Lenawee County District Judge Laura J. Schaedler gives her ruling Sept. 3 to bind over to circuit court the murder and evidence-tampering case against John Russell Skelton, foreground, at the conclusion of the case’s preliminary examination. Photo by David Panian.
ADRIAN — Two moments were most telling during defendant John Russell Skelton’s preliminary examination on murder and evidence-tampering charges for Lenawee County District Judge Laura J.
The Flight 93 National Memorial near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, is pictured Sept. 11, 2025. Submitted photo.
TECUMSEH — Last week in Lenawee County District Court, those of us attending the John Skelton preliminary examination were reminded of one of the darkest days in our nation’s history.
Devan Morgan shows off a sweater featuring a popular internet meme during a Sip and Stitch group at Musgrove and Co. in Tecumseh. Submitted photo.
Younger generations are trading in streaming services for VHS, video games for puzzles and board games, and processed foods for meals made from scratch.
People wait in line Sept. 4 for the opening of Wild Adventures: A Smart Zoo Experience, which came to Tecumseh this past week. The traveling animatronic zoo experience was stationed from 2 to 7 p.m. in the parking lot at Family Farm & Home, 2655 W. Chicago Blvd. Photo by Brad Heineman.
The Artalicious Fine Arts Fair will return to downtown Adrian Sept. 19 and 20, with some changes to give both vendors and attendees an improved experience.
Lenawee County sheriff’s deputies lead Matt Allen Koester of Palmyra out of Lenawee County Circuit Court past members of crash victim Jaiden Taylor’s family after Koester was sentenced to a year in jail on four counts of attempted reckless driving causing death for causing a crash that killed Taylor and three other K&B Asphalt Sealcoating employees on Sept. 4, 2023. Photo by David Panian.
ADRIAN — Anger, forgiveness and, most of all, grief were expressed Aug.
Attorney William Amadeo, left, covers his mouth while talking to his client, John Russell Skelton, Aug. 26 in Lenawee County District Court during Skelton’s preliminary examination. Skelton is charged with open murder and evidence tampering in the deaths and disappearance of his three young sons in 2010. Photo by David Panian.
ADRIAN — Witnesses described interactions they had with John Russell Skelton around the time his three young sons disappeared at Thanksgiving 2010 as a preliminary examination began last week in Le
Marvel Entertainment illustrator Jerry DeCaire led a three-hour illustration workshop Aug. 29 at the Tecumseh District Library. Before taking participants on a handful of guided drawing lessons, DeCaire shared about some of the Marvel comic book characters he’s drawn over the years. Photo by Brad Heineman.
TECUMSEH — Those who attended a step-by-step, illustrative workshop this past weekend at the Tecumseh District Library learned a lot more than just how to draw comic book characters such as Thor an
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