Editorial

Whether it’s blow darts, medicines, or murder, people have always been interested in toxins. The Power of Poison, a traveling exhibit that opened at the Indiana State Museum on Oct. 21, gives visitors the opportunity to learn about their origins in the natural world, their place in our stories, and how they’ve contributed to the … Read more

An exhibition of graffiti at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields (IMA) is adding fuel to the debate over whether “aerosol art” is art of vandalism. City as Canvas: New York City Graffiti from the ’70s & ’80s, which opened Oct. 7, follows the development of graffiti from simple tags to elaborate murals and … Read more

Before making silkscreen prints of Marilyn Monroe, painting Campbell’s soup cans, and filming a man sleeping, Andy Warhol made illustrations. His work in the 1950s turned stodgy shoe companies into icons of cool, appeared on the covers of records by Thelonious Monk, Count Basie, and others and in the famous Bonwit Teller display window. Yet, … Read more

One-hundred years after Congress passed the Espionage Act to prosecute spies, more than a dozen people have been charged with violating it by leaking to the press. Ten of them were prosecuted during the last decade. Prosecution of sources became standard practice using the act after a 1988 case. Samuel Morrison faced Espionage Act charges … Read more

At 18, one Franklin Central High School student already has almost 11 years of experience as a racecar driver. Jack Dossey III began racing competitively when he was 7 years old. He had been training with his dad in the driveway and parking lots for four years. Dossey said his dad started racing when he … Read more

A lifelong dream was accomplished when Tried & True Alehouse opened Jan. 9 in the Center Grove area. Laura Gladish said it had been her husband’s dream to own a restaurant for 30 years. John Gladish had worked at a Texas Roadhouse for 25 years before hearing that the Mucky Duck Grill & Bar location, … Read more

After 30 years of directing theater, Greenwood resident Kathy Phipps embarked on the most challenging production of her career last year. Next week, it takes the stage. Les Misérables will be Agape Performing Arts Company’s third production. Phipps, who has a doctorate in theater, founded the nonprofit theater company after her experience at Center Grove … Read more

Sara Creech had just moved to a 43-acre property in North Salem when she packed her things into her car and drove 574 miles to Fayetteville, Arkansas.  She was going to attend a week-long educational event for military veterans interested in small-scale sustainable farming careers called Armed to Farm. Most of the people in attendance … Read more

Jessica Evans had no idea how a trip to Nepal in 2007 would change her life. A couple of people in her church were involved with an organization called ServLife, which worked to establish churches, care for children and fight poverty in India and Nepal, according to its website. Evans’ church sponsored the trip to … Read more

When Hendricks County resident Drew Beason agreed to sign a drug court plea, he thought it would buy him time to keep using. He had just completed serving time in Marion County for felony theft. A separate felony charge took him to the Hendricks County drug court, where he was sentenced to work release after … Read more