Year: 2015

Continuing its theme of hosting top country singers, the Hillsdale County Fair announced Monday its 2015 grandstand entertainer will be four-time Grammy-nominated Trace Adkins. “Trace has such a range. He can tug at your heart strings and then cut loose,” said Scott Dow, Hillsdale County Fair manager. “He’s a perfect fit for our fair.” Adkins...

After a string of alcohol policy violations and pending recommitment from current members, Sigma Chi fraternity has been placed on social probation this semester, with limited social probation next semester, and the chance to petition the administration for social functions involving alcohol at the end of the year. Underage drinking by Sigma Chi members at...

For more than 11 hours, six fire departments fought to extinguish a fire that ravaged the Coldwater Inn on Feb. 16. The fire demolished the inn’s main building, but two secondary structures remain. There were no casualties. The initial cause of the fire is still being investigated. “It was a pretty significant fire in terms...

The Hillsdale County Prosecutor’s Office is investigating the mental history of James A. Momenee, 47, who was shot and killed Feb. 12 before making any charges in relation to his death. Momenee’s father-in-law, Edward Michael, told a Jackson Citizen Patriot newspaper reporter that he killed Momenee in self-defense, but no arrests have been made in...

Aaron Schepps `14 experienced the highlight of his first year of teaching when one of his seventh-graders responded with meaningful observations in his middle school literature class last Friday. Schepps, a teacher at the Barney Initiative’s newly founded Atlanta Classical Academy, has been struggling all year to connect with a student who deals with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity...