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Below are various featured stories and photo essays we’ve done over the years.

  • Snow fun

    While the snow cause snags for many, some took to the popular sledding hills for fun Monday.

  • The hugging hairdresser retires

    Jo hugs all her customers. She hugged me when I got done interviewing her Friday afternoon at Shades Hair and Nails in Jasper. She was a bit apprehensive about the interview. She was retiring after 51 years as a hairdresser. “There are others here (at the salon where she works) that have done this for…

  • Shop with a Firefighter

    Students from Dubois Elementary participated in a special shopping experience with firefighters from the Dubois, Haysville and Celestine Volunteer Fire Departments on Saturday morning. In its 13th year, the event included 21 children who met with the firefighters and then shopped for clothing and toys. They were then escorted to Dubois Fire Station for lunch…

  • Kindness creates friendships and fights sadness

    There was an older student who befriended Nolan Hanson when he first started going to Jasper Elementary School. As the newest second grader in his class with a background peppered with moves, he was lonely. “I didn’t have any friends, and he would just play with me at recess,” Nolan explained, adding that the student’s…

  • Sixth annual overdose vigil held at Dubois Ruritan Park

    Loss was the connecting thread among those attending the Sixth Annual Overdose Vigil at Dubois Ruritan Park Thursday evening. Whether through a friend, a family member or a coworker, overdose deaths have affected many throughout our community. Through moments of laughter and tears, the vigil brought together more than a hundred people to recognize those…

  • Heat doesn’t stop kids from enjoying third round of Public Safety Community Day

    Local police departments, fire departments, emergency medical services, disaster response services, the Indiana National Guard, Indiana DNR and more filled the field next to Uebelhor Toyota in Jasper Wednesday evening for the third annual Public Safety Community Day. The annual event, organized by a team of volunteers, allows the public to meet with the local…

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