KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — The Kosciusko County Bicentennial Commission has announced the state’s official release of Bicentennial torchbearers has been delayed. Those who have been selected to be a torchbearer will be notified through a letter from Governor Mike Pence by the end of May and the official public release of names by the state is …read more.

By ANDREA NEAL In 1975, Jessamyn West wrote a novel based on a true yet astonishing Indiana story. The Massacre at Fall Creek recounts the 1824 murders of nine Indians in Madison County and the ensuing trial and death sentences of the white male perpetrators. In the last chapter, a respected white preacher by the …read more.

EDITORS NOTE: This is the start of a series of essays leading up to the celebration of the  Indiana Bicentennial In December 2016. The essays focus on the top 100 events, ideas and historical figures of Indiana, in chronological order, tying each to a place or current event in Indiana that continues to tell the …read more.

Next year marks Indiana’s bicentennial, and the Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce is getting involved in celebrating it, with board members hearing about local efforts at the monthly meeting Feb. 4. Kristi Martin, chamber executive assistant, stated she and Becky Brower with the Syracuse Public Library attended a meeting in regards to county-wide efforts to celebrate …read more.

EDITORS NOTE: This is the start of a series of essays leading up to the celebration of the  Indiana Bicentennial In December 2016. The essays focus on the top 100 events, ideas and historical figures of Indiana, in chronological order, tying each to a place or current event in Indiana that continues to tell the …read more.

EDITORS NOTE: This is the start of a series of essays leading up to the celebration of the  Indiana Bicentennial In December 2016. The essays focus on the top 100 events, ideas and historical figures of Indiana, in chronological order, tying each to a place or current event in Indiana that continues to tell the …read more.

Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman and Congressman Lee Hamilton, co-chairs of Indiana’s Bicentennial Commission, have announced the approval of 12 new Bicentennial Nature Trust projects to the ongoing conservation initiative. The Bicentennial Nature Trust is a statewide program aimed at expanding trails, wetlands and recreation sites to help celebrate Indiana’s 200 years of statehood in 2016. …read more.