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New Center Grove Emergency Operations Center opens
By Nicole Davis The Center Grove Emergency Operations Center has been the dream of four emergency service organizations for years now. That dream, the result of collaboration between those four departments, is now a reality. […]

Edwards Drive-In
By Todd Travis Edwards Drive-In diner has closed its doors for good after going 64 years strong. But that’s not the end of the story. The Edwards family will continue what Herb Edwards started back […]

Outlook on 2022
Compiled by Nicole Davis Following a bleak and unprecedented 2020, 2021 was a year of picking up the pieces. Continuing that momentum, 2022 is looking good for the Southside. Beech Grove, Greenwood and Southport report […]

You want it? They’ll get it
Safeway takes a community-driven approach to the grocery business with new food selections and community partnerships By Nicole Davis As Americans have increased their time at home in the past year, they have eaten more […]

Greenwood Kiwanis Club awards scholarships to three Southside graduates
Allison Beach of Center Grove High School, Megan Johns of Greenwood High School and Brandon Kinnick of Franklin Central High School are this year’s recipients of the Bill and Sharlene Mellenamp Scholarship, presented by the […]

Obituaries for the week of June 11-17, 2020
Donald W. Baker Donald W. Baker, 87, died May 24, 2020. He was born March 17, 1933 in Indianapolis to the late Harold and Charlotte Baker. He graduated from Decatur Central High School. Following graduation […]

Franciscan Health hospitals accepting handmade masks from public
Many hospitals around the nation are experiencing shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE). While Franciscan Health’s inventories are adequate at this time, our supply chain teams are doing all that they can to obtain additional […]

Cinemark Movies 8 gifts private movie screening to Southside family
By Angela Morefield A recently renovated Southside movie theater decided to gift a movie screening of Frozen II to a family that gives back to an important cause. Cinemark Movies 8 at U.S. 31 and […]

JCREMC Community Fund awards Operation Round-Up® grants
The JCREMC Community Fund awarded Operation Round-Up® grants totaling more than $48,000 to 17 local nonprofit community organizations representing education, public health and safety and community improvement. Operation Round-Up® is a voluntary program of utility […]