As part of its efforts to clean up the town, the Monon Town Council invited the owners of the dilapidated buildings downtown to attend the April 18 council meeting.
The Monticello Tire Shop was established in 1917 in downtown Monticello. The business was owned and operated by Fred Sargent and Fred Bassett who would open another tire store in Delphi in 1922. In 1917 the tire shop was located at 134 N. Main which today is the location of Randall Miller &a…
Carroll County officials have re-negotiated their contract for free healthcare for their employees and gave their blessing to a new plan to help keep children safer in the schools.
For the first time since the program started in 1974, the Twin Lakes High School-based building trades students won’t be building a house.
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In the last week, the White County Prosecutor’s Office filed 10 cases related to criminal charges for a total of 238 criminally-based filings so far this year.
A White County jury found a Monticello man guilty of two felony counts of child molesting after about half an hour of deliberations on Wednesday.
Two adult sisters who intended on confronting their 80-year-old stepfather at his rural Carroll County home, over “family issues”, Saturday night, ended up in the Carroll County Jail themselves.
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White County rivals Tri-County and North White met on the track in Wolcott on Tuesday night, with the Cavalier boys and Viking girls each taking home the victory.
In its first home match in almost two weeks, the Twin Lakes girls tennis team put on a strong performance with a 4-1 win over visiting Benton Central.
DELPHI – Class 2A No. 7 ranked Delphi broke through in the bottom half of the 11th inning to beat Twin Lakes 2-1 in a classic pitchers’ duel.
For three innings, the Tri-County baseball team struggled to catch up to North White pitcher Brock Frybort in a conference matchup on the road on Tuesday.
The Twin Lakes softball team has saved its best for conference play this season, and that trend continued in a 13-3 win over visiting Benton Central on Tuesday.
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Last Wednesday, Holocaust survivor Eva Kor came to White County.
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“In the end, only kindness matters…….”
I remember my Noni washing down her walls every spring, even after she no longer had a coal furnace! I have to say I have not kept up her tradition. But, spring cleaning is important to promote good health. We will discuss cleaning out medication cabinets to keep your meds current and up to …
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The businessman who acquired the former Magnetation and Essar Steel Minnesota properties is facing two federal court challenges, and an objection has been filed in the final Magnetation settlement.
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Today, (April 12) Target is announcing plans to open its first small-format store in Indiana in 2019, located near the Purdue University campus in West Lafayette. The West Lafayette State Street store will be located at 304 W. State St., at the intersection of State Street and Northwestern A…
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Fair Oaks Farms has a few new things coming this year.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Booking information is provided by the Monroe County Jail. These are preliminary charges and may change as cases are processed. To follow a court case, search the state’s court records at http://mycase.in.gov.
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No arrests have been made in connection with a Sunday morning shooting during a Little 500 after-hours party that injured a 20-year-old man from Indianapolis.
GRIFFITH, IN - Guadalupe M. (Valdez) Figueroa, 85, of Griffith, IN, passed away Monday, April 23, 2018. She is survived by: loving children Veronica Fernandez Nieto (Jerry Nieto), Monica (Juan) Vitela (nee Fernandez), Victor Fernandez, grandchildren Juan (Laura) Vitela Jr., Krishna (Roberto) Sanchez, David (Miriam) Vitela, Tracie (Jose) Rivera, Jocel Nieto, Jessica (Matthew) Duch, great grandchildren Jose, Jennise, Anissa, Christian & Kayla Rivera, Aubrianna, Lucas, Daniel & Sabrina Duch, Sofia & Amelia Sanchez, Isabella Vitela. She was preceded in death by: her loving husband Celestino Figueroa, and grandaughter Bianca Jade Guadalupe Fernandez.
SCHERERVILLE, IN - Bonita J. Ludwig, age 85, of Schererville, passed away Monday, April 23, 2018. She is survived by her children: Glen (Karen) Ludwig, Sue (Derwin) Neitzel, Gail (Les) Buikema, Lori (Tom) Manley, and Shari (Matt) Krueger; grandchildren: Christy (Jay) Rose, Brandy (John) O'Keefe, Shelley (Neil) Hansen, Brad (Sarah) Buikema, Keith Buikema, Megan Fuller, Erin (Kevin) Lynn, Brianne Manley, and Micah, Jacob, and Gabrielle Krueger; five great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband Conrad Ludwig.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The security chief for the head of the Environmental Protection Agency worked on the side as a private investigator for the owner of a tabloid news company with close ties to President Donald Trump.
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BEIJING (AP) — Volkswagen and Nissan have unveiled electric cars designed for China at a Beijing auto show that highlights the growing importance of Chinese buyers for a technology seen as a key part of the global industry's future.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wynn Resorts reported a first-quarter loss on Tuesday, its bottom line weighed by a nearly $465 million charge link to a legal settlement.
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GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) — PS Business Parks Inc. (PSB) on Tuesday reported a key measure of profitability in its first quarter.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Sinclair Broadcast Group will sell nine TV stations to Standard Media Group for $441.7 million as part of its plan to meet regulatory approval for its pending $3.9 billion acquisition of Tribune Media.
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GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — It took a big money push from the Republican Party, tweets by the president and the support of the state's current and former governors, but the GOP held onto an Arizona U.S. House seat they would have never considered endangered in any other year.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kevin Hart laughed as he tried to floss dance with a kid as they were both egged on by rapper Meek Mill. Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie awkwardly waved his arms around the way any 60-something-year-old man would attempting to look hip next to star entertainers.
WASHINGTON (AP) — There were no celebrity guests, Hollywood entertainers or superstar chefs. But as she stepped out of the background to host her first state dinner, Melania Trump sought to sparkle in her moment in the spotlight.
DALLAS (AP) — Two Dallas police officers were critically wounded in a shooting that also injured a home improvement store employee, authorities said.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Kim Jong Un will be in unchartered territory when the third-generation autocrat crosses over to the southern half of the Demilitarized Zone separating the rival Koreas on Friday, possibly on foot, and greets South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani officials say an American diplomat who struck a Pakistani motorcyclist in a fatal road accident earlier this month has been barred from leaving the country, pending a civil court case.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian police have released a photo of one of the two assailants who gunned down a Palestinian engineer this past weekend, and say the duo could still be in the country.
NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian court has found a high-profile spiritual guru Asaram Bapu guilty of raping a teenage female devotee in 2013.
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