Following City Councilman Brian Watkins’ resignation at a March 5 city council meeting, Hillsdale residents Ted Jansen and Dennis Wainscott are preparing to face off for the vacancy left by Watkins in his Ward 1 council seat. Watkins’ emailed his resignation to Council, stating that his job as a travelling public relations officer for Toyota...
The Easter bunny will make its first appearance on the Hillsdale courthouse lawn Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. As part of the Hillsdale Business Association’s first annual Easter event, children can collect eggs to exchange for candy and gift baskets, take a picture with the Easter bunny, and support local businesses. “We’ve...
The backroom of the The Salvation Army Family Store and Donation Center is jam-packed full of books, clothing, accessories, furniture, and a variety of odds-and-ends. Country radio plays on the speakers as red-polo clad employees sort and price each item. The members of the 12-person staff have their own designated jobs, Sue Shearer handles...
Several feet from the fuschia front door of Hillsdale Beauty College, there sits a wooden cabinet with two glass doors. Its shelves brim with packaged food: a bag of rice, a can of beef stew, a box of mac ’n’ cheese — and clothing and hygiene items — a pair of gray sneakers, tubes...
Police have a man in custody after two men allegedly robbed CJ’s Party store in Mosherville at 10:39 a.m. on Monday morning. Hillsdale Daily News reports the suspect is 27-year-old Peter Steve Adkins II of Jackson. The other suspect is still at large. Employee Jeannie Macey had just finished helping a lady at the...