The first cut is the hardest and not just in quilting
The year Mom died I decided to make a quilt, with no earthly idea of how. I had bought some fabric that...
The hick has returned to Hoosierland
Have you ever felt like Mark Twain’s character in “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court”? Out of place, even out of...
We need reminded about shopping local
The cutline on last Monday’s Page 1 News-Banner is what caught my eye right away.
“Cutline” is a bit...
BPD cracks down on distracted driving
Over the course of 2021, Bluffton earned a reputation for enforcing the distracted driving law.
It wouldn’t be Madness without a busted bracket
Busted.
Kaput
Wrecked.
It’s the time of the...
How can you not be ‘Wells County Proud’?
How many times have you heard the rumblings of a pair of A-10 combat aircraft fly over...
What happened at Roswell 75 years ago?
The front page of the July 8, 1947 “Roswell (New Mexico) Daily Record” seized the American imagination...
Don’t overlook Galicia on a visit to Spain
As we entered the plaza and looked up, we finally saw what we had been walking toward...
The cool and the uncool of my favorite season
Carrie Penrod
I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, but it’s fall. My allergies certainly have. I’m sneezing more...
What’s your stance on leftovers?
“Do you mind if we have leftovers?”
When my wife poses that question, I...