Rob Gronkowski returns to Woodland Hills to break in new fitness center

Rob Gronkowski remembers contending with rust on the bar when doing clean lifts 15 years ago at Woodland Hills High School. “It was dirty in here,” Gronkowski told a crowd of excited Woodland Hills student athletes Tuesday as he helped open the school’s …

Super Bowl champion Rob Gronkowski gives back to Woodland Hills by funding weight room renovation

Three tips to make most of brighter weather with woodland and countryside walks

MAKE the most of brighter ­weather and head into the great outdoors. Adding extra activities to make rambles more fun — while always respecting the countryside — need not cost the earth. 6 Three tips to make most of brighter weather with woodland and …

Woodland students compete in Optimist oratorical event

Woodland sophomores Olivia Tarpley and Mya Mudro earned the right to compete at the district level by coming out on top at the local Optimist Oratorical competition.The district level of competition was held at the Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau. Tarpley …

Senior spotlight: Woodland's Jayden Burney

As a child, Jayden wanted to be a neurologist. After high school, she plans to take the National Registry EMT test to get her license and work part-time. Then, she intends to attend St. Louis Community College to become a funeral director and embalmer. She …

Woodland softball seeks spring success

Woodland High School’s girls softball team didn’t have any problems with its offense in starting the 2025 campaign 2-0. It got 21 runs in its opening game and another 15 in its second contest. Along with multiple home runs in each of those victories, …

Sydnee Plesko the latest Woodland alum to return to lead program

RURAL STREATOR – “Once a Woodland Warrior, always a Woodland Warrior.” That motto at the small school a few miles south of Streator is being proven true again this spring, with 2021 Woodland graduate Sydnee Plesko taking over the Woodland/Flanagan- …

John Healey's woodland walks with special branch

For years, John Healey found peace and solace as he strolled around his favourite woodland with wife Jackie. After a hectic week of being an MP in Westminster, it was a heavenly time of tranquillity and nature. These days, wandering along the 3.9-km …

Senior spotlight: Woodland's Haley Lerwick

Haley Rose Lerwick, born March 3, 2007, is the daughter of Chad and Lisa Lerwick and has two siblings, Tom and Dylan. Her favorite teacher is Ms. Stegman, who has helped her discover her talent and love for writing and performance. Three words that …

'Sweetest boy with the brightest soul': Heartbreak after teenager found dead in woodland

Tributes have flooded in for a teenager who was tragically found dead in woodland following a huge search to find him. Luke Fingleton, from Bacup, was found nine days after he had been reported as missing, having last been seen on Thorn Bank at around 9. …