Smithsonian Magazine1h
How a Stuffed Animal Named Billy Possum Tried—and Failed—to Replace the Teddy Bear as America’s National Toy
In 1909, wealthy widow Susie W. Allgood marketed a plush marsupial inspired by President William Howard Taft. But children ...
The Times Herald20h
Kehoe Rodgers: Saying good-bye to Roosevelt, a field teeming with memories
Every once in a while I’d point to the school and tell Matthew I went to kindergarten there — when it was Roosevelt ...
Lincoln Journal Star5d
LINCOLN MAN CHARGED WITH PHYSICALLY ABUSING SEVERELY DISABLED CHILD
A Lincoln man was charged Monday after being accused ... Travis Hohbein, 31, has been charged with two counts of intentional child abuse leading to serious injury. In August, as Hohbein was ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana6d
Indiana appeals court affirms man's convictions for murder, attempted murder
The Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed the convictions of a Gary man who shot to death his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend and also shot and injured his ex-girlfriend. Anthony Day, 57, was ...