History: Smith Brothers of Berne launched in 1926 as the Homer Manufacturing Co., but its first manager, Orv Smith, and his brother Les Smith soon bought majority share of the company and changed the ...

BERNE, Ind. — Reba McEntire is returning to TV with a new sitcom this fall and one Indiana couldn't be happier. The country star's show, "Happy's Place," premiered on NBC Friday night and patrons at ...

Maxine Ruth Steury was born December 19, 1941 in a midwifery home in Berne, Indiana. She grew up on Bluecreek Farm, north of town, until age 5 when her family moved to Berne to enjoy the new red brick ...