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In the 1970s, Main Street, the central roadway running through the seven-block retail area of Downtown Las Cruces, was recast as a pedestrian walkway meandering through an outdoor mall, void of Southwest or Spanish themes, and covered by canopies.…

How urban renewal ‘completely altered the dynamic’ of Main Street Las Cruces

There’s a universal sentiment among long-time residents of Las Cruces. Urban renewal, the concept of modernizing cities by updating “blighted” areas — often through seizure and demolition — marred the unique character of New Mexico’s second-largest…

‘Downtown was terrible’: A look back at Las Cruces’ transformation from ghost town to vibrant center

By Reyes Mata, Albuquerque Journal Some chile conference attendees noticed that New Mexico chile garnered some air time on the late night TV talk show circuit. Earlier this month, Late Show host Stephen Colbert spent a few minutes talking about New…

What a late night host said to offend New Mexico chile lovers

With the latest statistics showing that New Mexico’s 2021 chile production dropped considerably from the previous year, the state’s chile experts identified a primary — and familiar — reason. “Labor, labor, and more labor,” said Travis Day, executive…

How NMSU helped produce a green chile that may transform the industry

Your input will determine where billions of dollars for faster internet are spent. Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative Is your internet too slow? Residents of Southern New Mexico, along with people across the nation, are facing a looming…

Deadline looms for verifying internet speeds across Southern NM

Copyright © 2023 Albuquerque Journal After landing at the El Paso International Airport Sunday afternoon, President Joe Biden shook hands with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, an outspoken Republican critic of the Biden administration. On the tarmac, Abbott…

Migrants feel left out of border discussion

Copyright © 2022 Albuquerque Journal CIUDAD JUÃREZ – Uncontrolled illegal entries and harrowing confrontations between U.S. border law enforcement and thousands of people trying to enter the United States has escalated into a military buildup along…

‘Before it was not like this’

Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative Editor’s note: This story is part of an ongoing project by Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative to examine solutions related to COVID-19 recovery. When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the Gadsden…

Wireless hot spots: A pandemic fix yielding lackluster results for rural students

The appointment of Bill Hicks – an El Paso attorney with more than 22 years of experience – as the new leader of the 34th Judicial District has ended the most tumultuous district attorney administration in the city’s modern history. Yvonne Rosales,…

What’s next for El Paso’s new district attorney

COVID-19 relief money will help, but may skip some communities Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative When COVID-19 shuttered schools and businesses in March 2020, New Mexicans, like people across the nation, realized quickly that enduring the…

Why is your internet so slow? Obstacles abound in upgrading southern NM to high-speed

The Kirby-Ratliff Funeral Home in Lovington, New Mexico, started to show undeniable signs of the deadly virus. Bodies began arriving. Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative LOVINGTON, N.M. - Angie Guillen remembers the early days of COVID-19,…

'We all still take this very hard': COVID’s lasting effects, from a funeral home attendant

Community health workers were critical to Southern NM’s health system during the pandemic — and could play a big role in the future too. Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative This story was written in partnership with the Southern New Mexico…

The power of promotoras in the fight against COVID-19

Copyright © 2022 Albuquerque Journal Born in Virginia on Christmas Day of 1915, James Clayton Flowers was raised by an intellectual mother and an industrious father, both of whom instilled in their son the values of hard work, education and –…

Honoring our veterans: Always an educator

Curtis Cox, senior division chief at the El Paso District Attorney’s Office and lead prosecutor against the alleged Walmart shooter, has decided “to formally withdraw” from the case, according to a letter he sent Thursday morning to Judge Sam…

Lead prosecutor abruptly withdraws from Walmart shooting case

EDITOR'S PICK By Reyes Mata / El Paso Inc. Oct 16, 2022 Updated Oct 17, 2022 0 The relationship of Rosa Maria Valdez Garcia and Alexander Gerhard Hoffmann Roth – a Walmart shooting victim -- has come under question by the El Paso District Attorney’s…

Walmart victim’s relationship with former wife in question

The Texas attorney general has declined a request by the El Paso district attorney’s office for assistance in the prosecution of Patrick Crusius, the man charged with killing 23 El Pasoans at an El Paso Walmart in 2019. “We are aware this case has…

Texas attorney general declines El Paso DA’s request for help in Walmart shooting case

Since District Attorney Yvonne Rosales was elected more than two years ago, her office – the top law enforcement agency in El Paso, Hudspeth and Culberson counties – has been mired in a series of controversies. “It has been a pretty chaotic two…

Inside the El Paso district attorney drama

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Boarded my flight, fell asleep, woke up to everyone deplaning. Thought for a split second, “are we here?” 

