This is the online home of the Crothersville Times — the largest weekly newspaper in Jackson and Scott County — first online in 2000.
English: An Asylum for The Verbally Insane
by Curt Kovener English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple, and Grape-Nuts® are neither either. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while...
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Christmas Needs May Exceed Community’s Grasp
Jacoby Gillis and Kelsey Hoskins were busy hanging newly purchased ornaments sold at the basketball game over the weekend. The need for holiday help is up but contributions are down, community leaders said. Requests for help this Christmas for underprivileged of the...
Crothersville Town Players To Host James Whitcomb Riley’s Winter Fancies Saturday
This Saturday, December 10, the Crothersville Town Players will host a Reader's Theater presentation of "Winter Fancies," the writings of Hoosier poet, James Whitcomb Riley. The doors will open at 6 p.m., with the performance beginning at 6:30 p.m. There is no charge...
Tutors Needed For 3rd Graders At Crothersville Elementary
READ Jackson County is looking for adult volunteers who can spare an hour per week to help third graders at Crothersville Elementary School with reading and vocabulary. Eight students in Becky Thomas' class and nine students in Sharon Markel's class have been selected...
We’re More Prepared…But We Knew That
by Curt Kovener The Times received a news release last week from the Indiana Department of Homeland Security stating that rural citizens are more likely to be prepared for weather related emergencies than their big city neighbors. Well, duh. They should have also...