Afghans were paying close attention last week when Barack Obama was sworn in. After all, Obama has pledged to move Afghanistan to center stage in his new administration's foreign policy concerns. ...more

January 27, 2009

In September 1932, when I was 5 years old, my father was appointed pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Mooresville, Ind. The parsonage, where my parents and I lived, was one block west of the church. ...more

August 24, 2008

Long-shot DNA testing may now be all that stands in the way of Samuel Jason Derrick's execution for stabbing a Moon Lake shopkeeper more than 30 times during a June 1987 robbery. ...more

May 30, 2008

Self-help gurus and the leaders of 12-step plans are keen on declaring that "Today is the first day of the rest of your life." Which is inspiring right up until the moment that you figure out that tomorrow, too, is the first day blah-blah-blah, so what's the hurry? ...more

January 24, 2008

A suspect has been named in the near-fatal shooting of a shopkeeper at Boyett's Grove last April. The sheriff's office announced Tuesday that a warrant is out for the arrest of 23-year-old Elijah Jermaine Montgomery, who goes by the street name "Money." ...more

January 22, 2008

Michael Dunn had an unpleasant experience recently with what he calls an aggressive panhandler who wanted him to buy fake flowers made of twigs and leaves. ...more

December 29, 2007

Michael Dunn had an unpleasant experience recently with what he calls an aggressive panhandler who wanted him to buy fake flowers made of twigs and leaves. ...more

December 26, 2007