Monthly Archives: August 2019

Floyd Collins-Legendary Spelunker, Part 2

August 29, 2019 | by Al Hunter

Floyd Collins is likely one of  the most famous people you’ve never heard of. But, if you have ever taken a vacation down to Central Kentucky and visited Mammoth Cave, you’ve walked in his footsteps. Although Collins is a local legend, you wouldn’t know it if you asked many of … Read More

On the Road Again

August 29, 2019 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

There is a wonderful time of year that lies between the kids going back to school and the maddening rush of the holidays. It is a time when temperatures become more mild and the foliage turns from green to a rainbow of colors. It is fall in Indiana and as … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: Aug. 30-Sept. 5

August 29, 2019 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Friday, September 5, 1919: President Woodrow Wilson, addressing an enormous audience of citizens at the State Fair Grounds Coliseum last night, challenged opponents of the League of Nations, “If it is not this arrangement, what arrangement do you suggest to secure the peace of the world? … Read More

She Did a Thing

August 29, 2019 | by CJ Woods III

When I was in grade school in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, one of the many songs I learned stayed with me for some reason. I sang it to my children as they came along, starting in the early 1970s with my first child, and continuing with my second two in the late … Read More

Goodbye to #12

August 29, 2019 | by Steve Nicewanger

Like just about all Colts fans   and everyone else, I was in a state of shock Saturday night after hearing of Andrew Luck’s seemingly sudden decision to retire from the NFL. It seemed unreal, a Twilight Zone moment. Since Saturday, Andrew’s retirement announcement has become international sports news, with sports … Read More