Gladstone News

John Gaines/ The Hawk Eye " I'm tired of looking for jobs" said Terry Goodpaster of Burlington as he studies for a class at Southeastern Community College in West Burlington.

Line dancers, from left, Emma Alexander, 13, of Biggsville; Anna Stevenson, 13, of Gladstone; and Jamie Bundy, 13, of Oquawka, dance to country music while volunteering at the Henderson County Fun and Flood Relief Day Saturday in West Central Elementary School gym in Biggsville, Ill.

Henderson County Health Department has announced a new schedule for H1N1 vaccinations.

STONE GLEANINGS: Mr. Lewis moved from the W. M. James house into Mrs. Frank Johnson's house in the east part of town.

GLADSTONE GLEANINGS: Mrs. Will Graham and sons, Loren and Howard, went to Ely, Ia to remain over the 4th of July with her son Farrell and family.

I really look forward each year in traveling about our county to see sites and visit with our neighbors and those who come from afar, during Heritage Trails in Henderson County.

Fall is just around the corner and will bring with it a delightful array of changing colors, a lush harvest, the scurrying of wildlife, and an abundance to be thankful for.

OLENA OBSERVATIONS: Keith Hicks and Lee Davis went on the excursion Sabbath day on the new pleasure craft, the Capitol.

John Lovretta/The Hawk Eye Naomi Lightfoot holds a family Bible she recently found while visiting the site of her demolished home Thursday in rural Gladstone.

John Lovretta/The Hawk Eye Naomi Lightfoot holds a family Bible she recently found while visiting the site of her demolished home Thursday in rural Gladstone.

John Lovretta/The Hawk Eye Heidi Sorenson, center, project manager with the Flood Assistance Program contracted by the Salvation Army, and Karen Cole, left, and Heidi Ross pack school backpacks with supplies Thursday in the Flood Assistance Program office at the Henderson County Health Department in Gladstone, Ill.

The Prairie State just had an extra six months to get accustomed to the change. When Illinois ban went into effect Jan.

GULFPORT, Ill. -- Despite being told by the Henderson County, Ill., Sheriff's Department to close shop, Heartland Fireworks LLC has returned to Gulfport, Ill., to sell its combustible wares.

Money will address basic unmet needs. By CHRISTINIA CRIPPES ccrippes@thehawkeye.com GLADSTONE, Ill.

MEDIA MEANDERINGS: Thomas Wilson returned from Florida where he purchased a home and soon will move there.

GLADSTONE, Illinois - One year ago today, residents of Gladstone, Illinois were preparing for the historic flood of 2008.

Villagers face many of the same woes decades later. By CHRISTINIA CRIPPES ccrippes@thehawkeye.com "Shanties, corn stalks and just plain trash were flowing south across town.

Friendship is a bond that reaches beyond death. That's certainly the case for resident Brian Randall, who spent the weekend racing at O'Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis in a 2006 Dodge Ram 2500 diesel truck that belonged to his friend Dennis "Tunk" Fritz.