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A ‘Refuge’ for those in need

May 14, 2020 SST

By Nancy Price Economic hardships due to COVID-19 have led many in need to seek help from Southside food pantries. A Greenwood pantry, however, has taken steps to nourish not just the stomachs, but the […]

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‘Living life like everyone else’

May 7, 2020 SST

By Nancy Price A local family is counting their blessings after COVID-19 nearly destroyed one of their lives. In mid-March, just as the world was learning about COVID-19, Bryan Hussung was developing symptoms that felt […]

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Girl of the Year

April 30, 2020 SST

By Nancy Price When a beaming 12-year-old Center Grove girl named Audrey Wampler rang a bell at Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health last July to celebrate the end of grueling chemotherapy treatments two-and-a-half […]

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Perseverance and pride

April 2, 2020 SST

By Nancy Price Layden Vaughn is a typical 10-year-old in many ways. He enjoys all things Disney, SpongeBob cards, music, painting in class at Mary Bryan Elementary School and beatboxing. He’s also close with his […]

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History in a Trunk

March 26, 2020 SST

By Rick Hinton Bill Hendricks’ interests in history go back to his childhood, an interest he now passes down to today’s youth. Hendricks entertains and educates on the American Revolution, Civil War, WWI and WWII […]

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Learning the American way

March 5, 2020 SST

By Nancy Price Not long after 17-year-old Italian exchange student Eleonora “Elo” (pronounced A-Lo) Mazzocchi flew into the Indianapolis International Airport, her new Southside host family, anxious to get acquainted, asked what she would like […]

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Celebrating 300 years of history

February 27, 2020 SST

By Nancy Price The year 1920 ushered in a decade of firsts for Americans. The 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. The first commercial radio station hit airwaves. And the rise of speakeasies, […]

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From wilderness to metropolis

February 20, 2020 SST

By Dodie Miller-Gould Johnson County Museum of History From the city’s humble beginnings as a settlement cut out of the wilderness to its current state as the largest city in Johnson County, Greenwood has come […]