Hundreds — perhaps thousands — of evangelical churches used Ken Anderson films for ministry during the 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s. The films were shown in Sunday night services, at youth rallies, at New Year’s Eve watch parties, and more.

My uncle and I, at least twice, revisited the comment I made in one of last year’s columns I celebrated the four PAC-12 defectors (Oregon, UCLA, USC and Washington) as contributing so much to watchable Big Ten football games that we would never see Indiana and Purdue battle for the Old Oaken Bucket on a major network telecast.

We are often asked, “What can I do to be a better investor?” There are many simple steps that you can take to improve your investment results. Many of these tips are topics which we devote an entire radio show or newspaper article to.

Well folks, we’ve finally reached the tipping point. 

For a couple of weeks now, Ole Miss head football coach Lane Kiffin’s name has been right where he wants it—on the lips of every media member in the country.

My brain has been more tired than usual, and around 4 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, I was sitting at my desk – the last person in one of the plants where I work – unable to formulate a thought nor begin another task.

Most of us have heard of the Federal Reserve (“Fed”) and know that it has a role in setting interest rates, but many are unaware of what the Fed is and what it actually does.

Regardless of your world view or what your everyday outlook on life might be, it’s universally accepted that positive people are easier to be around than negative people.

The endless polarization, shouting and zero-sum battles dominate our news and social media feeds. While the country is drowning in destructive rhetoric, a powerful antidote is being championed right here.

Owen Orson Wiard was looking for a place of safety and anonymity. As a highly effective detective in western Pennsylvania, he helped shut down a branch of the notorious Black Hand gang of the Mafia. He feared for his safety.

“Nothing like us ever was” comes from poet Carl Sandburg’s work, “Four Preludes on Playthings of the Wind” – a four-part poem published in 1922. He illustrated a great city, its complacent people, its downfall, and the rats and lizards eventually ruling it.

Now that Thanksgiving, Black Friday and holiday shopping are just around the corner, you can almost hear people in stores saying to themselves, “This year, it’s going to be different. This year, I’m going to keep my holiday spending under control.”

Alec Penstone, 100-year-old veteran, was recently honored on Good Morning Britain for his service. 

SYRACUSE — Mark your calendars and bundle up for one of the most heartwarming holiday traditions in northern Indiana.

We are nearly two full years into the 12-team playoff experiment in college football and there is still one glaring problem facing it. 

There was a day, about six years ago, that the people in the Warsaw Athletic Department will never, ever forget.

Editor, Times-Union: “Children are the world’s most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.” –John F. Kennedy

Homer Sailor, the property manager for the Winona School of Professional Photography, got an eye-popping surprise one day in 1941 when he came to open the building in preparation for summer classes.

There are no more area football teams in action, and the other fall high school sports seasons have also come to an end. This probably would have been a great weekend for a long-form feature to gobble up copy space in the real estate afforded us in local print media, but there was actually something worth discussing from earlier this week on the area’s NAIA-affiliated campus, Grace College.

Retirement has changed in many ways over the last generation or two. Here are some of the most important ones, and what you can do to plan for them.

There is a topic of discussion, rather a person of interest, that I have tried to avoid talking about up to this point this season. 

When a team isn’t doing well, the first person to feel the strain of that is the head coach.

Tourists and lakeside dwellers of Indiana’s larger lakes have often enjoyed sightseeing and history teaching excursions on large watercraft. On Wawasee, it is the S.S. Lilypad. On Webster, it is the venerable Dixie Sternwheeler.

You’ve heard “this must be the place” in movie scenes, and a 1983 talking Heads album has a very upbeat tune on it named, This Must Be The Place (Naïve Melody), as well.

Although an advisor writing a column about how to meet with an advisor may seem a little self-serving, the goal is to help readers make the most of their initial meeting with a financial planner and to identify some of the qualities to look for when selecting an advisor.