Turns out the flight got delayed 2 more hours while I was asleep

Hey @RedSox I’m 5’4” and have basically no strike zone. Send me up there to not swing ever and I’m getting a 1.000 OBP https://t.co/WWSTAKgvot

I’ve never thought a negative thought about Don Sweeney

Just turned the game on…theyre getting outshot 46-11!?! I thought it was a graphic error

This has been a fantastic #NHLTradeDeadline and Patrick Kane hasn’t even been traded yet

Joe Biden getting rid of junk fees to save the Bruins cap space on the 4th line, love to see it

Like ROR a lot…this seems like a lot though

That’s just a horrendous call. NFL should be ashamed of that

I can SAVE you!….money with Liberty Mutual!

Thinking of and praying for my St. John's Prep family and the family involved today. Heartbreaking to learn about. 💙💙💙

Wish i could’ve been a fly on the wall for when Mitt Romney told George Santos to his face that he shouldn’t be in Congress.

Sec. Walsh standing by for #SOTU https://t.co/y39cFLR1BB

No idea why this gets me pumped up but it does
Just imagining the Designated Survivor show with Marty Walsh as the lead

The Governor of Vermont is a Republican and the Senate is 51-49...

This guy needs to stop getting in the back of the shot

Actor Gwyneth Paltrow’s ongoing civil trial over a 2016 ski collision continued on Wednesday. The Hollywood star and Goop CEO has been accused of crashing into retired optometrist Terry Sanderson, 76, on a ski slope at the Deer Valley resort in Park…

Gwyneth Paltrow trial – live: Ski collision x-rays shown as Goop mogul complains about court photographs

TikTok is facing a complete ban in the US over fears that China is using the app as a covert tool for spying and spreading propaganda. CEO Shou Chew will testify before Congress on Thursday, with members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee set…

TikTok ban – latest: Platform stars defend app in DC as CEO set to testify at Congress

A suspect involved in a standoff with the FBI was seen with his legs dangling out of a window as he threatened to jump out of a 72-storey New York City skyscraper. The male suspect reportedly barricaded himself inside a 31st-floor apartment in a…

Suspect in standoff with FBI threatens to jump out of New York skyscraper

The sister of a murdered Florida cheerleader dropped 114 aqua-coloured stones into a jar as she gave powerful testimony to a judge who will sentence her classmate killer. Tristyn Bailey, 13, was stabbed more than 100 times in May 2021 by her…

Tristyn Bailey’s family confronts classmate killer ahead of sentencing: ‘How long did she suffer?’

Actor Gwyneth Paltrow could take the stand today to testify in her civil trial over a 2016 ski collision. The Hollywood star and Goop CEO has been accused of crashing into retired optometrist Terry Sanderson, 76, on a ski slope at the Deer Valley…

Gwyneth Paltrow trial – live: Star may testify today about ski collision as she claims video ‘disappeared’

The family of murdered 13-year-old Florida schoolgirl Tristyn Bailey have paid tribute to the “treasured” teenager ahead of her killer’s sentencing. Tristyn was stabbed more than 100 times in May 2021 by her classmate Aiden Fucci, who is now 16.…

Tristyn Bailey’s family share heartbreaking new photos as classmate killer faces sentencing

Ron DeSantis has doubled down on his attacks on Donald Trump ahead of the former president’s predicted indictment and their likely 2024 clash for the Republican presidential nomination. The Florida governor told Piers Morgan in an interview that he…

Ron DeSantis doubles attacks on ‘dramatic and chaotic’ Trump

A group of friends had to be rescued from the Pacific after their 44ft sailing boat sunk after being struck by a giant whale. Rick Rodriguez and three friends spent 10 hours on a lifeboat and dinghy after the bizarre reported accident took place on…

‘Tommy this is not a joke’: Friends send mayday message as boat sinks in Pacific after being hit by whale

A Colorado dentist accused of killing his wife claimed she had asked him to order her cyanide to his practice – poison which he is accused of putting into her protein shake. James Toliver Craig, 45, was arrested on Sunday and preliminarily charged…

Dentist accused of poisoning wife claimed she asked him to order cyanide and hid it in her smoothies

A massive three-day strike by school support staff in Los Angeles has seen 420,000 children sent home as the city’s teachers union refused to cross the picket lines in solidarity. The walk-out has been carried out by 30,000 support workers for the…

LA school strike: What do staff behind massive walk-out want?

