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Police abate ongoing code-violating property after drug bust
Staff After serving a search warrant and arresting three people, Sweet Home Police Department abated an ongoing code…
Love at first sight leads to 65th anniversary for local couple
Audrey Gomez Cleta and Herbert Fox celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on Sept. 30. They’ve known each other…
Portable facility in place, RV store owners continue business following fire
Sean C. Morgan Recovering from an Aug. 25 fire that destroyed a shop and damaged inventory and the…
The building of Husky Field II: How a community came together
Scott Swanson This Friday night, Oct. 9, Sweet Home High School will hold its annual Homecoming game, hosting…
Sportsman’s Holiday Court members
A committee of organizers got the Sportsman’s Holiday Court off to an early start last week, naming six…
Celebrating fall at Harvest Festival
Sweet Home residents turned out in a crowd Saturday for the annual Harvest Festival in Sankey Park. Here,…
FBI: Local crime rate on upswing
Sean C. Morgan The crime rate in Sweet Home increased significantly from 2013 to 2014, increasing by 17.4…
Ileta Hopper, other Foster Grandparents, make big impact locally
Audrey Gomez Ileta Hopper spends many hours each week helping students and teachers at Oak Heights School. She’s…
Council passes on proposal to change billing
Sean C. Morgan The City Council rejected a proposal to change the monthly date for mailing delinquency notices…
Holley gardeners reap harvest
HolleyHawk Garden Club started in February with its largest group of participants ever – “hard-working” 30 students and…
Library open mic
Both Dana Kirk and Mark Holden teach at Sweet Home Junior High and recently published their books. About…
Sweet Home man arrested following drug-related search on Westwood
Sweet Home police arrested one man in connection with a search warrant on Westwood Avenue on Sept. 22.…
Harvest Fest line-up bigger than ever
Sean C. Morgan The annual Harvest Festival, bigger and better than ever, opens at 10 a.m. Saturday in…
Main Street effort aims to pick up where others have stalled, move ahead
Scott Swanson If you were to change something about Sweet Home’s downtown, what would that be and what…
Finally: The true story of why firemen wear red suspenders
Roberta McKern This month we continue with some excerpts from the very interesting book “The Golden Arrow and…
Visit to museum turns into career move for local history teacher
Sean C. Morgan A conversation about her history class in the right place and at the right time…
New Charter School principal brings organizational experience to job
Audrey Gomez Tavia Thornton has started her 10th year at Sweet Home Charter School, but this time in…
Rare lunar show
The eclipse was a rarity in that it occurred during a supermoon, which happens once a year and…
Crash outside Crawfordsville
Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District rescue workers assist a Brownsville woman whose vehicle, right, rolled over Friday…
Nandina apartment fire
Photo by Scott Swanson Firefighters work to evacuate a smoke-filled apartment at 1237 Nandina St., apartment 7, Friday…
Working together best means of accomplishment
A recent National Geographic magazine article tells the story of a team of five bold, experienced adventurers who…
New public trash cans being installed around SH
Sean C. Morgan If they ever had a good excuse for dropping trash along Sweet Home’s streets, litterers…
Fire scorches 4.4 acres of grass on Marks Ridge
Fire burned 4.4 acres of brush and grass in the 42255 Marks Ridge Road on Sept. 15. Firefighters…
Green Peter pool soon too low for boats
Green Peter reservoir is expected to be inaccessible to boaters as early as this week and only one…