Area News Highlights

By Doris Elmore Staff Writer Reading will take you anywhere you want to go! The Lovington Grade School and Knightly Reading Team hosted a Family Literacy Event at the Lovington Grade School on Thursday evening, March 5 for the school district including Lovington, Arthur and Atwood-Hammond Grade Schools. Students and families checked in when they…

2026 Inductees to the Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond High School National Honor Society.  ALAH high school held their annual National Honor Society induction ceremony on Tuesday, March 3 in the west gym of the high school. The nineteen new members are: in front: Esmeralda Diaz, Gracelyn Romine, London Dugan, Emma Forman, Layla Beck, Sophia Johnson,…

ALAH FFA DISTRICT WINNERS. Abigail Miller (left) and Adyson Hopkins (right) competed on March 4 at the District IV proficiency competition and each won in their areas. Miller’s Supervised Agriculture Experience (SAE) is in Agriculture Services and in her project she works at the Arthur Sale Barn checking in animals, cashing out customers, and doing…

Justin Johnson, Mt. Zion High School Principal is proud to announce Addyson Hodges, as the March Mt. Zion Senior of the Month! Addyson’s activities during High School include: Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Students Against Destructive Decisions, National Honor Society, Key Club, Swingsations, Les Femmes, A Capella, Tabernacle Baptist Church youth and music ministry. Addyson’s Honors…

Barbara Banfield of Decatur will be celebrating her 85th birthday on Sunday, March 22 from 1-3 p.m. at Mt. Zion Christian Church, 1125 W. Florian Ave. Cake and lite snacks will be served. Barbara and her husband David (now deceased) are the parents of daughters, Sandra (Fulk now deceased), Sue McKee (Kevin) of Decatur, Shari…

Pictured with the new Brush Truck (Brush 1) at the Hammond Fire Department are, left to right, Fire Chief Roger Sebens, Assistant Chief Gary Gee, Captain Mike Webb and Engineer Jake Kamm. Photo by Kim Gee By Doris Elmore Staff Writer Members of the Hammond Fire Department are excited to display their new Brush Truck,…

Library Board and employees attending the wall-breaking ceremony. Left to right: Jamie Easton, Bernadine Andrews, Kathy Davis, Beverly Obert, Lindsey Herring, Robert Edwards, Chloe Schable, Charlotte Cash and Deb Lust. By Doris Elmore Staff Writer What is usually a ground breaking for a new addition, was changed to a wall breaking for the beginning of…