Liner Notes: Elkhart fungal meningitis victim reflects on past year
Liner Notes is an occasional feature on this blog that includes extra tidbits left over from interviews. This past week marked one year since Terry Trost was injected with a contaminated back pain...
View ArticleWhat it means to be Sarah Strong
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View ArticleMeet the musicians who will teach at the Elkhart Jazz Festival’s first camp...
The Elkhart Jazz Festival — aka the most wonderful time of the year — is still a little more than eight months away, but I’m already getting excited for it, especially with the announcement that the...
View ArticleActor Tom Cruise is Sarahstrong
Actor Tom Cruise is the latest celebrity to show support for a 15-year-old Elkhart Memorial High School student with cancer. Kyle Giampietro posted the photo above to the #SARAHSTRONG Facebook page...
View ArticleThe story behind Tom Cruise’s Sarahstrong photo
Sarah Crane is one popular girl. The story of the 15-year-old Elkhart girl and her battle with stage four colon cancer has gained national attention with the help of friends and family from coast to...
View ArticleLiner Notes: Comedian Lance Patrick ready to start a ‘stand-up revolution’ of...
Liner Notes is an occasional feature on this blog that includes extra tidbits left over from interviews. Comedian Lance Patrick has performed in front of thousands of people on stages around the world,...
View ArticlePaula Shively bids ADEC an emotional goodbye
The Matterhorn Conference Center in Elkhart was brimming with excitement Monday night, Oct. 28, for ADEC’s annual awards meeting and dinner. The nonprofit organization’s leaders, employees, volunteers...
View ArticleHappy first blogiversary to me!
I wrote my first blog post one year ago today, so I wanted to take a look back at the top five most read blogs of the year. Country singer Vince Gill reflects on music career, tribute to Buck Owens …...
View ArticleHow art and God came together for an Elkhart painter
One of the things that I love about my job is getting to know people from all walks of life and being able to tell their stories. But sometimes, I have to write a story about someone I will never …...
View ArticleNPR’s Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me comes to Elkhart
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View ArticleHow The Black Crow on Main got its name
I got a sneak peek at downtown Elkhart’s newest shop last week, and more people will get to check it out this evening when The Black Crow on Main serves as ArtWalk’s temporary headquarters. The store,...
View ArticleStuck in a polar vortex? Me too.
After a weeklong vacation to the south, Indiana welcomed me back with the worst winter weather I’ve ever experienced. Thanks a lot. After a full day of writing about the effects of this past weekend’s...
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