Abby Turner

Student Journalist based in Bloomington, IN

Home Grown

If you are looking for healthy (and delicious) ways to improve your diet, My Greens microfarm may have just what you need. Emily Lawrence grows fresh and organic greens in her Hoover home and sells them to those looking to improve their diets and lifestyles at farmers markets and on Etsy. 

“I’ve come across a few people who have health issues and are looking to improve their diets but are unsure where to start,” said Lawrence. “I have people come to the market that are recovering from breast...

Batter Up!

A group of men and women in Ross Bridge, Bluff Park, and Lake Wilborn have been competing this summer in a series of fierce competitions against their own neighbors: That’s right, it’s wiffle ball season. 

In the wiffle ball leagues, it doesn’t matter whether you played baseball professionally or have never swung a bat in your life, what matters is that you show up. Michael Cobb, the commissioner for the Ross Bridge wiffle ball leagues and team captain of Joey Saltwater, says he originally th...

The history of Baker’s Junction Haunted Train

Baker’s Junction Haunted Train sits on Fairfax Road just south of Bloomington, a short drive away from Monroe Lake. A passerby may think they have stumbled upon an 1800s ghost town. Old wooden buildings and rusty trains juxtapose the concrete backdrop of a foreboding castle.  
The property is home to John Baker and his family. John, a sturdy man who gets around by electric wheelchair, loves haunted houses so much that he lives in one. He grew up hearing stories of trains and railroads, and, one...

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