Stories from Monday, June 11, 2007

Honeybees are disappearing all over the world. Do they live too stressful a life? Are cell phone towers to blame? Is it pesticide poisoning? Are microscopic parasites invading the hives? Billions of honeybees have vanished since late last year in the U.S., Europe and Brazil, and scientists and beekeepers are mystified about why.. ...

National Night Out is coming to Putnam County. Through the efforts of the Putnam County Safe Schools Committee, the event to introduce area youth to emergency services providers will take place from 7-10 p.m., Aug. 7, at Robe-Ann Park...

The Board of Directors for the Putnam County Community Foundation has awarded $114,362.67 in grants to 26 community organizations in the spring 2007 grant cycle...

Betty J. Hedge, 79, Reelsville, died Friday at Seton Hospital, Indianapolis, after an extended illness.

Nine people were booked into the Putnam County Jail recently

It doesn't surprise me that Paris Hilton is all over the news, still. She's been the highlight of many stories to run through E! Entertainment and the like on T.V. Tabloids love her, paparazzi love her, and the media in general love her. But do we really love her? Or do we just love the concept of her?...

HUNTINGBURG -- Coming into Saturday's Southridge Semistate, North Putnam's baseball players had already gone farther than any of them had ever been in the IHSAA Tournament. Add to that the fact that they were playing in an actual stadium, not simply a high school field. Huntingburg's League Stadium is not just the home of the minor league DuBois County Bombers, but also the main field on which the film "A League of Their Own" was shot...

HUNTINGBURG -- Sometimes it only takes a few little mistakes to lead to big problems on the baseball field. Unfortunately, that's what happened to the North Putnam baseball team in Saturday night's Southridge Semistate final against South Spencer. The Rebels made the Cougars pay for their second-inning miscues, taking a 7-0 lead in the inning and turning it into a 10-0 victory and a semistate championship...