SEYMOUR
James E. Speer, 83, of Seymour died at 1:08 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, at his home surrounded by his loving family.
The funeral service will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Voss and...
Over achieving
Thumbs-up to everyone who contributed to the 2016 Jackson County United Way fundraising campaign, which finished at $825,724. That's $15,724 more than the goal.
Bigs and Littles
Thumbs-up to Traci and Jeff Peters of Seymour for recently being named 2016...
By Michael J. Hicks
This year marks the 40th anniversary of peak factory jobs in the United States. These jobs have been in nearly steady decline ever since.
Something close to this trend has occurred throughout the developed world for a...
By Michael Tanner
Even before President Donald Trump was sworn in, Washington was abuzz with leaks about his coming budget.
According to some reports, he would propose as much as $10.5 trillion in cuts over the next 10 years. Among the...
The California mega-wine producers of the late 1970s and early 1980s did the wine industry a great favor and terrible injustice.
At a time when not much of anyone was drinking wine, California winemakers came up with something called White...
MADISON — Madison's boys basketball team will have to wait for their first Hoosier Hills Conference win of the season.
Seymour (6-10, 3-4 HHC) limited the Cubs to seven fourth quarter points, while hitting all eight of their free throw...
With all of the accolades and accomplishments in his senior year, Brownstown Central's Gavin Bane drew the attention from a list of college football programs by the season's end.
Ranging from NAIA to NCAA Division II schools, Bane had choices.
This...
Matt Fourman said the reason he chose to attend the University of Indianapolis was not only to play football, but also because the school offers a program in criminal justice.
The Seymour senior plans to become a police officer after...
Time, talents and treasures are focal points for students and staff at St. Ambrose Catholic School in Seymour.
That's especially evident each year during National Catholic Schools Week.
One day of that special celebration is devoted to community service projects, which...
Chris Moorman doesn't look the part of a stereotypical business executive.
Wearing a Purdue T-shirt and a backwards baseball cap, he looks like he would be more comfortable leading a fraternity than a company.
But looks can be deceiving.
Moorman, who studied...