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Indiana’s nationally-recognized CollegeChoice 529 Savings Plans are celebrating 25 years of Hoosiers saving for education. The popular program launched in 1997, following passage of legislation on March 21, 1996. Today, the program boasts $6.8 billion in assets under management in more than 417,000 accounts across three plans: CollegeChoice 529 Direct Savings Plan, CollegeChoice Advisor 529…

FBI Atlanta is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the whereabouts of Ciera (Locklair) Breland who has been missing since February 24, 2022. Ciera Breland was last known to be visiting her family in John’s Creek, Georgia from Carmel, Indiana the week of February 20th with her husband, Xavier Breland,…

(StatePoint) Over the past two years, public schools have faced continual disruptions brought about by COVID-19. Experts say that federal relief funds have given the nation a one-time opportunity to learn from the experience and to focus recovery efforts and resources on delivering high-quality instruction and support for students in ways that will accelerate their…

With as many lives as have been changed by COVID-19 over the past two years, the 2022 “National Social Work Month” theme for March of “The Time is Right for Social Work” is quite fitting. Led by the National Association of Social Workers, the theme underscores the contributions social workers have made to this nation…

DePauw’s Wyatt Metzger (Westfield, Ind.) has been named the North Coast Athletic Conference Men’s Tennis Athlete of the Week for his performances in the Tigers’ 8-1 win over Wittenberg University. Metzger played number two singles and defeated the Wittenberg Tigers’ John DeVito by a 6-3, 6-2 score. He was also teamed with Thomas Partridge in…

Many Hoosiers dream of buying a home but may not have a good credit score or enough savings for a down payment to take a traditional loan.  So, what if a landlord or a company offered the chance to eventually own the house you are renting?  Be aware, while rent-to-own may be a feasible option, it is…

More than 7,500 Hoosier high school students over the past five years have earned the Indiana College Core or an associate degree while still in high school, continuing Indiana’s strong support of students taking early college credit with the benefit of students saving time and money toward postsecondary education and training.  Recent data show more…

Dear Editor, Yes neighbors, election season is upon us.  We have already done some of our research so we can make informed selections at the poll.  We have also made several of our candidate choices and put their signs in our yard.  Little did we know that this would draw the juvenile reaction of the…