By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Jillian Leighton smiled Friday afternoon, even as the event she was waiting for at Walmart took a little while to get started. Due to a traffic accident in downtown Burlington, the “cops” portion of “Shop With a Cop” were a little late to arrive – though […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart EDITOR For 13-year-old Kayla Brown, New Year’s Eve isn’t a high-profile day – she normally just hangs out with friends. She remembers nothing from the day in 2014 – only from the day before, spending time at her friend Samantha Russell’s home after they went shopping at […]

A live nativity will be held Thursday on Christmas Eve at Squire’s farm, 27615 Church Road, Burlington. The services run every half hour from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The public is invited to this free event. English Settlement Church members and friends will play angels, shepherds, wise men and […]

A Burlington teenager – who admitted to police he was already on probation for having sex with an underage female – is now charged with felony sexual assault after having sex with two 15-year-olds. Dave Fenlon, 17, was charged last week in Racine County Circuit Court with three counts of […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor In the grand cascade that has reorganized the City of Burlington police department in the past year, the latest promotion occurred the first week of December. Matthew Baumhardt, an officer who had been with the department since 2011, was officially sworn in as the department’s newest […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Since earlier this year, the City of Burlington has known it is facing potential costs to monitor its storm water systems. Now, the first step in that process is set to be taken. On Tuesday, the City of Burlington Common Council discussed approving a task order […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor The Burlington Area School District Policy Committee approved a number of changes to the district’s graduation requirements last week, sending the policy to the full board for its first reading Monday. The most important of the changes involves a new civics test that high school students […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor While the Burlington Area School District has experienced declining enrollment, the student leadership numbers continue to blossom. This year, more than 130 students are involved in the Burlington High School leadership program, DRIVEN. On Friday, about 100 of those students took to Arbor View Communities and […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor After more than a year of discussing and debating changes to the Burlington Area School District naming rights policy, the question of just what the School Board wants remains. The latest effort at revising the policy passed through the BASD School Board Policy Committee meeting Monday […]