Obituaries

By Gretchen Teske, Mt. Pleasant News WINFIELD ? Winfield citizens have been diligently raising money for their new swimming pool and are $35,000 shy of closing their funding gap. Mayor Chris Finnell spoke on the issue Wednesday, April 11, during the city council meeting.The hearing for the Community Attraction and Tourism (CAT) grant the city applied for in order to fund the pool, was held in Sheldon on ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Mt. Pleasant Community High School's Jazz Band took the stage Saturday night kicking off the annual Dessert Theatre, which opened to a full house April 14.Behind the scenes, some of the senior show choir students ran through the dessert set before performing, moving in sync as they counted down the steps.It was a bittersweet night for the seniors who were performing together ...

Members of the Salem Fire Department and the Henry County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to mile marker 33 on Highway 218 for a car fully engulfed in flames at little after 7 a.m. on Monday, April 16. The vehicle, a sedan car, was on the shoulder of the road on the north bound lane.

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Main Street construction may have just begun Monday, but the crew is already three days ahead of schedule.Work on N. Jefferson St. is moving rapidly. Although Jones Contracting Corp. initially planned to only do construction from Washington St. to Monroe St. this week, they have already blocked off the east side parking between Monroe St. and Madison St. and started sidewalk ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News A power outage that swept across Mt. Pleasant Friday morning was quickly resolved after Mt. Pleasant Municipal Utilities experienced a mechanical failure at the Lincoln Substation.Crews quickly responded to reports of the power outage April 13, at 7:43 a.m., and power was restored in 12 minutes.Mt. Pleasant Utilities General Manager Jack Hedgecock said that the outage was due ...

Cub Scout Pack 27 went bowling together at Iris Bowling on Friday, April 6.

By Gretchen Teske, Mt. Pleasant News WINFIELD ? Currently there are more children than openings in Winfield-Mt. Union's preschool, a problem Elementary School Principal Gabe Wylder says can be solved one of two ways.There are 23 four-year-old families who would like to register, but the school can only take 20 of those children. During the school board meeting held in the library on Wednesday, April 11, Wylder ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, the top Republican in Congress, told Republicans in the House of Representatives on Wednesday he will not seek re-election in November, his office said.Ryan will serve his full term and retire in January, Brendan Buck, spokesperson for the Speaker, said in a statement.?After nearly twenty years in the House, the speaker is proud of all that has been accomplished and is ...

By Karyn Spory, Mt. Pleasant News Harlan Elementary School was placed on lockdown Tuesday morning after a man claimed that his wife had been shot outside of the school.Ronald Richard Hall, Jr., 43, of Mt. Pleasant, was arrested after he ran into Harlan Elementary School office and falsely claimed that his wife had just been shot, sending the K-5 elementary school into lockdown.According to police reports, a ...

NEW LONDON - The New London city council met at the new community hall last night to continue discussing flooring for the new building. The conversation was tabled at the last meeting because council members Scott Campbell and Dan Berner were not present.The proposed flooring is of carpet tiles in the community area and vinyl flooring in the kitchen and bathrooms.The council met at the new community hall, 103 ...