Photo by Cindy Klepper.

Five years of experience - combined with a little extra money this year - had robotics fans seeing double earlier this week.

Moments after the robot  built by the Huntington County 4-H Robotics Team was unveiled on Monday, Feb. 22, a second robot, identical except for color, shot out from behind the curtain.

Photo by Andre B. Laird.

Originally published Jan. 18, 2010.

Not more than 75 years ago, rural Huntington County was dark.

Farmers and others residing in the countryside were missed by the growing power grid that lighted towns throughout the county.

Then in 1936, then-President Franklin Roosevelt signed into law the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, part of the president's "Second New Deal" program, designed to bring electricity to rural areas all across the United States.

Huntington County was no exception.

Photo by Andre B. Laird.

February 19 will mark 100 years of operation and service by the Roanoke Public Library, which since its arrival, has been an integral thread in the fabric of the community.

According to library archives, a group of local women was the driving force behind talks for a library in 1909. On Feb. 5, 1909, the women met at an area United Brethren Church to discuss the specifics. Florence De Long was elected temporary chair of the committee and the Library Club was organized to sponsor a library in town.

Photo by Matt Murphy.

A local elementary school has reconnected with its heritage, helping its students create a link between themselves and a man they have never met.

In recognition of the school's namesake, Lincoln Elementary School students and staff built a replica log cabin of former president Abraham Lincoln's boyhood home in Indiana as the culmination of the school's "Learning and Living the Lincoln Legacy" theme.

"We wanted to create a visual reminder of what it means to be a student at Lincoln Elementary," says Adam Drummond, principal.

Photo provided.

Originally published Jan. 7, 2010.

A new opportunity recently introduced by the Victory Noll Sisters gives interested people the chance to make a temporary commitment as a missioner.

Sister Rose Ann Kaiser, the program's representative, says there is more to the project than meets the eye.

Photo by Jessica Williams.

Published previously on Jan. 11, 2010.

Editor's note: Due to his spinal nerve disease, retired K9 Brix was put down on Feb. 3, 2010.

For 12-year-old Brix, his game as a police dog is approaching its final buzzer.

This Friday, Jan. 15, Brix will officially go into retirement from the Huntington Police Department - although his retirement may include the occasional drug bust - and live with Patrolman Alan Foster, his partner in crimestopping for the last 10 years.

Photo by Andre B. Laird.

Despite the poor economy throughout the nation, Indiana has been holding its own and actually gaining on its neighbors, Gov. Mitch Daniels told an audience in Huntington on Thursday, Feb. 4.

Speaking to members of the Huntington Optimists, Kiwanis and Rotary clubs at Huntington University, Daniels spoke about the current state of Indiana as well as strides being made to combat the recession.

His presentation was titled, "Fighting the Recession to Win."

Photo provided.

Originally published Jan.4, 2010.

Passion. Commitment. Motivation.

Those are the words Huntington native Anna Hawley used to describe her quest for knowledge and learning.

Photo by Cindy Klepper.

Ten years ago, the city of Huntington was home to 17,450 people - 8,336 men and 9,114 women.

We had divided ourselves into 6,717 households, leaving 545 housing units throughout the city vacant. About half (3,284) of the households were married couples; fewer than a third (1,951) were one-person households.

Eighty-one percent of us had graduated from high school, but just 13.7 percent had a college degree. We spent an average of 18.1 minutes traveling to work.

How do we know that?

Simple - we filled out a form.