The City of Miami Beach has introduced a midnight curfew after two fatal shootings and “excessively large and unruly crowds”, say officials. One person was killed and another injured when violence broke out on Friday night in the South Beach area…

Miami Beach imposes curfew after spring break violence

A TV meteorologist is recuperating after she fainted and collapsed during a live broadcast. Alissa Carlson was about to give her weather forecast on CBS Los Angeles when she collapsed off camera. During the Saturday morning broadcast, co-hosts Rachel…

TV meteorologist faints during live broadcast

Mysterious streaks of light have been spotted burning in the night skies above California and Oregon. Videos of the surprising sight were posted to social media by witnesses on Friday night, including from revellers at the King Kong Brewing Company…

Mysterious streaks of light spotted in night sky over California

Elon Musk says Twitter will now send all journalists an automatic poop emoji when they make a press request to the social media platform. The billionaire tweeted out the new policy, saying “press@twitter.com now auto responds with (emoji).” An email…

Twitter now automatically responds to press enquiries with poop emoji

Four people were killed in a fiery crash on a California freeway that police say was likely caused by a wrong-way driver. The horrific incident took place at around 3am on Sunday on the southbound lanes of the 71 Freeway in Chino Hills, according to…

Four killed in fiery wrong-way crash on California freeway

Donald Trump supporters have called for a so-called “patriot moat” to surround the former president’s Mar-a-Lago estate to prevent him from being arrested as well as protests to shut down New York City. Mr Trump could make history this week if he is…

Trump supporters float ‘Patriot Moat’ to protect ex-president as charges loom

The family of a South Carolina teenager found dead near the Murdaugh family estate has called for an independent autopsy to be carried out. There has been renewed scrutiny over the death of Stephen Smith, whose body was found on a rural road in 2015,…

Family calls for independent autopsy of teen killed in hit-and-run near Murdaugh property

A mall security guard got dragged by a fleeing truck as he tried to apprehend the alleged thief of a giant foam carrot. Police in Pennsylvania say that the suspect ran after pinching the carrot from the Easter display at the Clearview Mall in the…

Security guard gets dragged by truck while trying to apprehend thief of three-foot foam carrot

A Florida man answered a knock at his home’s front door only to be bitten on the leg by a 9ft alligator waiting for him on the other side. Scot Hollingsworth, 56, was watching TV when he heard a bump at the door at the home in Daytona Beach, reported…

Man bit by alligator after hearing a bump at his door

Manitou Springs city government is continuing its ill-fated quest to hire a city administrator, which began in January 2018. Multiple candidates have refused the job and the search has been plagued with infighting among councilors and Mayor Ken…

Manitou Springs mayoral election, city administrator selections get going

While they have wonky names, health care payment models — how your health insurer pays your doctor, or the group/company that your doctor works for or contracts with — have a tremendous impact on the quality of care patients receive and the bills…

How your doctor gets paid by insurance companies matters

The state of Colorado joined 43 states suing major generic drug manufacturers, claiming they engaged in a conspiracy to fix drug prices and drive out competition in the market for drugs that treat common illnesses and diseases, the Colorado Attorney…

Colorado joins drug price suit

The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that three members of the Electoral College should not have been forced to vote for Hillary Clinton after she won Colorado’s popular vote in the 2016 presidential election.
Micheal Baca, Polly Baca and…

Electoral College: Court sides with faithless electors

The two avid bicyclists were heading out for a play date — cruising down the Pikes Peak Greenway to the Rock Island Trail, making a U-turn at Powers Boulevard, and heading back. As bike rides go, it doesn’t get a lot tamer than the city’s urban trail…

Booby trap on trail injures local cyclist

Gov. Jared Polis is considering calling a special legislative session to alter the legislatively-referred 2019 ballot question, Proposition CC.
Prop CC asks voters to allow the state to keep tax money collected over a limit set by the Taxpayer’s Bill…

TABOR special session?

