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No shepherds, angels, magi — just ‘Joy!’ By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com Carols and a wreath help make the Christmas season bright. Times-Gazette file photo Editor’s Note: It’s been said that Christmas is one of the few holidays that has its own “soundtrack.” The Times-Gazette today presents the seventh in a special 12-part series entitled “The 12 Carols of Christmas” that will appear daily through Christmas Eve, relating the history and story behind some of the best-loved sacred songs of the season. English minister Isaac Watts was 45 years old when he bro...

$11.3 million county budget approved By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com Shown from left during Wednesdays meeting of the Highland County board of commissioners are David Daniels, president Jeff Duncan and vice president Terry Britton. Tim Colliver | The Times-Gazette The Highland County Board of Commissioners finalized an $11.3 million budget for 2021 on Wednesday. The commissioners’ regular Wednesday meeting covered resolutions, contracts and last-minute coronavirus relief funding requests in addition to next year’s budget. “Mainly the order of business for today is cle...

Hillsboro approves ’21 budget By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com Council president Tom Eichinger presides over the Hillsboro City Council’s Monday meeting. Councilwoman Ann Morris is pictured in the foreground. Tim Colliver | The Times-Gazette Hillsboro City Council met for the final time in 2020 Monday night, approving and adopting 11 ordinances and resolutions, including $5,421,820 in general fund appropriations for 2021. City auditor Alex Butler told The Times-Gazette that the $5.4 million general fund budget was “the most critical” for budget funding and was mainly ...

“Midnight Clear”: A request for peace on earth By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com Although Highland County may not have a white Christmas, a snowman is still a cheery symbol of the holiday season. Tim Colliver | The Times-Gazette Editor’s Note: It’s been said that Christmas is one of the few holidays that has its own “soundtrack.” The Times-Gazette today presents part six of a special 12-part series entitled “The 12 Carols of Christmas” that will appear daily through Christmas Eve, relating the stories behind some of the best-loved sacred songs of the season. Am...

“Woop Woop” Puckett remembers Charley Pride By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com Charley Pride with Dayne Puckett in 1974. Submitted photo “Country” Charley Pride, who rose to prominence as country music’s first black superstar during a time of racial unrest in the late 1960s, died over the weekend at the age of 86 due to COVID-19 complications. Local country music performer and promoter Dayne “Woop Woop” Puckett, who spent over a decade doing sales and promotion with Pride, reflected on his time riding tour buses and airplanes with Pride. “One thing about Charley...