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Counting Down Top Purdue Boilermakers Reaches 70s

September 12, 2025
Perhaps the strangest NFL championship game, pre-Super Bowl era, involved the Chicago Bears winning the...
Columnists / Kenny Thompson

Ask Rusty – How Do I Apply for Social Security and Receive My Payments? 

September 12, 2025
Dear Rusty: I’m ready to apply for my Social Security benefits, and I'm aware of how...
Ask Rusty / Columnists

Where Did Wave Start? Dick Knows

September 12, 2025
I’m a big baseball fan, and recently I met my old friend Howard in Chicago...
Columnists / Dick Wolfsie

College Graduation Improves Economy; Student Debt Threatens It

September 10, 2025
Democracy is, at its core, a system for working out differences in vision through the...
Columnists / LWV

Butch Remembers Local Businessmen . . . Final Chapter

September 10, 2025
   My hometown had several thriving businesses on Main street when I was a youngster....
Butch Dale / Butch's Column / Columnists

Has It Really Been 24 Years since 9-11?

September 10, 2025
A quarter of a century almost? Has it really been that long since that awful...
Columnists / Tim Timmons

Butch Remembers Local Businessmen…Part IV

September 8, 2025
  In the last three columns I have told of the business men and women...
Butch Dale / Butch's Column / Columnists

Ask Rusty: I’m Still Confused about Medicare Part A and Part B Enrollment

September 5, 2025
Dear Rusty: I'm 64 and still working full time, and plan to continue working at...
Ask Rusty / Columnists

Continuing with the 60s; Plus Purdue Coach Who Came From, Went Back to H.S.

September 5, 2025
A member of the Buffalo Bills’ “Electric Company” is among a group of talented offensive...
Columnists / Kenny Thompson

Butch Remembers Local Businessmen . . . Part III

September 3, 2025
   As I stated in my last two columns, there were several Mom and Pop...
Butch Dale / Butch's Column / Columnists