Allen: When this high school banned cellphone use, it saw remarkable changes

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FORT WORTH, Texas — There’s something noticeably different at Nolan Catholic High School in Fort Worth this year.

Another viewpoint: Pandemic is definitely not over, despite president’s claims

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President Joe Biden is flat-out wrong if he thinks the pandemic is over. Although the trendlines are pointing downward, the United States still registers around 360 deaths per day from the coronavirus along with a seven-day average of 55,000 new infections, with 13,700 people currently hospitalized. Those numbers are a far cry from the earlier days of the pandemic, but that hardly means the threat is gone.

Morris: Indiana, the home of good, eclectic music

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When I was a newbie reporter at the Wabash Plain Dealer, I started hearing about a young woman named Brenda Webb, just a few years out of high school and beginning to make a name for herself as a country singer. Since she was the younger sister of superstar Loretta Lynn, it was the consensus that Brenda just might make it.

Dunn: Controlling “Weeds”

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Weeds are often defined as something growing in a place where you don’t want it to grow. If we accept that definition, then the biggest weed problem in Hancock County is “mega warehouses.”

Leaders must act to ensure more students attend college

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The percentage of Indiana high school graduates who go to college has been shrinking in recent years — but the rate dropped precipitously during the first year of the pandemic, falling 6 percentage points to 53%.

Franke: A 12-year-old tackles inflation

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“I hate inflation.”