The drum set that knocked down five ceiling tiles with its stage-shaking beat now supported the boots of senior Jake Coonradt. His back to the audience, he timed his return to the ground with the final strum of his guitar solo. And 250 pairs of feet beat the Elk’s Lodge floor into submission. The Phi...
City Councilman Adam Stockford was elected mayor on Nov. 7, carrying 56 percent of the vote and defeating incumbent Scott Sessions. Hillsdale residents also voted on four open city council seats. City Councilmen Will Morrisey and Bill Zeiser ran unopposed, holding their seats in Wards 2 and 3. Ray Briner, a senior credit analyst at...
A motion that could increase the City of Hillsdale’s income by levying taxes on the incoming Meijer grocery store planned to be built in Fayette Township failed to carry at a Nov. 6 Hillsdale City Council meeting, after local business owners spoke out against the the plan. Called a 425 Agreement, the re-zoning arrangement would...
The Hillsdale College Chargers secured their first winning season since 2012 with a 45-7 victory over Malone University on Saturday. The win improved Hillsdale’s record to 6-4 and 4-2 in the conference. On a dreary, wet Senior Day, the Chargers dominated the contest from the opening kickoff, building a 31-0 lead by halftime....
Ashley Diane Hoath, 27, pleaded guilty to second degree murder on Oct. 31 — days before she was supposed to testify in a jury trial regarding the murder of 37-year-old Jeremy Alan Barron. The details of the plea bargain have not been released. A group of Amish children found Barron’s body in April, while riding...