Angelkeep Journals: Massive cicada invasion, and other hokey hoax
Now that spring has arrived, regardless of the doctrines of Punxsutawney Phil, who, by the way has only a 39% accuracy over...
Criminal justice policy in the crosshairs of the session
Crime is a perennial issue already prominent in this election year’s conversation. So, before memory fades and the pitched political battles of...
Letter to the Editor: Another successful prom dress exchange season
The Wells County Prom Dress Exchange recently completed its 15th year. This year, 46 students shopped at the Exchange with a total...
There are more than two factors that go into the formula.
It is not just the assessor’s fault.
If you read the account in Wednesday’s edition of the Norwell Community...
Stripping access counselor’s authority harms the public as well as the press
It’s easy to think of the Office of the Indiana Public Access Counselor as an agency that serves the media. And yes,...
Angelkeep Journals: Old wives’ tales (not Gwen)
Let me make it perfectly clear. This Angelkeep Journals’ writer is not, repeat not, referring to my lovely wife, Gwen, when writing...
Biden as James Buchanan, Trump as Andrew Jackson
It is a matter of discipline with me to avoid listening to political speeches. They are hardly edifying and the current trend...
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...
We’ve done this before, but there is new stuff to talk about
The old saying goes that there are only two things in life that are certain: death and taxes. I would add that...
Letter to the Editor: Think before you call
Last weekend while visiting a friend in Bluffton, she was reading the N-B and chuckling — not at the cartoon strip but...