The Local Best. Chosen By You. From best restaurant to best veterinarian and everything in between - we asked, you nominated and voted your 2026 Best of SEI. Want your voice to be heard and business to be in the running? Best of SEI voting will return in July 2027! Did your business win? CLICK HERE to download the Winner's Badge to use! ★ Best Local Restaurant Janet's Diner facebook.com/janetsdiner Janet's Diner has anchored downtown Dillsboro for years, and it is the kind of

Submitted by the Dearborn County Retired Teachers Association, an affiliate of the Indiana Retired Teachers Association It started with a single pillowcase dress. In 2010, Jeraldine "Gerry" Barber read about sundresses sewn from pillowcases in a United Methodist Women newsletter. She found a pattern online, made one to show the Thursday morning retired teachers' coffee group at the Lawrenceburg Public Library, and asked whether the group could sew a dozen for a mission team h

Somewhere around 2008, Patriot resident Joey Rider sat down and wrote himself a note. He titled it "Operation Freedom." It was, in his words, a guide, a map toward the one thing he had wanted since high school: to work for himself. He had no way of knowing then that the same drive would one day turn toward saving the town he grew up in. A lifelong Patriot resident, Joey opened Rider Realty in 2020, and its success has quietly funded the community projects that followed. For a

It's official: Best of SEI is open, and the polls are live now through July 10th. This is your chance to crown the best our corner of the state has to offer. Best floral shop. Best coffee. Best place to grab a bite to eat on a Saturday. Best shop, best stylist, best spot to grab a cold drink on a hot day. You know who deserves it. Now go say so. Voting is quick, easy, and kind of addictive. Pick your favorites, hit submit, done. Then text the group chat and tell everybody to

"Take every opportunity you can. South Africa was breathtaking, and seeing animals in their natural habitat was far more exhilarating than seeing them anywhere else."

America turns 250 this July 4th, and if there was ever a year to bring a dessert with patriotic flair to the table, this is it! These red velvet cupcakes, crowned with cream cheese icing and a generous scatter of red, white, and blue sugar crystals, are the kind of thing that disappears fast at a cookout and looks like you put in more effort than you did. This is the first recipe in our three-part patriotic series for the 250th. See also: Alabama Firecracker Dip and our Patri

Stand anywhere in Dearborn, Ohio, Switzerland, Ripley, or Franklin County and you are standing on a piece of ground with an identity crisis for the ages. There is a wedge of land here, bounded by the Ohio River, three state lines, and an old treaty boundary, that the history books nicknamed “The Gore.”