Walking into the campus library, visitors run across a plaque beside the painting of a young boy, “Mike” Alex Mossey. The plaque says little about the boy, whose joyful life ended in tragedy, but whose legacy at Hillsdale lives on. Michael Alex Mossey was born on Oct. 2, 1954 to two Hillsdale alumni, Donald Mossey...
The mother of a man killed by a Hillsdale County Sheriff’s deputy in April is suing the Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Office. Guadalupe Herrera filed the lawsuit on behalf of her son, Oscar Herrera, on Sept. 13. It names Hillsdale County Sheriff Scott Hodshire and Deputy Adam Burlew as defendants. Guadalupe Herrera’s lawyers allege that Burlew...
U.S. Circuit Judge Sara Lisznyai has decided to postpone all jury trials until January due to concerns about COVID-19. Many defendants will be held in the Hillsdale County Jail as they await the delayed trials. According to Circuit Court Administrator Cindy Webb, this deadline could still be moved out further. “I’m not sure about even...
Professors had mixed responses to a ballot initiative that proposes to award Michigan’s electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote. Associate Professor of Politics Khalil Habib said the initiative is “an idiotic idea.” Professor of Political Economy Gary Wolfram said the National Popular Vote is “an attempt to alter the incentive for...
The suspect in a fatal hit-and-run is set to face pretrial in the 1st Judicial Circuit Court on Oct. 18. Dylan Lee Jones, 21, faces a potential life sentence due to four felony cases stemming from the hit-and-run, according to his attorney, Kimm Burger. One case consists of reckless driving causing death and failure to...