Far and away the most common mistake most people make when trying to understand the economy comes from ignoring that part of the economy they cannot directly observe. The 19th century economist Frederic Bastiat summed it up best when he...
Success doesn’t come without countless miles leading up to race day. Seymour High School sophomore Ashton Chase hardly ever took a day off during, and before, the cross-country season. That determination, paired with natural ability, often set her above the opposition...
CROTHERSVILLE Growing up in Crothersville, Katrina Christian dreamed of playing Division I college basketball. That dream turned into reality Thursday morning. Christian signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Eastern Illinois University, located in Charleston, Ill. “I decided to go...
When Stacie Pagnard scheduled a meeting for her Columbus East volleyball team in the middle of the school day Tuesday, Cortney VanLiew was a little confused. When she arrived in the school's lecture hall and saw about 60 teammates, coaches,...
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...
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...
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...
Do you want to know what’s going on in each of the themed hallways at the Seymour Middle School Sixth Grade Center? How are school sports teams doing? What events are coming up at school? What’s for lunch this week? What’s...
Columbus native Republican Mike Pence will be the first Hoosier to serve in the White House as vice president since Dan Quayle did in the early 1990s. Some local residents said they are glad to see someone from so close...
It was a day many waited for and just as many were afraid to see come. Jackson County voters went to the polls Tuesday in numbers rarely seen here. A total of 59 percent or 17,974 of 30,532 registered voters...