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Former Elwood Mayor Taylor, 84, dies

Aug 16, 2024 | pharostribune.com | Scott Underwood

ELWOOD — Former Elwood Mayor Merrill Taylor, who died Aug. 8 at the age of 84, is being remembered as “a true public servant.”Taylor, a Democrat, served as Elwood’s mayor from 2004-2012 and was the first mayor of the city in 36 years elected to a second term. Citing his wife Lela’s health problems, he declined to run for a third term.
Former Elwood Mayor Taylor, 84, dies

Aug 15, 2024 | heraldbulletin.com | Scott Underwood

ELWOOD — Former Elwood Mayor Merrill Taylor, who died Aug. 8 at the age of 84, is being remembered as "a true public servant."Taylor, a Democrat, served as Elwood's mayor 2004-2012 and was the first mayor of the city in 36 years elected to a second term. Citing his wife Lela's health problems, he declined to run for a third term.
Editorial: Allegiance to Trump, Biden destructive

Jul 12, 2024 | commercial-news.com | Scott Underwood

With good reason, many voters aren’t happy with major party options in the presidential election. Former President Donald Trump is bombastic, insensitive and untruthful. It’s hard, especially, to forget that he encouraged the Jan. 6 riot, then sat idly by for hours while it transpired. President Joe Biden is suffering from greatly diminished cognitive abilities. It’s hard to forget his embarrassing incoherence on the recent debate stage and in his ABC interview afterward.
Scott Underwood column: Biden should step aside immediately

Jul 3, 2024 | heraldbulletin.com | Scott Underwood

There’s no spinning this one. No excuses to be made. The world saw in the June 27 presidential debate what must have been obvious to Joe Biden’s cabinet and his campaign team for weeks, perhaps months. He’s not fit to be president. His thoughts are incoherent. His speech is wandering and difficult to understand. His very aura is weak and discouraging. Whether he’s electable has become (excuse the expression) highly debatable in the aftermath of his debate debacle. But that’s almost beside the point.
Scott Underwood column: Henry Bird, a perfectionist who made others feel special

Jun 4, 2024 | heraldbulletin.com | Scott Underwood

In the early ‘90s when I was sports editor at The Herald Bulletin, I was invited to a meeting involving the newspaper’s upper management. I wasn’t used to being included in such high-level conferences, so I felt a little out of my depth. It didn’t help when the publisher, my boss’ boss, sat down in the chair next to me. Fifteen minutes into the meeting, as the advertising director was talking about something called ROP and something else called ROI, the publisher leaned toward me.
Scott Underwood column: Daily poll questions take the temperature of THB readers

May 14, 2024 | heraldbulletin.com | Scott Underwood

How do you feel about The Herald Bulletin’s poll questions? We love them. They’re fun to create, and it’s interesting to see what respondents have to say. Although the results are by no means scientific, they take the temperature of an important portion of the community — our readers. Some of our polls pose important and controversial public policy questions. Others are really just for fun. The polls are often, though not always, related to the editorial published the same day.
Scott Underwood column: 10 good reasons to vote in today's primary

May 7, 2024 | heraldbulletin.com | Scott Underwood

Six a.m. to six p.m. today. Those are the hours voting centers in Madison County will be open for the primary. Twelve hours to fulfill your civic responsibility — unless, of course, you’ve already done so by voting early. If you haven’t, here are 10 of the many good reasons to take the time to vote today: 10. Enjoy a mild day. The weather is supposed to be nice, with a chance for just a little rain. Not too hot. Not too cold. A nice day to get out and about. 9. Catch up with old friends.
Scott Underwood column: Inspirational journalists abound in Indiana

Apr 30, 2024 | heraldbulletin.com | Scott Underwood

In 1925, Figueroa Printers published the first Spanish-language newspaper in Indiana. El Amigo del Hogar — “a friend of the home” — was distributed weekly in the Indiana Harbor neighborhood of East Chicago. Ninety-nine years later, on Saturday at Woodland Country Club in Carmel, Francisco Figueroa, the driving force behind El Amigo del Hogar, was inducted posthumously into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame.
Scott Underwood column: Welcome home to Indiana, Caitlin

Apr 16, 2024 | heraldbulletin.com | Scott Underwood

You must have gotten the message from my column in February, when I wrote an open letter imploring you to enter the WNBA draft so that you could come to Indiana as the first overall pick by the Fever. While you never responded personally to me, clearly you got the message. Soon after my letter to you published, you declared for the draft, all but sealing your future as a member of the Indiana Fever.
Video: Flooding at Edgewater Park

Apr 12, 2024 | heraldbulletin.com | Scott Underwood

...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...A portion of central Indiana, including the followingcounties, Hamilton, Hancock, Madison, Marion and Tipton. * WHEN...Until 600 PM EDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. River or stream flows are elevated and some streams remain out oftheir banks. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1001 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain.