Article Archives: Bumps in the Night

The Beatles Hit the Brakes at Walt Disney World

December 19, 2024 | by Al Hunter

Quick, who broke up The Beatles? Which one of the Fab Four was the first to quit the group? And who was the last Beatle standing? Throw away all you thought you knew about the breakup of The Beatles and settle in for a Beatles Christmas story like you have … Read More

Indiana — Home of Vice Presidents

December 12, 2024 | by Al Hunter

This column first appeared in July 2016. Pence was elected to the vice presidency in November of that year. Speaking as a proud native Hoosier, it has been refreshing to see Indiana in the national political headlines lately. I find it ironic that this most recent national dust up revolves … Read More

Irvington’s Disney Prince — Bill Shirley

December 5, 2024 | by Al Hunter

Al Hunter is on vacation. This is a reprint of an article he wrote in 2008. During the World War II years on through the I Like Ike years in America, Irvington had it’s own representative in Tinseltown. Irvingtonian Bill Shirley made fifteen movies starting in 1941 starring with Hollywood … Read More

Citizen’s Arrest, Citizen’s Arrest! Indiana’s Funny laws

November 27, 2024 | by Al Hunter

This column first appeared in December 2009. I was born and raised in Indiana. Growing up in 1960s in Indiana could be a challenge if you ever had to explain where you came from to people unfamiliar with our great state. As Hoosiers, the same questions always seem to surface … Read More

The Bona Thompson Memorial Center

November 21, 2024 | by Al Hunter

This column first appeared in October of 2010. It’s Halloween in Irvington and everyone’s thoughts turn to costumed trick-or-treaters, intricately decorated houses, painted windows lining merchant buildings on Washington Street, and ghosts. For eight years now, the very first stop on the Irvington Ghost tours has been the Bona Thompson … Read More