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Welcome to WPFC Podcasting! This is a weekly look at news, information and the people in and around Pike County! Today’s visit is with long friend Bob Price.  In some circles, Bob might be better known as Mr. Magnificent which is always in response to your question, “How are you?"

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Welcome to WPFC Podcasting! This is a weekly look at news, information and the people in and around Pike County! Today’s visit is with long friend Pike County Sheriff Jason McKinney.  In some circles, the Sheriff is better known as J.K. He’s a busy guy!  Sheriff, what did you do yesterday?

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Welcome to WPFC Podcasting! This is a weekly look at news, information and the people in and around Pike County! Before the consolidation of Pike County Schools for the 1974-75 school year, the three remaining high schools were Otwell, Petersburg and Winslow. And when it comes to small-town Indiana schools, many were defined by the success of the basketball program!  It was a way of life… and only needing a handful or two of partic...

Welcome to WPFC Podcasting! This is a weekly look at news, information and the people in and around Pike County! Today’s visit is with long friend of Pike County, a fellow who started prating dentistry here in Petersburg in 1960!  Dwight Eisenhower was President!  But 65 years later, Howard Dunigan still has the driven energy of many 30 year olds….

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Welcome to WPFC Podcasting! This is a weekly look at news, information and the people in and around Pike County! This week begins, an annual tradition that has been going on at Hornady Park, it’s current location, for nearly eighty years! It is the Pike County Fair! Today’s visit is with Brooke Gobel, the Extension Educator through Purdue University.  She is stationed right here in th...

Welcome to WPFC Podcasting! This is a weekly look at news, information and the people in and around Pike County!Most people that know much about me, know that I appreciate history. Family history, Pike County History… Petersburg history. My dad was a history teacher… I married a history teacher! When somebody asks me a history question above my pay grade… it’s a call to Sandy McBeth! She is the quintessential Pike County Historian.

Welcome to WPFC Podcasting! This is a weekly look at news and information in and around Pike County! Today is July 4th! The 249th anniversary of our nation’s independence! There is no better guest for today’s program than Tom Morrison. Tom is a retired Social Studies Teacher, Government & History, from Pike Central High School. Tom is a true patriot. He is decorated with the Bronze Star from heroic action under fire. During the...

Welcome to WPFC Podcasting! This is a weekly look at news and information in and around Pike County! Our heritage of Coal Mining in Pike County is a deep vein. Fact check me, but I think 38% of our geography has been coal mined.  That, in part, is why our 334 square miles of land, only has about 12,500 inhabitants.  Our foot print is larger than that of New York City! One of the coal mines, this one in Jefferson Township, near Cato...

Welcome to WPFC Podcasting! This is a weekly look at news and information in and around Pike County! Nestled in the western rolling hills of Clay Township, on the border of Gibson County, is a hidden garden, a forrest preserve, that has brought thousands of visitors to this neighborhood for quite a few years. It is the Azalea Path Botanical Garden and Arboretum, we call it the “The Azalea Path." It’s also the home to the curators, ...