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Local author republishes Palm Sunday Tornado book
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Local author republishes Palm Sunday Tornado book

Dan Cherry holding his book in Rough Draft. Aubrey Gulick | Collegian When the lights went out, Penny Wingate and her twin sisters were watching “The Wonderful World of Disney.” She remembers their dad ushering them into a small well pit in the bathroom and closing the cover. It was Palm Sunday, 1965, and Wingate...

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Chargers split series with Kentucky Wesleyan

The Hillsdale baseball team split its series against the Kentucky Wesleyan College Panthers March 26-27, placing it at a 3-5 conference record, the fourth of six teams in the G-MAC North.  After 22 games, the Chargers now have an overall record of 8-14. They retain their No. 1 rank in the G-MAC in fielding, and...

Alumni office to reopen student-alumni liason program this summer
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Alumni office to reopen student-alumni liason program this summer

Assistant Director of Student and Young Alumni Programs and 1844 Society’s staff Adviser Braden Van Dyke. The Alumni Relations Program will reopen its student-alumni liaison program this summer, giving current students the opportunity to connect with alumni. “College means partnership. That partnership doesn’t just end once you graduate; this is a lifelong partnership that students...

Historical group works to memorialize Sultana shipwreck with museum, coins
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Historical group works to memorialize Sultana shipwreck with museum, coins

The Sultana, loaded down with excess passengers. Courtesy | Facebook The Sultana Historical Preservation Society is campaigning to open a museum in Marion, Arkansas and dedicate a commemorative coin to the 1865 Sultana shipwreck. It was the deadliest maritime disaster in United States history and killed nearly 1,200 people, including 67 Civil War soldiers from...