Opinion

To the Editor: It is reassuring to me to see people held accountable for their actions. Rudy Giuliani was once a well-respected lawyer in New York State. He is currently forbidden to practice law in New York State and in D.C. The reason is because he lied to the courts and to the general public. Rudy and other lawyers took up the Trump lie that the election was not fair and that widespread voter fraud caused Trump to lose...

To the Editor: Habitat for Humanity would like to thank all of those who participated in our second-annual golf scramble held on June 18. Specifically, we would like to thank all our hole sponsors who helped raise $2,090 (net profit); Hammer & Company, CPAs; English Family Farms; Kiwanis; Endeavor Communications; HMSB Insurance; First Baptist Church; First National Bank; Greencastle and Cloverdale McDonald’s, the Tenzer Hub for Entrepreneurship; Distinct Web Design; Putnam County Hospital; F.C. ...

The latest killing of a police officer last week hit too close to home for members of the Greencastle Police Department. The shooting death of Det. Greg Ferency, a 30-year veteran of the Terre Haute Police Department, was the third slaying of a police officer in Vigo County in recent years...

Something’s been bugging me lately, and if you said cicadas, you are so right. Oh sure, insects have been pests many times throughout my life. Those 30,000 bees in the wall of my basement on Hilltop Lane? Talk about a buzz. And those yellow jackets that were so very unhappy when I mowed over their in-ground nest with my Dixie Chopper...