Hope Town Crier
Hope Elementary Announces Honor Roll for Autumn 2025
Hope Elementary Honor Roll...
Local Veterans Day Events 11/11
Local Veterans Day events tomorrow...
Indiana Students to get Free FAFSA Filing Help at College Goal Sunday
Financial aid professionals from across Indiana will be at 34 sites, including in Columbus...
WILLow LeaVes and HSJ Online Announce HSJ Benefit Schedule 11/01
Benefit schedule for Saturday, November 1...
Trick-or-Treat Hours for 2025 Announced...
Trick-or-Treat hours announced...
General Hope News
AH-HA Corner Cafe Planning for Official Reopening on Saturday 11/15
AH-HA Corner Cafe had a wonderful Heritage Days...
Game Report for Week 11/10: Cross Country
Game Report...
1985 Hauser Graduate Carol Ashbrook Wins Poetry Contest
Writing and publishing enthusiast...
Community News
Ivy Tech Columbus Hosts Virtual Info Session for Adult Learners 11/19
Ivy Tech Community College Columbus will host a virtual information session...
Moravian Clothes Pantry Hosting Giveaway 11/08
November’s offering of the Moravian Clothes Pantry’s monthly giveaway...
Legal Aid Hosting Free Phone Clinic 11/04
River Valley Legal Aid Pro Bono Indiana announces a Free Legal Phone Clinic...
Terri Young's Community Calendar November 2025
Terry Young's Community Calendar November 2025...
Ivy Tech Columbus Hosts Virtual Event for Adult Learners to Find Out How They Can Earn Free College Credentials
Ivy Tech Community College Columbus invites adult learners to connect...
Columns
Combines, Cars and Cultural Changes
I barely noticed the brown pickup truck approaching...
Flaky Reflections
When you have that gnawing hunger, small-town Indiana might just calm the morning belly growls...
Alta Robb: Gold Nugget Pawn Shop And…
Alta Robb and her husband, Bill, operated the Gold Nugget Pawn Shop...
Please Attend: An Invitation to the HSJ Online Benefit
We are excited to be celebrating another year as “HSJ Online” at beginning at...
God Bless ‘em
My brother must have been born on the southern side of the hospital...
Obituaries
Laura Ann Primmer, 56, Columbus
Laura Ann Primmer, 56, of Columbus, passed away...
Alta Mae Robb, 90, Hope
Our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend Alta Mae Robb went home to be with her Lord and Savior...
Margaret Louise (Schmidt) Downey, 99, Hope
Margaret Louise (Schmidt) Downey, 99, died in her home...
Elvin Lee Shaum, 78, Hope
Elvin Lee Shaum, 78, of Hope, Indiana, formerly of Leetonia, Ohio, passed away...
Edward Martin Wolpert, 90, Shelbyville
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Edward Martin Wolpert...
Public Safety
Hope Police Blotter for Week of October 19th
Sunday, October 19...
Hope Police Blotter for Week of October 12th
Sunday, October 12...
Hope Police Blotter for Week of September 28th
Sunday, September 28...
Hope Police Blotter for Week of September 21st
Sunday, September 21...
Hope Police Blotter for Week of September 14th
Sunday, September 14...
Public Notices
FRHC School Board Agenda for 11/18
School Board Agenda Tuesday, November 18, 2025...
Town Council Meeting Agenda 11/18
Town Council Agenda November 18, 2025...
FRHC School Board Agenda for 11/03
School Board Agenda Monday, November 3, 2025...
Town Council Meeting Agenda 10/21
Town Council Agenda October 21, 2025...
