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Columnist Dean Karau revisits Republican Party's 1856 mass convention in Kewanee Star Courier The Founding Fathers distrusted political parties. Nevertheless, political divisions arose and political parties soon developed. First there were Federalists (strong central government) versus Jeffersonian Republicans (limited government). Then the former dissolved and the latter became Democratic-Republicans but evolved into the Democratic Party of Andrew Jackson, essentially today’s Democrats. Jackson’s opponents soon formed the Whig Party. In the 1850s, slavery and its expansion into new terri...

Columbus, IN, USA / MOJO 102.9 Feb 3, 2021 3:18 AM COLUMBUS, Ind. – Columbus City Council met Tuesday evening and authorized the redevelopment commission to spend up to $3,662,670 to erect a new court services building for Bartholomew County. Dunlap Inc. will construct the edifice and Barth Electric Company has been contracted for electrical services. The new structure is needed due to a land-swap agreement between the city and county in which the city takes ownership from the county of the block between Second and Third Streets, and Franklin Street and Lafayette Avenue. The city then assis...

Columbus, IN, USA / MOJO 102.9 Jan 6, 2021 6:06 AM COLUMBUS, Ind. – The Columbus City Council met Tuesday evening and approved a resolution to authorize the Redevelopment Commission to spend just over $500,000 for the property at 555 First Street. The purchase results from a land swap agreed to by the city and county in which the city would take ownership from the county of the block between Second and Third Streets, and Franklin Street and Lafayette Avenue. The city would assist the county with the construction of the new Court Services building south of the Bartholomew County Jail. The bl...

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For the Sun-Gazette SUN-GAZETTE FILE Two of the Bases Loaded statues at the corner of Market and Third Streets in Williamsport are covered in snow following a 2018 storm. Due to the pandemic, Mary Alice and I have been staying home. However, last week, we needed to go food shopping. Before we reached the grocery store, we stopped at the doughnut shop to go through the drive-thru window. While sitting in the truck and eating our doughnuts, the snowflakes began to blanket the windshield. Mary Alice, who loves snow, mentioned that it is absurd to believe that no two snowflakes are alike.