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Monday, May 9, 2016

Panel talks new education techniques

It's a novel approach to education. No bells. No textbooks. No class periods and subjects. Teachers hired on one-year contracts. And no tests. The audience at the Paramount Theatre was taken on a "virtual field trip" Wednesday night, during...

Pharmacy robbed at gunpoint Sunday

On Sunday at about 1:10 p.m., two Hispanic men entered Wayne Pharmacy at 2303 Wayne Memorial Drive and robbed the business at gunpoint. The suspects were wearing masks to cover their faces and both were armed with handguns. They...

Authorities still search for murder suspect

The vehicle belonging to a man accused of shooting to death David Vasquez, 47, near Mount Olive on Saturday has been located in LaGrange. Maj. Tom Effler with the Wayne County Sheriff's Office said a Chevrolet truck, burgundy and...

Meadow Lane becomes concern

Concerns about facilities conditions at Meadow Lane Elementary School have fueled a series of behind-the-scenes meetings that have been ongoing for several weeks now. The informal gatherings have revealed another concern and raised the alarm among local leaders that...

A life in flight

The pilot was telling Gene Taylor that they were going to die. The two-seat plane was in a stall spin heading into the mountains of southern Kentucky. It was 1966, and the 20-year-old Ohio State University student had been...