by Charles Ornstein ProPublica, Nov. 1, 2013, 9:26 a.m. Today marks one month since the disastrous start of Healthcare.gov, the seriously impaired federal health insurance marketplace. And what a month it’s been. For the first 16 days, a federal government shutdown largely deflected attention from the website’s problems. But since then, three congressional hearings have…
Pilot John Layne doesn’t remember much about what happened to him out of the clear blue sky over Huntingburg. But he has six rods, two metal plates and hundreds of stitches in his 53-year-old body to remind him of that fateful July 19 flight.
The City of Jasper was the highlight in the INDIANA LTAP Spring Newsletter magazine for their Spotlight on Innovation: Shoring Trenches, Saving Lives: Trench Safety in the City of Jasper. The purpose of Indiana Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) is to translate the latest, state-of-the-art road, highway and bridge technologies into systems usable by local…
If the World Were 100 People infographic by KVSStudio.Info Source 100people.org
(via Evansville Courier & Press) INDIANAPOLIS — The organization that regulates high school sports will decide today whether to let some homeschooled students participate in high school athletics. The move by the Indiana High School Athletic Association comes two years after the issue bubbled up at the Indiana General Assembly,…
(via Evansville Courier & Press) Thank goodness this spring has shaped up well for morel mushrooms, which seem to be sprouting in quantity. Last year was downright weird. My father, Tom Blume, and I attended a morel foray with Chris Matherly of The Morel Mushroom Hunting Club, who has written books on morel hunting and…
Evansville entrepreneur’s passion has paid off in success, awards (via Evansville Courier & Press) If there were a program to recognize the company with the most awards, the woman-owned Matrix Integration, a technology solutions provider headquartered in Jasper, Ind., would be a strong contender. In recent years, Brenda Stallings, Matrix’ founder, president and chief executive…
Changes ahead for local Catholics (via Evansville Courier & Press) Catholics are bracing for an announcement expected in late June about a major reconfiguration of parishes, intended to bring “renewed vigor” to a church facing a shortage of priests and a decline in Mass attendance. The Diocese of Evansville will merge or link churches following…
Story and photos by Eric Tretter, Ferdinand News Students at Northeast Dubois will be the first in the county to each receive an iPad as a tool to enhance the learning process. The school corporation decided to make the leap after students were polled last autumn, simply asking, “What do you guys need?” Northeast Dubois Superintendent…
Muncie, IN- A sergeant with the Indiana State Police saved a motorist’s life while being interviewed about an incident that occurred last week in which the sergeant saved another motorist’s life. Sergeant Pornteb Nathalang, of the Enforcement Division, seems to have a knack of being at the right place at the right time and that proved…
