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  Casey, Illinois aims for another world record

  The town of Casey, Ill., may soon weave its way into the record books as the small town with the most world records. After setting records for the world’s largest wind chimes and the world’s largest golf tee, Casey is now looking to become home to the world’s largest knitting needles and crochet hook.

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  UPDATE 4: Deadly tornado roars through Oklahoma City suburb

  A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. At least 51 people were killed, and officials said the death toll was expected to rise.

Opinion Columns

Opinion Columns

• RONN MOTT: Your Government

  I’ve been reading letters on the Tribune-Star’s editorial page and, of course, the airwaves are full of right-wing commentators like Rush Limbaugh and that ilk. They’re all saying the same thing … and that is the awful “government” is going to reach out, take away our guns, and crush us.

  March 7, 2013 1 Photo  

• RONN MOTT: I don’t know …

  It has been many years since I tried to be a basketball player. I was the last man cut in my junior year at Clinton High School.

  March 5, 2013 1 Photo  

• LIZ CIANCONE: Innocence appreciated when you’re growing up

  I grew up rather stupid. I didn’t realize it at the time. Neither did my teachers who seemed to think I had “promise.”

  March 5, 2013  

• MARK BENNETT: After years of preparation, 60 immigrants will gather in Terre Haute on March 14 to pledge their allegiance to the United States of America

  It will have been a long and difficult road, but it will be an emotional moment when they raise their right hands and begin the oath of citizenship

  March 3, 2013  

• RONN MOTT: Indiana Militia

  Someone emailed us to suggest I look up the Indiana Militia on their website. (I had written earlier I had bumped into a militia man and I knew almost nothing about the Indiana Militia.)
  I’m sorry to report the Indiana Militia website leaves more questions than it answers, even though it makes an attempt to answer many questions.

  March 2, 2013 1 Photo  

• RONN MOTT: A look at media

  Don’t tell the bosses, but I’m about to pay Midwest Communications’ station WIBQ a nice compliment.

  February 28, 2013  

• RONN MOTT: South Carolina

  It might be in the soil of South Carolina, or maybe it goes back to the American Revolution. South Carolina lost almost as many people to other South Carolina bullets in fighting the British.

  February 26, 2013 1 Photo  

• MARK BENNETT: The fall and rise of a ‘Young Titan’

  Broken. Humiliated. Discarded. Finished.
  Few of us think of Winston Churchill in such bleak terms.

  February 24, 2013  

• THOMAS L. STEIGER: ‘Blame the victim’ ideology emerges in gun debate

  Last week while fueling my car, I noticed a pickup truck with a bumper sticker that read: “It’s My Choice — Not Obama’s”, then above that are two check boxes, one for “Armed” the other for “Victim.” The bumper sticker suggests that our choice is to be armed or to be a victim. A big red check mark was in the box for “Armed.”

  February 24, 2013  

• RONN MOTT: This 'n' That II

  Last week I was invited up to see all the changes that have been made at WAXI in Rockville. (The station is four miles south of Rockville on the old, 10 O’clock line. That was a treaty boundary between the Anglo immigrants and the Indian tribes.

  February 21, 2013 1 Photo  

• RONN MOTT: Clyde

  Kudos to Mike McCormick for a great series of articles about Clyde Lovellette. It’s hard to lose someone who is nearly seven feet tall, but it would appear Clyde Lovellette has been the forgotten hero of Terre Haute basketball.

  February 19, 2013 1 Photo  

• LIZ CIANCONE: Years along rivers make them feel like home

  I’ve been following plans for celebrating “The Year of the River” with interest. Rivers have played such a role in my life that I’ve celebrated a good many rivers. The Wabash River is merely the most recent example.

  February 19, 2013  

• MARK BENNETT: Trying to keep momentum of acceptance within the community a key part of Jeff Lorick’s job

  Second-graders’ eyes and minds function differently.
  They see the future unjaded. Their possibilities stand tall, not yet choked by the adult weeds of prejudice and bitterness.

