For the better part of Indiana’s history, high school basketball has been the glue that binds citizens together. Is there a Hoosier living who hasn’t played the game, cheered a sectional or seen the classic movie “Hoosiers” — multiple times?...
(MARION) CHRONICLE-TRIBUNE The Indiana Statewide Testing for Education Progress Plus, better known as ISTEP+, has been the State’s barometer in gauging how our kids are doing in the classroom. While original hopes were that a replacement test would be implemented for...
Two brothers from Seymour enlisted in the U.S. Air Force at about the same time back in the mid-1970s. At the time, there wasn’t a lot to do in what was then John Mellencamp’s “small town.” “I was going to college,...
BROWNSTOWN Brownstown Central’s cross-country teams met at the auditorium Tuesday to celebrate and recognize awards for the 2016 season. The Braves’ girls team put together a very successful season, finishing second at the Mid-Southern Conference, fourth at sectional, third in regional...
Seymour High School seniors Lauren Fleetwood, Hannah Sipe, Cecily Coffman and Addie Rudge put countless hours into the volleyball program. At Thursday night’s season-end awards program, the four took home nearly all the honors presented on the night in part...
The Seymour girls went on a 6-0 run late in the fourth period to break open a tight game and post a 58-53 win against Silver Creek Friday night in the Lloyd E. Scott Gymnasium. Prior to the game, most...
Trinity Lutheran High School honored student-athletes for the 2016 fall sports programs Tuesday evening in the Bollinger Athletic Complex. Athletics director Aaron Rudzinski said the school hosts the program to recognize and say thank you to the students that participate...
Russell Broughton Jr. and Nathan Simpson were a couple of years apart at Seymour High School, and both wound up serving in the Marine Corps around the same time. They ran into each other during a tour in Iraq in...
Around the time of the Great Depression, life was difficult for families. Food and other items were rationed, jobs were hard to come by and some homes didn't have electricity. During that time, John R. and Bessie McKain of the Shale...
CROTHERSVILLE A southern Indiana real estate developer has expressed plans for a housing addition in Crothersville. Matthew Conway recently met with town council President Lenvel "Butch" Robinson and town employees Mason Boicourt and Chris Mains to discuss adding 10 to 12...