By Joy Neighbors An EFRC tour stops to admire a tiger. | Photo by Joy Neighbors It’s a beautiful summer day in central Indiana. Fields flourish with an abundance of growing crops while tree branches toss beckoning shadows into the neighboring woods. Just down the road a sudden majestic roar fills the air. Your heart leaps and pounds; your skin prickles in anticipation … … [Read more...]
‘The good that’s going to come from it’
Area healthcare providers reflect on positive changes, both inside and outside hospital walls By Bill Richardson At Lawrence County Memorial Hospital, the building stands at the ready, as well as the caregivers within its walls. | Photo by Bill Richardson In a world that’s been turned upside down, some who are close to the action are confident that more good than bad … [Read more...]
The Wild Life: Knox County weathering the COVID-19 storm
By Rama Sobhani The author inspects the remnants of the restroom at Hillcrest Park after the storm that passed through the area in April dropped a tree on it. | Photo by Rama Sobhani I saw one of those stupid memes on the internet the other week when this quarantine business first began. A meme, for those who don’t know, is when you take a photo or still frame from a … [Read more...]
‘Hidden History’
Hidden History of Vincennes and Knox County is Brian Spangle's latest book. | PHOTO BY BERNIE SCHMITT Brian Spangle’s new book provides a glimpse into famous people and obscure stories of Knox County past Story and photos by Bernie Schmitt As soon as his first book on local history was published in 2015, Brian Spangle wanted to do another one. “There is just so … [Read more...]
Home court advantage
From left, South Knox tennis staff: Rebecca Cunningham, team organizer; Mark Gray, middle school girls' coach; Jessica Flynn, high school girls' coach and Ryan Hayden, high school boys' coach. | PHOTO BY MATT GRIFFITH After traveling to other venues to play, thriving South Knox tennis teams now have courts of their own By Bill Richardson At a time when interest and … [Read more...]