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

  • Girls on the Run of Southwest Indiana celebrates 10 years

    Girls on the Run of Southwest Indiana celebrated 10 years on Saturday with runs in Jasper and in Evansville. More than 242 participants from Dubois County and Spencer County took to the track for the celebratory 5k at Jasper Middle School, with 122 participants heading out for their 5k in Evansville at about the same…

  • High Ponies with a higher purpose

    High Ponies is about two hours of controlled chaos each Tuesday evening in April. Led by Jill Wigand and her entourage of volunteer Jasper High School Dance team members, about 180 to 200 girls and some boys fill the Jasper Middle School gym. Through the evening, they move from station to station, performing and practicing…

  • Whitey Schroeder Practice Facility opens

    The City of Jasper celebrated the opening of the Whitey Schroeder Practice Facility last Thursday. Though a rainy day, the celebration was well-attended with friends and family members of the late golf enthusiast Glen “Whitey” Schroeder, for which it is named. Schroeder’s mother, Bernetta, cut the ribbon during the ceremony. Jasper Park and Recreation Director…

  • Jasper Middle School to present ‘Matilda the Musical Jr.’

    Featuring a cast and crew of 120 sixth, seventh and eighth graders, the Jasper Middle School will present its production of Matilda the Musical Jr. on Thursday, April 11 and Friday, April 12, at 7 p.m. and on Saturday, April 13, at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the JMS Auditorium. Roald Dahl’s classic children’s…

  • Maybe Phil was right, 75 degrees in February

    Whether walking, running, riding or playing, residents took to the parks and streets Monday afternoon to enjoy one of the warmest recorded days in February. With Punxsutawney Phil prognosticating an early spring, the warm sunshine and the mild month with Easter lilies popping up seem to support his forecast. Enjoy it while you can. This…

  • Southridge presents “The Sound of Music”

    This week, return to the Alps with the Von Trapp family for “The Sound of Music,” presented by Southridge High School. With Nazism creeping into Austria, the Von Trapp family undergoes several awakenings during the course of events that changes their lives. The classic story may be more than 60 years old, but the divisive…

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