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Sunday, December 22, 2024
Burlington celebrated the 100th anniversary of its Abraham Lincoln statue Sunday with a ceremony befitting the president roundly regarded as the country’s finest. About 100 people turned out for the event hosted by the Burlington Historical Society at the foot of the recently restored statue near the intersection of Kane […]
ChocolateFest, Burlington’s marquee annual festival, opens May 23 and runs through the Memorial Day weekend. For a complete guide to this year’s festival, please click on the headline above. The e-reader will appear below. [embedit snippet=”chocolatefest-2014″]
Newspapers launch in-depth series on the devastating effect heroin is having in the area From unsuspecting high school students seeking a new buzz at a party, to middle-aged men and women recovering from painful surgery, heroin has become a vortex from which few who try the drug are able to […]
CDB oil law may be named in Lydia Schaeffer’s honor By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Sally Schaeffer is calling Friday and Saturday the “last dance” for her daughter, Lydia. After fighting a successful battle this winter and spring to get Lydia access to cannabidiol (CBD) oil as an alternative treatment for […]
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Burlington High School boys golf team achieved a first May 13 in the season’s fourth Southern Lakes Conference Major, held at Brighton Dale Golf Links in Kansasville. The Demons won. Waterford dominated the major format since its inception last season. The Wolverines, the […]
Monday afternoon’s severe thunderstorm – which prompted both a severe thunderstorm and tornado warning – had residents of Bohner’s Lake describing a funnel cloud over the area. According to resident Ted Lupella, he followed the funnel cloud up into the area from Richmond, Ill. Another resident in the area […]
With Memorial Day almost upon us, American flags were hung around the Veterans Memorial at Echo Park last week. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)
By Mike Ramczyk and Chris Bennett [email protected] Burlington and visiting Elkhorn played to a 2-2 tie after seven innings Thursday evening, so the girls decided to turn the game into a marathon. The three-hour, 11-inning instant classic finally ended when Demons third baseman Chy Onstad came to the […]
Burlington hopes to even series at home Thursday By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor The Burlington baseball team was flying high entering Tuesday night’s game at Southern Lakes rival Waterford. Winners of five straight games, including doubleheader sweeps on consecutive nights, the Demons found themselves at 10-2-1 and in position […]
Scott was star on 2001 state championship squad By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Basketball has been good to Kyle Scott. The 2002 Catholic Central graduate has won a high school state championship, played collegiately and worked for the NBA. In fact, Scott even had the opportunity to meet NBA […]
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