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Firefighters Kept Busy With Blazes

A detached garage shows damage from a fire at the Brenda Farmer residence Saturday morning. Firefighters were on the scene for 2 ½ hours. ~photo by Ben Spencer   The Crothersville-Vernon Township Volunteer Fire Department was busy last week with two major fires...

2014 Was A Record Year For Births & Deaths In County

There were a record number of births that occurred in Jackson County in 2014, according to the Jackson County Health Department vital records. There were 805 births surpassing the previous year’s record by 32 or an increase of 4.2% over 2013’s 773 births. There were...

Craft Show, Chili Cook-Off Saturday

A Pre-Spring Craft Show & Bazaar will be held at Celebrations at the Shoppes at Seymour this Saturday, Feb. 28, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event is sponsored by Southern Indiana Hispanic Services, Inc., a local not-for-profit, community agency providing services of...

Old Phrases Remind Us Of The Way We Word

by Curt Kovener Don’t blame me for this column. Author, speaker, teacher Richard Lederer is known for his word play and he gets the credit. There are some old expressions that have become obsolete because of the inexorable march of technology. Anyone born after the...