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  10 Things to Know for Thursday

  Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

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  AAA: 31.2M drivers to take Memorial Day road trip

  It's going to be another busy Memorial Day weekend on the nation's highways. From Thursday through Monday, 31.2 million Americans will drive 50 miles or more to a beach, campground or other getaway, according to car lobbying group AAA.

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  Hobby Lobby asks for exemption from federal health care law

  DENVER (AP) — In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill.

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  North baseball pulls away from South in sectional opener

  In high school baseball little things mean a lot, and the crack in the door doesn’t have to be open very wide.
  Terre Haute North burst through that crack in the bottom of the second inning Wednesday evening at Terre Haute South, scoring seven two-out runs — all unearned — and going on to a surprisingly easy 12-2 victory over the host Braves in Class 4A sectional action.

Max Jones

Max Jones

• MAX JONES: Daniels off the hook on time-zone issue There was a time in the not-too-distant past when I figured I’d be mad at Mitch Daniels the rest of my life. As one of many, many Hoosiers angered by the change in Indiana’s way of dealing with its time-zone problem, I blamed Gov. Daniels for not leaving well enough alone.

  October 10, 2008 1 Photo  

• MAX JONES: Voters anxious to get news about candidates Labor Day historically marks the beginning of the fall season for political campaigning. That has been true most years in which elections are conducted. This year, however, such a designation may be greeted will little more than a chuckle.

  August 30, 2008 1 Photo  

• MAX JONES: Voters will be big winners in fall gubernatorial debates Twice in September and once in October, Indiana voters will have an opportunity to participate in and witness, in person or via electronic media, debates among the state’s three candidates for governor.

  August 23, 2008 1 Photo  

• Editor's Note: A local connection in office of Public Access Counselor Residents of Vigo County, and readers of the Tribune-Star, have been treated to a good lesson on open government the past few weeks in wake of formal complaints that the Terre Haute Housing Authority violated state laws governing public meetings.

  May 31, 2008 1 Photo 1 Link  

• EDITOR'S NOTE Sounding the bell for those who hear different drummer Are there any bagpipers out there? If so, please take a deep breath and step forward.

  May 23, 2008 1 Photo  

• Max Jones: Forum will help you get to know spring candidates With the race for the Democratic presidential nomination in full frenzy, you probably don’t need to be reminded that Indiana’s primary election is just over three weeks away.

  April 18, 2008  

• Max Jones: Evolving with an industry — and with our readers Newspapers, it is said, are living, breathing organisms that reflect the times in which they exist and the values of the communities they serve. In order to meet the changing needs and wants of their wide and diverse audience of readers, newspapers must evolve right along with them.

  April 5, 2008 1 Photo  

• MAX JONES: Readers speak: Tell us about political factions Last week, I wrote about the fractured Democratic Party in Vigo County, the players behind the factions, and how the divisions were posing new challenges in covering this upcoming primary season.

  March 7, 2008 1 Photo  

• Max Jones: New twist in covering Vigo County politics One need not be an astute observer of local politics to know that the Democratic Party infrastructure here is cracked and fragmented. It’s been that way for a long time.

  February 29, 2008 1 Photo  

• That’s a wrap -- An editorial page week in review One of the more vivid advertising images left over from the 2006 campaign for Indiana’s 8th District congressional seat in the U.S. House of Representatives is the cheesy direct-mail flyer showing liberal Rep. Nancy Pelosi holding the puppet strings on Democrat challenger Brad Ellsworth.

  November 17, 2006  

• Changes will bring new vitality to our opinion pages When Dave Bennett, longtime assistant professor of journalism at Indiana State University, died in March after a two-year battle with heart disease, the Tribune-Star and its readers lost a true friend.
  
  Since 2001, Dave had been writing editorials for our opinion page on a routine basis, even while maintaining his teaching load at ISU. When he suffered a stroke two years ago that led to his retirement from the university, he was still able to carry on with his editorial writing.

  September 7, 2006  

• Views swing left, right, but balance is in center

  August 12, 2006  

• Max Jones: Readers deserve insight into decisions newspapers make Recent decisions by the editors of the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Wall Street Journal to publish articles about U.S. government actions to combat global terrorism networks have once again brought the journalistic decision-making process to the forefront in the debate over media responsibility.

  July 3, 2006  

• MAX JONES: Got a minute? Ronn Mott does

  If you’ve been around Terre Haute for a while, the name “Ronn Mott” is sure to be familiar. Small of stature with a big personality, he is primarily known for his radio voice on the airwaves around the Wabash Valley. He has diverse interests and lots of opinions.

  May 21, 2005 1 Photo  

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