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23 hours ago | kpcnews.com | Terry Mattingly

For more than 50 years ABC, with very few exceptions, has offered “The Ten Commandments” as the network’s featured film for Holy Week. Nothing says “Easter” like a showdown between Moses, the 13th-century B.C. Hebrew prophet, and the pharaoh, Ramses the Great, and the gods of Egypt. “Why is ‘The Ten Commandments’ an Easter movie? Part of me thinks they play it because people think it’s a generic Christian movie,” said Joe Wilson, reached by telephone.

6 days ago | kpcnews.com | Mike Marturello

Christ the Lord is Risen!He is RISEN Indeed! (A day early in celebrating but we do know the rest of the story!)Today is known as “Holy Saturday” in the week known as Holy Week. Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday, the Sunday we remember Jesus triumphantly entered Jerusalem. It is one of my favorite Sundays in the church. We wave palm branches and picture what it would look like to see the Messiah entering into Jerusalem, a peaceful king upon a donkey.

1 week ago | kpcnews.com | Mike Marturello

A friend of mine in college was from Michigan City and we had some great fun together, especially in our discussions about politics. She was a big fan of Indiana's senior senator at the time, Sen. Birch Bayh. Sen. Bayh, you might recall, was responsible for many things, including authoring the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which allows for the removal of a president from office. Bayh was defeated in 1980 by U.S. Rep.

1 week ago | kpcnews.com | Jeff Jones

AUBURN — The Auburn Common Council heard a tax increment finance (TIF) district management report Tuesday. Greg Balsano, from Baker Tilly municipal advisers, explained that a TIF management report is required to be filed by a community’s redevelopment commission by April 15 with the mayor, council and the Indiana Department of Local Government Finance. A new requirement, enacted in 2024, stipulates that the report be presented at a council meeting.

1 week ago | kpcnews.com | Mike Marturello

On April 3, funding for the humanities at Northeast Indiana community organizations evaporated. Across Indiana, funding for programs that help students learn about local history, equip libraries to expand offerings and fuel civic engagement vanished. Also lost were funds that supply resources to classrooms, support small-town festivals, and enhance Hoosiers’ ability to connect with each other and their community, state, nation, and the world.