Lillian Hampton Mikesell remembers the Great Depression as a very hot and dry time, when drought-raised corn on the family farm between Richmond and Fountain City barely brought in 40 bushels per acre, a far cry from today's usual harvests.

The Wayne County Area Chamber of Commerce's annual dinner will move to a Friday night in January for the sake of television.

RICHMOND, Ind. -- Franklin Harlow Haas, age 87, of Richmond, died Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, at Arbor Trace Exceptional Senior Living.

The Hunger and Homelessness Rally planned for 1 p.m. today at the Richmond Municipal Building has been canceled because of the weather.

Frances Oberholtzer, 82, of Richmond, died Nov. 8, 2009, at Friends Fellowship Community.

The Earlham College campus will be busy with entertaining activities this weekend, including a play, two concerts and an sculptural exhibit.

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Earlham College's Main Stage Theater production, 'Ring Round the Moon,' opens tonight.

West side resident Thelma Goris already has alternate routes planned to cope with the reconstruction of U.S. 40.

The city decided to build its sewage disposal plant south of Richmond on land to be purchased from the Lutheran Cemetery Association.

Unravelling two tales of two mummies pal-item.com Rachel E. Sheeley On a day when children costumed as mummies go trick-or-treating, it's appropriate that new information has been acquired and new conservation efforts made for the only two Egyptian Indiana museum-owned mummies.

It can be daunting, comprehending all the directions you can go after high school.

True Value Hardware owner John Mendenhall sighed when he thought about the highway reconstruction project about to begin outside his South West Fifth Street store.

Earlham College senior Callie Thompson was named the NCAC Player of the Week on Sunday.

Any fears Amelia Psmythe harbored about the impact her decade of volunteer work had on her two sons disappeared last month.

Campbell Auto Sales, 43 S. Eighth St. advertised a used 1929 Ford Roadster for $75. A new hard surface drive at Earlham College was a gift of the classes from 1932 through 1935 and was commerated with a bronze tablet on a large rock.

Sen. Allen Paul, R-Richmond, will receive the Distinguished Service Award from Earlham College for his efforts in securing a stoplight at the college's main entrance.

Three stage performances are among the many activities planned Friday and Saturday in the Richmond area.

The University of Notre Dame earned a "B" grade on the recent 2010 College Sustainability Report Card, moving up from a B-minus grade in 2009.

Two rural Northern California counties have earned a spot on a list of the nation's top 50 highest divorce rates, but Yolo County doesn't even come close.