By Lee Hamilton A lot of dire predictions about our representative democracy are being circulated. We’re just past a presidential election campaign in which candidates complained about a rigged political system. Now, commentators worry about the imminent failure of the...
The Seymour Senior 107 Club will conduct its monthly meeting at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Seymour Community Center, 107 S. Chestnut St. There will be a pitch-in dinner with games to follow. The 107 Club is an outreach of Jackson...
By Simon Lester During the presidential campaign and following the election, Donald Trump has put forward a steady stream of economic nationalist rhetoric, with threats of tariffs and trade agreement shutdowns. Trump has paid particular attention to the auto industry,...
There will be a chili cook-off during the Seymour boys and girls' varsity doubleheader basketball game against Jennings County from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Lloyd E. Scott Gymnasium tomorrow. Good will donations will be accepted, with $5...
The list of accomplishments grows almost every week for the Seymour Wrestling Club. This past weekend, the grapplers added another achievement to their résumé at the state level. In their second time ever attending the event, Seymour finished in fifth place...
It was lights-out at the Bollinger Athletic Complex during the girls' basketball game on Tuesday evening. Mother Nature checked-in to the game between Trinity Lutheran and Waldron in the fourth quarter, but there was no thunderous applause and the shots...
Isaiah Sexton likes the way Seymour head swim coach Dave Boggs and assistant Dennis Bowers let swimmers try different events. Once the swimmers find their niche, the coaches then place them where they feel they can succeed. In the meet Saturday...
Going some places around other kids, Melissa Jones' daughter, Keara Riley, has to deal with them teasing or picking on her. It's because she has special needs, and some kids don't understand. Jones said her daughter needed a place where she...
Crothersville residents who see criminal or suspicious activity should immediately contact the local police department. Police Chief Brent Turner said some people already do that, but he wants everyone to become more involved. That's his reason for starting a neighborhood watch...
At the end of Indiana University's past two college football seasons, the Hoosiers have gone from one coast to the other. On Dec. 26, 2015, their 10th bowl game in school history was played at Yankee Stadium, the home of...