(BPT) - Does the back-to-school season feel hectic for your family? If you're navigating a packed schedule and change in family routine, you're not alone. A survey commissioned by Bob Evans and … more

A central Iowa caregiver accused of kicking and punching an autistic teenager is now facing criminal charges of dependent adult abuse. State records indicate Falisha Turner, 47, of Des Moines was employed by as a care professional by Home Instead, an in-home care provider, earlier this year. The company provides daily living assistance for people […] more

Alma reports that more Americans are facing anticipatory anxiety due to political instability, AI, misinformation, and environmental stressors like wildfires. more

Bernstein Private Wealth Management reports that Trump accounts, a new tax-deferred savings tool for families, are better suited for retirement than education funding. more

With the heat index expected to reach as high as 115 degrees Fahrenheit this week, full shelters and worsening climate conditions, the homeless in New Orleans are bracing for the additional stress brought on by rising temperatures.  more

My family farms just under 1,000 acres near the headwaters of the Minnesota River and the Red River on the continental divide. The view out our window is an expanse of fields and sky that spans for miles.  Water that comes to our farm through rain and snow eventually ends up in the Minnesota River, […] more

Denny Hoskins wants to cut a library’s funding over two books he has not read. He Googled them, saw excerpts and looked at some pictures. For Missouri’s secretary of state, that was enough. The books are “Rainbowsaurus,” the tale of a family searching for a rainbow dinosaur, and “Big Wig,” about a child who wins […] more

Martha Belle Griggs of Crawfordsville passed away Tuesday morning, July 28, 2026, at Creasy Springs in Lafayette. She was 93. Martha was a homemaker that liked fixing home-cooked meals. She was … more

Limuli Laboratories of Cape May County harvests thousands of horseshoe crabs a year for biomedical testing. Environmentalists demand a review. more

OKLAHOMA CITY — A state governing body will allocate up to $150,000 to a private Georgia university despite concerns from some lawmakers that Oklahomans intended for the funding to remain in state.  The Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust’s decision could bring the total money paid to Emory University since August 2022 to nearly $1 million, […] more

The New York-based developer now operating four long-term care hospitals in West Virginia says it is making progress on brand-new builds, while lawmakers worry that the new facilities could move elderly patients and jobs out of their communities.  more

Medicaid waiver slots have increased in Virginia, expanding services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who have lost school-based special education services.  Even so, thousands of disabled Virginians are still waiting, because demand continues to outpace available slots. When people with certain disabilities graduate or reach age 22, they face a “services cliff,” as […] more

• “What’s on the minds of Virginia voters ahead of the August primary election?” — WTOP • “Equipment donations from Northern Virginia are making a difference at Southwest fire departments.” — Cardinal News • “Indigenous food program to bring culturally appropriate lunches to Virginia schools.” — VPM • “Arlington’s ban on gas leaf blowers earns […] more

Crawfordsville Police Department Tuesday • Domestic disturbance in the 200 block of West Chestnut Street — 1:17 a.m. • Stalking in the 1300 block of West Old Waynetown Road — … more

It’s time to pull on your denim jacket, tease up your hair, and get ready to travel back to the Sunset Strip of the 1980s as the Sugar Creek Players Theater present: Rock of Ages. At the … more

Governor Mike Braun has reappointed Dr. Mark Eutsler of Linden to a fourth term on the Serve Indiana Commission. He previously served three terms as Commission Chair and was involved with the … more

Mom, do you think Julia will tell us we grew when she comes back home?” “We’ll see. Do you think she grew while she was gone?” At 14 years old she’s only been a quarter inch … more

The Wabash College baseball team received the 2025-26 American Baseball Coaches Association Team Academic Excellence Award presented by Sports Attack. Wabash was among the 197 NCAA Division III … more

The Crawfordsville Board of Public Works and Safety approved several agenda items Wednesday including and upcoming fundraising event for the Animal Welfare League of Montgomery County. The board … more