  February 17, 2013  

• RONN MOTT: Fun on the farm

  I seem to have created some interest in my Grandpa in an article I wrote a few days ago.
  As I write this, I’m reminded of the fact I did not get to spend a lot of time with my grandparents on their farm. Since I was a city boy (actually, a small-town boy), I found the farm a magical place. There was always something going on, often things you did not want to happen, happened anyway.

  February 16, 2013  

• RONN MOTT: People, places, and things

  I was looking for vinegar slaw at the deli in Baesler’s the other day and a lady’s voice behind me said, “I think it’s a little to the right.” I learned it is not called “vinegar slaw,” it’s called “A Dutch Salad” in Baesler’s.

  February 14, 2013 1 Photo  

• RONN MOTT: Survivor

  A few days ago watching television, one of the news channels had a crawl going at the bottom of the screen telling me the last survivor of the Glenn Miller Orchestra had died …

  February 12, 2013 1 Photo  

• LIZ CIANCONE: There are always cat stories to be told

  I was asked the other day why I write about dogs I have known, but never about cats. “What’s the matter?” they asked, “Don’t you like cats?”

  February 12, 2013  

• MARK BENNETT: For Glenda Ritz, being educator, ‘not a politician’ still makes good political sense

  Educator, not a politician.
  Glenda Ritz emphasizes that distinction about herself.

  February 10, 2013  

• RONN MOTT: Roman Numerals

  I want to thank the National Football League and the Super Bowl Committee for reminding us about Roman numerals. The numbers for ancient Rome were letters and, I suppose every year at the Super Bowl, it reminds us how important they were. For that matter, I suppose it reminds us how important Rome was.

  February 9, 2013  

• RONN MOTT: Gripe City

  I don’t know why anyone would want to be president of these United States.

  February 7, 2013 1 Photo  

• RONN MOTT: Super Bowl Weekend

  Saturday night was a sweet and sour night if you’re a basketball fan. The sweet was Indiana knocking Michigan from their perch in the polls as they defeated the Wolverines in Bloomington. They are two very good teams.

  February 5, 2013 1 Photo  

• LIZ CIANCONE: Sharing the family history

  My Grandmother lived with us. Ed and I were eager audiences for her family stories about the Cooks. Mom also shared her memories of growing up with three brothers.

  February 5, 2013  

• MAX JONES: Social media can actually serve a useful purpose

  If you’ve spent any time at all on Facebook and Twitter, you know that so much of what we now call social media is mindless banter. Not that this is a bad thing.

  February 4, 2013 1 Photo  

• MARK BENNETT: Falling short of the big prize will produce lessons nonetheless

  This is a day for Roman numerals.
  Americans seldom use them. And when we do, humility is not our purpose.

  February 3, 2013 1 Photo  

• RONN MOTT: Grandfathers

  I watched a TV commercial the other day where a man took his son and grandson fishing. (There are actually many commercials like this one on TV.) In this one, the fish is caught and released. I was reminded I never once went fishing with my grandfather.

  February 2, 2013 1 Photo  

• Dale Keyes

  Noble Dale Keyes, 75, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, at his residence surrounded by his family, following a seven-year battle with Myelodysplasia.

  February 1, 2013 1 Photo  

• RONN MOTT: Imploding

  John Boehner, Speaker of the House of Representatives, gave a speech to  a gathering of Republicans in Washington, D. C., a couple of weeks ago. Boehner told the gathering the President was trying to destroy the Republican Party.

  January 31, 2013 1 Photo  

• RONN MOTT: Stan Musial

  I’m not the only one who has sad feelings about the passing of Stan Musial. As nicknames go, he had a good one, “Stan the Man.” He had a lifetime batting average of .331, which puts him up there with all the greats who played the game.

  January 29, 2013 1 Photo  

• LIZ CIANCONE: Do we want our privacy or not?

  We Americans are a strange bunch. We insist upon our right to privacy, yet we neglect few opportunities to parade our personal business in public.

  January 29, 2013  

• MARK BENNETT: Forgotten Message: Advice from ‘The Mick’ should be remembered in wake of Lance Armstrong’s troubles

  The two comments were almost identical.

  January 27, 2013  

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