Colorado Springs City Council is set to begin regulating the Springs' short term rentals.
The new proposal would:
Allow one STR per lawful dwelling unit (LDU), with a maximum of four on a single property. Neighborhoods zoned for single-family homes…

Key changes to short term rentals in Colorado Springs

The words “Colorado winter” may bring to mind snow-covered mountains and quilts by raging fires, but southern Colorado winters can be downright balmy some years.
Meteorologists say Colorado winters are notoriously difficult to predict. “It’s…

Meteorologists predict a mostly average winter in Southern Colorado

Harriet Tubman was a badass.
Born a slave in 1822, she suffered horrible abuse as a child. Later she escaped, but she returned to the slave states 13 times to rescue some 70 friends and family members via the Underground Railroad.
They called her…

Harriet Tubman was robbed

This is Colorado's first open primary election since voters passed a 2016 ballot measure to allow the state's approximately 1.2 million unaffiliated voters to cast ballots in partisan primaries. That's a big victory, especially since active…

How to vote in the 2018 primary election

Most people know it’s illegal to drive while high on marijuana. But the Colorado Department of Transportation has found that a lot of cannabis users don’t take the law seriously, even though it can result in a DUI, or worse yet, an accident.
That…

CDOT survey finds lots of people are driving while stoned

After the Indy endorsements were released this week, we received a lot of email and phone calls.
There were a few thank yous in there, along with some complaints, and a few candidates disappointed that we hadn't made an endorsement in their…

Tony Wolusky wants to be on University of Colorado's Board of Regents

Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a June 18 executive order that prevents state funds from being used to separate children from parents based solely on immigration status. The Trump administration's family separation policy has led to more than 2,000…

Hickenlooper signs order against family separations based on immigration status

Meetings of the Colorado Springs Planning Commission aren't generally a hit with the general public, but the one held on Aug. 16, in the frigid, air-conditioned Council Chambers of City Hall, was an exception.
Nearly every seat was taken, and some…

The Springs looks to regulate Airbnbs, and other short-term rentals

Taj Stokes first heard about the program that would become Transforming Safety Colorado from a straightforward woman named Christie Donner.
Donner, the executive director of the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition, was working on the details…

Justice Reinvestment Crime Prevention Initiative is spurring change in the Southeast

Alize Vick was 2 years old when her abusive foster mom, Jules Cuneo, threw her head-first into a coffee table and killed her in 2007.
No doubt Cuneo, who lived in El Paso County, would have paid for her crime whether the media got involved or not.…

Senate Bill 223 will hide autopsy records and hurt kids

Six-term U.S. Congressman Doug Lamborn may not be able to run for his seventh term after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that one of his signature gatherers is not a legal resident of the state and invalidated those petition signatures.
Without…

Lamborn does not qualify for the ballot, state supreme court rules

The Indy Give! campaign is in its 10th year and has a lofty goal: raising $1.8 million for 93 local organizations that make the Pikes Peak Region a great place to live.
We know, you've been a little busy. It's easy to get caught up in the holiday…

Give! to local charities through Dec. 31

Back in the 1980s, everyone was talking about crack babies. Even the New York Times predicted a generation of children carrying a horrible legacy of long-term impacts.
But you don't hear about crack babies anymore.
In 2009, the Times reported that…

Dependent babies benefit from more health care and less hype, experts say

Marijuana and hemp supporters have had an exciting week.
Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colorado, announced that President Donald Trump had committed to him that the Department of Justice's rescission of the Cole Memo, which protected states with legal…

Gardner says Trump supports states' rights with legal marijuana; McConnell introduces Hemp Farming Act

Like many states with a large number of rural schools, Wyoming desperately needs more teachers. Take the case of the Teton County School District, in Jackson, Wyoming. Located near Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks, the area is well known as…

How one university is creatively tackling the rural teacher shortage

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Higher Education newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about early learning. Subscribe today! Emily Thompson was working in a…

How one college is tackling the rural nursing shortage

CAMPO, Colo. — On the long drive south, as the land on the horizon turned from mottled green to dusty brown, the college professor’s Subaru carried four cartons of doughnuts, two bags of fresh produce and a bin of children’s books. All of it was…

