Come and enjoy a night of sweet treats and music and help support Hillsboro High School Musical Theatre with HHS On Broadway Saturday, Feb. 14 at 7 p.m.

Last spring, Illinois county judge Jeffrey Goffinet noticed something startling: A legal brief filed in his courtroom cited a case that did not exist.

The Highland County Board of Elections this week certified petitions for the May 5 primary election, as local candidates on the ballot will include two contested judicial races, plus uncontested races for county commissioner, auditor and central committee seats.

More than $1.5 million in findings for recovery issued by the Auditor of State’s Office between 2019 and 2025 were the result of interest, penalties, and fees after public officials failed to pay bills or submit payroll withholdings on time.

For the last couple of weeks, the news has been non-stop about a certain person being missing, perhaps kidnapped. I am saddened that a certain person’s mother is missing, but how many other people have become missing during this time frame? 50? 100? 1,000? I have no way of knowing.  

A second aircraft carrier is en route to the Middle East as tensions build with Iran, according to multiple reports. The USS Gerald Ford, the newest and largest carrier in the fleet, is headed back to the Middle East after assisting with operations in the Caribbean, including Operation Absolute Resolve, which led to the capture of deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Mauro.

While Democrats seem to think they have found a potent weapon with which to blame Republicans and Donald Trump for rising electricity prices, the facts tell a far different story. No amount of political spin will change those.