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THE LAST WORD: Film documents origin of jump shot

I found out just in time about a new movie that had originally been intended to come out in theaters this month, but because of the COVID-19 pandemic had been sidelined. So it was available for rental in an online premier just for the weekend. Being a fan of basketball and its history, I ...

NEWS-SENTINEL EDITORIAL: The right plan to get Indiana back on track

The announcement at the end of last week that President Trump has given the country’s governors a three-phase plan to reopen the economy is a good, while cautious, first step in U.S. recovery from the COVID-19 coronavirus. And that could mean, as Gov. Eric Holcomb predicted, that the ...

NEWS-SENTINEL EDITORIAL: Be prepared for government’s stimulus check

Many Americans this week have received stimulus payments promised by the U.S. Treasury Department as a result of the CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act). The U.S. began issuing one-time payments this week to tens of millions of people as part of its $2.2 trillion ...

NEWS-SENTINEL EDITORIAL: Reminder that tax filing deadlines extended 90 days

While today is April 15 and normally the deadline for filing federal and state income taxes and making payments, the due date has been moved to July 15 because of the COVID-19 coronavirus. The United States Treasury had received a flood of requests for extensions from tax preparation ...