Here in Adams County, there was plenty of news also. Here, in no particular order, are the Defender’s top stories of 2024.

Donna Sue Johnson isn’t just a person. She isn’t just a social worker or advocate for the mentally ill and the LGBTQ+ senior ...

Birmingham, AL- Auburn Baseball needed to improve to compete in the SEC in 2025. Coach Butch Thompson first wanted to fix the ...

Johni Broome scored 24 points and had seven rebounds and four blocks, and No. 2 Auburn opened Southeastern Conference play ...

Aidan O’Connell passed for two touchdowns, tight end Brock Bowers broke two rookie NFL records, and the Las Vegas Raiders ...

Ralph “Butch” Schlicht, age 82, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 24th after a 5-year battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. He was born on November 16, 1942 in Madison WI to the late Ka ...

Norman L. “Butch” Robinson, 83, formerly of Oelwein, died Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024. Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home.

Houston astronaut Butch Wilmore is one of the astronauts stuck in the Boeing spaceship for months after what was supposed to ...

(WJHL) Wayne Phillips, Tim Bowman and Butch Patterson join Amy Lynn to talk about the 35th annual Andrew Johnson Bank Ladies Classic to be held December 26th – 31st at Hal Henard Gymnasium in ...

Johnson, who has encountered a whole pack of who is who in the boxing arena during his long career. He fell to 36-22-2, Petrovsky, in August last year. Petrovsky had an ornamented amateur career ...

The Kansas City Chiefs are among the teams interested in claiming wide receiver Diontae Johnson on waivers Monday. Potential landing spots for Johnson include two AFC West teams in the Chiefs and ...