Waiting for the traveling teacher: Remote rural schools need more hands-on help

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Subscribe today!
When Audrey Green, a middle…

Teachers forced to “MacGyver” their own tech solutions

WILMINGTON, Del. — Taheem Fennell, 12, loves to ride his bike. He taught himself when he was 4 years old while visiting older cousins in Pennsylvania. He remembers running and jumping on, feeling his feet going around and testing the brakes.
“I never…

“Kids who have less, need more”: The fight over school funding

"I never rode a bike with training wheels," says Taheem Fennell. One day, when he was four, he just ran and jumped on, his feet pushing forward on the pedals. Taheem is now 13, but his riding has been curtailed. His mother forbids him from tooling…

Would More Money Save A Promising Student Who is Struggling And Fix Inequality in School Spending?

This story about school bonds is part of the series Districts in Debt, which examines the hidden financial pressures challenging American schools.
The state audit of the Fox C-6 School District in the small town of Arnold, Missouri, was brutal.
It…

Short on financial knowledge, some school districts get bad deals on bonds

In an isolated area deep in the Appalachian Mountains, finding enough teachers can be a challenge, to say the least.
And once teachers arrive, schools have to contend with another problem. Educators must meet annual requirements that dictate how much…

Rural schools turn to high-tech teacher training solutions

Almost five years ago, Summit Public Schools decided that scoring high on standardized tests wasn’t enough to ensure success after high school.
Leaders at the California-born charter school network decided that students needed to have the skills…

How it works: A new report explains the research behind a school model

A California-born charter school network is starting a new program to home-grow teachers rooted in their approach to education.
Summit Public Schools – widely known for its partnership with Facebook to develop a flexible academic program that allows…

Will a one-year residency better prepare aspiring educators for a new style of teaching?

State leaders are collecting reams of data on students, but they must do more to put that information into the hands of parents and teachers, according to a new report.
Making that information available to school communities consists of more than…

Schools collect more data, but how is it used?

Traditional school districts that attempt to bring a new model of education that provides personally designed lessons for students often face conflicting priorities that make it difficult to follow through, according to a new report released…

When a hyped school model proves difficult to replicate

Most students in fully online college courses live close to the educational institution offering them, and are interested in the quality, not just the convenience, of their education, according to a new survey.
The survey, “Online College Students…

Online learning: Students want quality, not just convenience

There’s a lot of knowledge packed away in academic journals. But it can be difficult for education technology developers, teachers and administrators to find and comprehend that information.
An interactive “Research Map” website – with data…

Bridging the divide between ed tech research and the classroom

An Arizona-born charter school known for its call-center-like appearance has run into trouble as it attempted to expand to other states.
Carpe Diem schools, which rely on computer-based lessons and some in-person instruction, began in 2006 and opened…

Students sat in cubicles using computers. It wasn’t popular.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Dozens of teachers hovered around a group of students gathered in the center of a beige conference room on a Saturday morning in April. Other teachers sat in rows of chairs, craning their necks to see the action.
The students paid…

Light a Fuse: How one state’s teachers are sparking digital innovation

Classroom “clickers” quiz students in real time, allowing instructors to gauge student learning and reinforce what is being taught.
New research suggests that the effectiveness of these devices hinges largely on the teaching methods being used with…

Do classroom clickers improve learning? It depends.

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The nation’s smallest state aims to be a national incubator for technology in the classroom
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Dozens of teachers hovered around a group of students gathered in the center of a beige conference room on…

Light a Fuse: How One State’s Teachers Are Sparking Digital Innovation

After-school programs can help students develop an interest in science, technology, engineering or math.
If children haven’t developed an interest in those fields by the time they leave middle school, then it’s unlikely to happen. After-school…

Best time to build a love of STEM? It’s after the school day ends, research says

Cindy Price, a first-grade teacher, wanted a way to get her students focused and calm.
Even after 24 years of teaching, Price isn’t afraid to try something new. She had heard about mindfulness practices, which include being present in the moment,…

Be mindful: How a tech tool can help

It’s been a week of good news for local artist and author Robin Williams. She is the Kokomo native who curated the team that created downtown’s Miami Indian mural as the Howard County representative for the Arts Federation. More recently, Williams…

