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From Mark Bennett, Tribune-Star: Even as the pandemic has strained already-worn small towns, there is a brighter future for Dana, Indiana, thanks to generous grants and the return of the annual festival honoring its hometown hero, Ernie Pyle. Read the full piece here.
I’m honored to have been selected as a Drop: Christian Century Essay contest winner. Read the full essay here. I was a toddler when I began working the assembly line in my father’s western Indiana drug trafficking business. We sorted and stuffed kilos into the fiberglass …
Two decades into the 21st century, J. Dana Trent believes that small town churches can collaborate and pool resources to tackle the growing problems rural children face when poverty, addictions and mental illness hit their homes.
Like other small-town communities, Dana in Vermillion County is trying keep the community vibrant after the loss of population and jobs.