim Mooney, Vice President, Business Development of First Bank, Ashley Brian, Vice President, Cashier of First Bank, Cooper Fleming, and Ericka Crist Douglas County Ag Literacy Coordinator. Douglas County Farm Bureau recently held its tenth annual coloring contest. The overall grand prize winner is Cooper Fleming from Atwood-Hammond Grade School. Cooper is a…

ALAH STUDENT COUNCIL MAKES DONATION. ALAH Student Council President Brady Moore and Vice President Claire Seal presented a check to the Ansar Shrine Potentate Jason Cutright and Tri County Shrine President Nick Quick. The ALAH students raised the money wearing ugly Christmas sweaters along with a hat day. The check will be donated to the…

The Regional Office of Education #11 is pleased to announce the 2023 4th Annual ROE #11 Recognition of Excellence Award Recipients. The Regional Office of Education #11 requested nominations from each school district within the region seeking to highlight a pre-k through grade 12 professional who has modeled excellence in education. Nominees included exceptionally skillful…

ALAH SENIOR PROM COURT. “A Whole New World” is the theme for the 2023 Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond Junior-Senior Prom to be held this Saturday, May 6 at Penn Station. The coronation at 8:00 p.m. is open to the public. Senior class members chosen for the prom court include (first row) Jacob Adcock and Bailey…

Sisters Milannah and Georgia will be holding their 6th Annual Sisters Lemonade Stand for St. Jude Children’s Hospital on Saturday, May 6. These girls would like to invite you on Saturday, May 6, to their 6th Annual SISTERS LEMONADE STAND for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Milannah and Georgia will be set-up under a tent…

WASHINGTON, D.C. BOUND. The Class of 2023, 80 students and 5 chaperones, left Arthur Saturday evening on two chartered buses around 5:00 p.m. heading east for their senior trip. This Knight tradition started in 1952 when the class went to Niagara Falls and then in 1955 they began traveling to Washington, D.C. They will return…