If ever someone wanted to drive a school bus, now is the time.

If you’re reading this you probably also took in the first half of my annual feature that celebrates books last week; thanks for coming back for more. It was the great Western writer, Louis L’Amour who said that once you’ve read a book you care about, “… some part of it is always with you.”

PERU — The International Circus Hall of Fame is asking for emergency donations after discovering a main supporting beam has rotted in a 100-year-old historic circus barn.

Marley knows how to sit, stay and walk pretty well on a leash.

Environmental groups hoping to see meaningful legislative action on issues ranging from coal ash regulation to management of wetlands may be disappointed when the General Assembly wraps up its abbreviated session in mid-March.

Research shows that daily exposure to preschool education creates a firm foundation for an academic career and improves chances of success later in life. But in Indiana, children who get these opportunities are in the minority.

It’s stated, “There’s an increasing amount of evidence that singing releases endorphins, serotonin and dopamine – the ‘happy’ chemicals that boost your mood and make you feel good about yourself. Scientists believe that’s one of the reasons why people report being on a high during choir sessions and continuing to feel positive, uplifted and motivated afterwards.”

The mobile unit Thursday was at the Christian Center to provide medical attention and distribute socks, gloves, blankets and hand warmers.

As we salute Dr. Martin Luther King’s 93rd birthday today and commemorate the MLK National Holiday on Monday, we ruefully reflect on a year of protests outside the murder trials of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and anti-Asian violence in Atlanta. Coupled with critical race theory classroom conflict and Voting Rights legislation politics, race relations are precariously positioned, it appears.

Police on Friday officially closed the case of a Kokomo woman whose body was found lying in her northside residence in November 2004.

Note: This story has been changed to more accurately identify who may sign the petition. Any registered voter who resides in the district, regardless of if they own property, and anyone who pays property tax in the district, regardless of if they reside there, may sign the petition.