LEESBURG — The Leesburg Candelaria and town Christmas party will be held from 6 to 9 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 7, in the old Leesburg firehouse/clerk treasurer’s office on the corner of Pearl and Van Buren streets. Volunteers come together to create more than 1,000 luminarias — small paper lanterns —  to line the streets and …read more.

  LEESBURG — The Boy Scouts of America can trace its roots back nearly 210 years ago to 1810 when Chicago newspaper magnate William D. Boyce founded the organization following a trip to London, during which he had an encounter with a boy who became known as the “Unknown Scout.” Throughout its history, more than …read more.

A Boy Scout Court of Honor was held Sunday afternoon in Leesburg for 18-year-old Brian J. Holloway, Leesburg. The Warsaw Community High School Junior received his Eagle Scout Award. Holloway, son of Joe and Vanessa Holloway, is a member of Boy Scout Troop No. 729, Leesburg. He is the fifth Scout from the troop to …read more.