The Posey County News

A Sober Reflection On Moral Consensus, Public Schools, And The Fading Spiritual Foundations That Once Gave Small-Town America It’s Strength. A couple of days ago, I added fuel to an already raging fire by prompting a conversation online about a topic that’s stirred up a lot of emotion in our community - the existence of an after-school, student-led LGBTQ+ club at a local junior high for children as young as ten. A fellow alumna offered a thought that received a lot of positiv

The VIEW FROM THE OTHER SIDE By Theresa Bratcher Someone is “very disappointed” with The Posey County News ... over a syndicated political cartoon that probably thousands of people saw in other publications as well as ours. Let’s talk about that. Let me start by saying that this column, at first glance, appears to be politically motivated, but I assure you it is not. It’s solely about the ‘very disappointed’ remark on social media. I’ve had my moments, but generally I try to

According to our new Bible, the Internet, local, independent newspapers are rapidly going the way the American bison did in the 19th century. I researched these facts via the Internet. The last time I entered a public library was about the time Ted Turner unleashed CNN in 1980. However, the last time I received a non-amalgamated view of the news was only today when my October 01 and October 08, 2025 editions of The Posey County News arrived in my post office box. Some cynics

Reality has come to southwestern Indiana. It’s cold. OK, not cold cold, but compared to the recent 80 degree weather, 34 degrees in the morning is COLD. It’s my time to whine. I’m ready for summer temperatures again. Soon, Beth, soon. There are, however, some (few) perks to the colder weather, the most important one, in my estimation, is that this is really good weather for soups. While there’s nothing to say that we can’t eat soup in the summer, the cool weather invites warm

Most of my life has been one long repetition. I get out of bed before daylight and I’m either on the road or in the field at sun up. No two sunrises or sunsets have ever been the same, even though farm work is basically always been the same. The small changes that come unexpectedly are for the most part pretty insignificant if you think about it, with the exception of a few deaths… The seasons are still basically the same… spring, summer, fall, and winter. We prepare ground,