Tell City native Stacey Peak was on top of the world in New York City on Sept. 10, 2001.

Jasper hosted the Indiana Volunteer Firefighter Association Miss Flame contest and parade for District 18 on Sunday. The streets were lined with expectant kids and adults as more than 40 entries, including the Jasper Marching Band, took the short trip from the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center and back. After the parade, the 2025 Miss Flame, Ava…

The Celestine Volunteer Fire Department honored Luke Gehlhausen’s 17 years of service with the department with full honors Saturday. Here are a few photos of the procession from Becher Kluesner Funeral Home to St. Celestine Church. A video of the burial shared by the Celestine Volunteer Fire Department is included below.

Two-and-a-half-year-old Hudson Poole took his Mario costume for a spin on Buehler Park’s soccer field with his dad, while his mom and brother played pickleball nearby. Dad said the Halloween costume had arrived in the mail that day, and, of course, Hudson had to put it on–Photo by Matt Crane.

Strassenfest 2025 opened Thursday with a ceremony steeped in the German roots of the city and wrapped in unusually cool weather for the typically dog days of summer. Jasper Mayor Dean Vonderheide and Pfaffenweiler Mayor Lukas Mahler lit the ceremonial lantern together before offering brief remarks to begin the festival celebrating the two cities’ connections….

A few folks took advantage of Central Green’s fountain on Tuesday.