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CCL Indiana Chapter Leader Marcia Veldman poses a question to a crowd of over 30 supporters during a climate advocate workshop. The CCL was founded in 2007.

Citizens’ Climate Lobby guides the New Albany chapter with a workshop

Mac Aubrey, staff reporter March 4, 2019

A group of over 30 people joined together at 8th Street Pizza in New Albany on Jan. 24 to put three hours of their Sunday toward learning about solutions to climate change. The Climate Advocate Workshop...

Steve Carr tends to his two chicken coop guard dogs, Bear and Ranger.

Southern Indiana’s 3D Valley Farm

Brandon Miniard, Staff Reporter March 4, 2019

Nestled on the corner of Bank and Market Street in downtown New Albany, dozens of vendors and farmers offer their fresh produce, organic meats and—at the stand belonging to local farmers Steve and Jane...

Three years barista Savannah Sikele finishes packaging up to-go coffee cups for customers. She said she really enjoys getting to know the customers and their lives, making it more than just a job opportunity for her. Photo by Callie Manias.

Brewing and Booming

Callie Manias, staff reporter February 17, 2019

A college student  opens the doors to a hustling coffee shop filled with cheerful baristas and order his or her drink of choice and then sits down, hoping to get some work done. The local coffee shop...

A sign off the side of the main entrance to Clark State Forest welcomes those wishing to engage in recreational activities.

The cutting controversy of logging in Indiana state forests

Mac Aubrey, Staff Reporter February 6, 2019

The management practices in Indiana state forests adhere to national and international sustainability criteria, but controversy regarding logging regulations of public forestland remains intact. Southern...

Children and guardians gather at the Lego Building Zone to create projects of their own.

BrickUniverse Lego Fan Convention brings local Lego lovers to downtown Louisville

Mac Aubrey, Staff Reporter February 6, 2019

A room full of hundreds of Lego creations and tens of thousands of Lego bricks is a wonderland in the eyes of Lego lovers alike. BrickUniverse Lego Fan Convention showcased that wonderland at the Kentucky...

Hot Chicken Arrives in New Albany

Hot Chicken Arrives in New Albany

Callie Manias, staff reporter January 24, 2019

Cox’s Hot Chicken found its home on Main Street in New Albany a little over two months ago and is the first of its type in southern Indiana. Andrew Cox, founder and owner of the restaurant, saw his hometown...

Betty Collard hangs a shirt onto a rack in the sorting room. Students would put clothes on hangers so they were ready to be sold in the front of the store.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day: a day to serve

Joshua Roy, Kat Lynn, and Shelby Pennington January 22, 2019

January 21, 2019 celebrates the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., activist and leader of the civil rights movement. An American federal holiday, MLK Jr. Day is a day off for workers and students...

Illustration of a migrant boy on a boat headed to a new land. Photo by Erik Nelson Rodriguez, Tribune News Service. Used with permission.

Louisville faces the refugee crisis

Erin Coffee, Staff Reporter January 9, 2019

As refugees filter in from nations across the world, Louisville citizens are handed the task of providing a welcome environment and resources to families fleeing their home countries. This is not an easy...

Virtual becomes reality for Southern Indiana

Joshua Roy, staff reporter January 3, 2019

Virtual becomes reality for Southern Indiana as Dimension 4 VR Arcade offers a premier virtual reality experience to the local area. With eleven virtual reality stations, rooms are rented out by the hour...

Lipstick Wars is not your average poetry show

Lipstick Wars is not your average poetry show

Brittany Bullard, Staff Reporter November 14, 2018

Fed up with poetry events dominated by men, in 2015 Rheonna Nicole created Lipstick Wars, an all-female poetry slam. A poetry slam is a competition in which contestants compete against each other in several...

New Albany church played an important role in helping slaves get to freedom

New Albany church played an important role in helping slaves get to freedom

Brittany Bullard, Staff Reporter November 10, 2018

The Second Baptist Church in downtown New Albany, known in those days as the Town Clock Church, was built in 1852. It was a resource for slaves who were searching for freedom. During slavery, which...

The arches from The Walkway of Roses that led from the amusement park to the hotel remain barren and stand out from the overgrowth of what used to be Rose Island.

What happened to the abandoned amusement park Rose Island?

Candace Leilani, Staff Reporter November 8, 2018

From a booming location of interest and joy to a place of memory and decay, the Rose Island amusement park has found itself forgotten in history. Although it is close to home and only a 25-minute drive...

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