Maynard Eaton: Kokomo arts producer honored for international impact

Today’s article is brought to you by the J.C. Barnett School of Jump Shooting. If your child has hoop dreams, Barnett’s Youth Basketball Training program can help them take the next step. Click the link below the ad for additional information. He's a…

Reigniting the spirit of the Miamis

“The constituents we represent have demanded that we give public voice to their outrage over Attorney General Todd Rokita’s scurrilous attacks on our colleague, Dr. Caitlin Bernard.” It was a stinging rebuke of Indiana’s Republican state legislators…

Maynard Eaton: IU faculty condemn state lawmakers, AG over abortion ban

The popular, weeklong Howard County Fair featured prize winning princesses, poultry, and politics. In effect the event amounts to the unofficial kickoff of the 2022 election season. Just ask Raleigh Brown, President of the State Board of College…

Princesses, poultry, and politics

For the revered Reba Harris’ 82nd birthday bash, a special Kokomo couple re-presented her gift that keeps on giving. That’s why philanthropists Patti and John O’Donnell joined some 75 others on June 30, giving their love, support, and best wishes to…

Harris has more to do at 82

Reba Harris grew up with nothing. As a Black woman in north-central Indiana living through the nation’s struggles with race, society did everything it could to ensure she would be forgotten. Now, Harris is an author; with one book set for release…

Reba Harris’ Memoir: ‘Living Life After the Fires of My Sorrow’

In celebration of Juneteenth 2022, Atlanta Video Network looks back on last year's program with Opal Lee, the "grandmother of Juneteenth", as she talks with Atlanta's 8-time Emmy Award-winning journalist Maynard Eaton.

Opal Lee--"Grandmother of Juneteenth"

Throughout history, Juneteenth has been known as Jubilee Day, Freedom Day, Liberation Day, Emancipation Day and now, for just the second year, a national holiday. Kokomo will celebrate it Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Studebaker Park behind…

Maynard Eaton: Juneteenth celebration organizers hopeful holiday can spur healing

Jayen Bougher is a 12-year-old trumpet player in the Bon Air Middle School band, but on June 7 he was learning to play the West African bell instrument (agogo) and African (djun djun) drums. He was one of a dozen or more youngsters and parents…

Library dances to a different beat

J.C. Barnett III is a charismatic Kokomo persona known to put on a Steph Curry-like display with his sweet jump shot. Now his praised and pleasing, 7-piece abstract art collection is vividly on display in the front window and on the featured artist…

'Rejoice & Blossom'

Jerry Paul, 73, is a feisty and politically savvy veterans activist and cheerleader who now has a new signature salute to honor his fellow former Armed Forces members. It is his distinctive 2022 Dodge Ram 1500 design and tribute. The vehicle is a…

Maynard Report: A Memorial Day salute

Meet a 74- year-old Sarah-Jane Artis Purcell, a life-long Kokomo resident who attended the city’s historic Frederick Douglass School from first to third grade. Her brothers and sisters preceded her there. “I’ve always just loved Kokomo, and Douglass…

Jazz Brunch fundraiser held for Douglass School

Much like my contemporaries as a student at Hampton and Columbia universities in the 1970s, my hairstyle was an afro, as the lengthy locks were called and popularized by Black Power activists such as Angela Davis, Huey P. Newton and the Rev. Jesse…

Maynard Eaton: 'Our hair, our story, my story' displays beauty of natural hair

There is charisma, culture and class in the cornfields of Delphi, and three businesswomen captaining their professions from the Delphi Opera House building complex personify and exemplify that. Inger Cowan and Cynthia Lashley are co-owners of Empire…

Maynard Eaton: Delphi’s doyennes of style and culture

“Our motto with this team: This is about more than basketball.” – Coach Cliff Levingston Because of automobile production, Kokomo became known as the “City of Firsts.” Now the city’s first professional sports team, the Kokomo BobKats of The…

Maynard Report: Kokomo embraces BobKats basketball

It was the 71st National Day of Prayer, and Sharon Reed’s prayer was answered. As she requested in a previous Kokomo Tribune story, Reed, a quintessential community activist and religious leader, was awarded Kokomo’s Key to the City by Mayor Tyler…