Spring can’t come soon enough for members of the Ripley and District Horticultural Society (RDHS) who met March 12 following cancelled meetings in both January and February. This was the traditional March Break meeting combining youth and adult members, visitors and guests for fun and education on the theme of “Digging in the Dirt.” In […]






Wiring, circuit breakers and electrical panels were stolen or heavily damaged when multiple storage units were broken into at Graceland Festival Grounds, home of Lucknow’s Music in the Fields (LMITF) and Dungannon Super Pull. “This is deeply disappointing to the committee and directors. The grounds are owned by the Lucknow and District Kinsmen and Lucknow’s […]






The Dungannon Agricultural Society is in dire need of committed volunteers, or it could be forced to disband. “People are panicking a little bit,” society president Dave Sjaarda said in a March 19 phone interview, describing the community’s reaction to the news. In a letter posted to the society’s social media on March 13, the […]






A rookie London MP who was born in Burundi is one of three new faces in a slimmed-down federal Liberal cabinet unveiled Friday. Arielle Kayabaga, who announced her intention to seek the Liberal nomination in London West almost exactly four years ago during her first term on London city council, was named government House leader and […]