Using jail space to treat inmates for addictions makes sense
The Alliance for Substance Abuse Progress in Bartholomew County is the entity tasked with finding solutions to the local drug crisis that has worsened...
Letter: Let’s not pretend biofuel is helping environment
From: Noel Taylor
Columbus
Like Kris Tom in his recent letter, I have no love for oil lobbyists. Unlike Kris Tom, I’ve looked at the ethanol...
Letter: Hatred won’t let light of goodness shine
From: John Vanderbur
Greensburg
It seems as though whenever I turn on the television I hear news that someone has been killed by a deranged person(s)....
Letter: We all helped create insanity that traps us
From: Tom Lane
Columbus
We are in strange times of hate and violence. We are quick to denounce the “other side” no matter who that is....
School district’s English learners program making huge difference
Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp. has responded well to a growing influx of Hispanic students who are not fluent in English.
In 12 years time, the...
Lesson from reader sticks with writer
By Harry McCawley
I will miss being edited by Geoff Vincent.
It’s been a while since Geoff last took to a keyboard to point out a...
Letter: Community needs to get involved in government
From: Michael Greven, Nathan Haza, Jenny Heichelbech, Shreya Hurli, Hanna Omar, Lee Shipman, Penny Shumard, Zohie Wagner, Terry Whittaker and Jean Marr Wilkins
Members of...
Letter: Congressmen shouldn’t have to be coaxed into condemning neo-Nazis
From: Hannah Hedges
Nabb
In the wake of the violence in Charlottesville, most Republican leaders issued statements condemning white supremacists and neo-Nazis. U.S. Rep. Luke Messer,...
Take time to visit city’s radiant exhibit installations
Columbus residents see iconic works of Modern architecture all around the city, even if they do not intentionally seek them out during their daily...
Terminally ill find hope in legislation
(Bedford) Times-Mail
Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.”
— Jim Valvano
Imagine your child has been diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a disease with no discernible...
