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Winchester’s Pride + Inclusion Festival returns October 3

Winchester’s Pride + Inclusion Festival returns to Depot Street on Saturday, October 3, with this year’s theme “The Story of US.” Organized by A Life Worth Celebrating, the free com­mu­ni­ty event builds on last year’s suc­cess, which drew about 1,000 atten­dees — near­ly 20 per­cent from out of town. This year’s line­up spot­lights women-led orga­ni­za­tions, artists, crafters, non­prof­its, and community... 
Photo by Pete Koutoulas

Winchester woman finds recovery, purpose, and a second chance at life

Tammy Stewart spent years bat­tling opi­oid addic­tion in Winchester before hit­ting rock bot­tom on Dec. 4, 2014, the day she was arrest­ed. She chose to stay in the Clark County Detention Center for 105 days, vol­un­tar­i­ly, emerg­ing clean and deter­mined to rebuild her life. What fol­lowed was a remark­able trans­for­ma­tion: shoul­der surgery that end­ed her chron­ic pain, grad­u­a­tion from the... 
Tammy Stewart, left, with husband Tom.

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  • Humanism, community, and the ten commitments

    Humanism, community, and the ten commitments

    Pete Koutoulas

    The lat­est episode of the Voices of Winchester pod­cast has dropped, and it’s one that should appeal to any­one look­ing for belong­ing and accep­tance and a non-reli­gious com­mu­ni­ty of com­pas­sion­ate friends. In this episode, Pete Koutoulas and Rebecca Ison have a wide-rang­ing con­ver­sa­tion about human­ism, what it means to live with­out reli­gious belief, and how human­ists try to build a bet­ter com­mu­ni­ty through action. They also walk through the Humanists of… 

    Read more: Humanism, com­mu­ni­ty, and the ten commitments
  • Winchester woman finds recovery, purpose, and a second chance at life

    Winchester woman finds recovery, purpose, and a second chance at life

    Pete Koutoulas

    Tammy Stewart spent years bat­tling opi­oid addic­tion in Winchester before hit­ting rock bot­tom on Dec. 4, 2014, the day she was arrest­ed. She chose to stay in the Clark County Detention Center for 105 days, vol­un­tar­i­ly, emerg­ing clean and deter­mined to rebuild her life. What fol­lowed was a remark­able trans­for­ma­tion: shoul­der surgery that end­ed her chron­ic pain, grad­u­a­tion from the Drug Court pro­gram, an asso­ciate degree from BCTC, and a seat… 

    Read more: Winchester woman finds recov­ery, pur­pose, and a sec­ond chance at life
  • Winchester’s Labor Day festivities draw crowds despite heat

    Winchester’s Labor Day festivities draw crowds despite heat

    Randy Patrick

    Winchester’s Main Street came alive Labor Day week­end as the Daniel Boone Pioneer Festival and Labor Day Parade drew crowds despite near-triple-dig­it heat and a dam­ag­ing morn­ing storm. About 150 ven­dors offered arts, crafts, food, and non­prof­it infor­ma­tion from Friday through Monday. A street dance, three march­ing bands, vin­tage vehi­cles, and motor­cy­cles kept ener­gy high. Visitors arrived from Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee, and Western Kentucky, with many return­ing for­mer res­i­dents mak­ing it… 

    Read more: Winchester’s Labor Day fes­tiv­i­ties draw crowds despite heat
  • Friday night lights, finally, in Winchester

    Friday night lights, finally, in Winchester

    Pete Koutoulas

    After decades away from high school sports, a long-delayed Friday night at George Rogers Clark’s Cardinal Stadium stirred old mem­o­ries and new appre­ci­a­tion for Pete Koutoulas. From porch-side promis­es to final­ly sit­ting under the lights, the evening brought foot­ball, fire­works, music, old-fash­ioned com­mu­ni­ty pride, and a sur­pris­ing sense of renew­al. GRC’s come­back win over Huntington gave the night a score­board sto­ry, but the deep­er moment came from the atmos­phere: the band,… 

    Read more: Friday night lights, final­ly, in Winchester

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