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Saving the Monarch Butterfly

Saving the Monarch Butterfly

  • By KYLAN HIGGS

Picture you are strolling along the paths at Tripton Park and you take the route between the pond and the little wooded area. There is an overgrowth of flowery vegetation and, fluttering about, like a twinkle of sunshine, is a butterfly, adding to the beautiful color of the flowers with its …

Sports

Panthers on Track for Best Season Since 2015

  • By MORGAN WEBSTER

The Jennings County High School boys soccer team is continuing to close in on the end of their 2021 season, and has already surpassed a milestone that the team hasn’t seen since 2015. With their seven wins so far, the team is having their best season in the past six seasons.

Obituaries

Pending Service

Kenneth Dewar Sr. 68, of Butlerville, died September 22, 2021. Arrangements are pending with…

Harold “Opie” House

Harold “Opie” House

Harold “Opie” House, 49, of Paris Crossing, passed away at 12:23 p.m. on Sunday, September 1…

Tina Diann Armand

Tina Diann Armand

Tina Diann Armand, 58, of Hope, passed away at 6:34 a.m. on Saturday, September 11, 2021, at…

Lucy Ann Engel

Lucy Ann Engel

Lucy Ann Engel, 88, of Paris Crossing passed away at 8:07 A.M., on Sunday, September 12, 202…

J. Darlene Smith

J. Darlene Smith

J. Darlene Smith, 82, of Scipio, passed away at 2:30 A.M. on Wednesday, September 8, 2021 at…

Jack Carroll

Jack Carroll

Jack Carroll, 66, of North Vernon, passed away at 3:33 p.m. on Sunday, September 12, 2021, a…

Opinion

Bacterial Leaf Scorch on Oaks

    It seems that once again we, meaning the collective gardening public, have disregarded the imperative known as diversity…it applies to more than the plant world too!