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A Brazil man faces felony drug charges after police say they located him and a methamphetamine lab inside a local apartment complex. Daniel E. Pugh, 44, was charged Tuesday in Clay Superior Court with felony counts of manufacturing meth, possession of chemical reagents or precursors with intent to manufacture a controlled substance and possession of meth. He was also charged with a misdemeanor count of visiting a common nuisance — controlled substances...

Times Staff Report Isaac Torbert, the son of Matthew (Mariann) Torbert and Tiffany (Ed) Glaspie, has been invited to Virginia Beach, Virginia to participate in the Diamond Youth All American Games in December. The North Clay eighth-grader plays football for the Knights. He started playing football at age 4 and participated eight years in the Clay Youth Football League...

An Illinois man faces drug charges after police say they found him with methamphetamine at Forest Park in Brazil. Doug E. Lewis, 40, Paris, Illinois, was charged Aug. 4 in Clay Circuit Court with felony counts of dealing in meth and possession of meth, and a misdemeanor count of possession of paraphernalia...

Brazil Mayor Brian Wyndham says grant money awarded by Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs to the city is making lots of necessary changes in the community. A little more than $500,000 will be put to work soon to correct water issues in the southwest quadrant of Brazil...

Van Buren Class of 1972 hosted its 45th Reunion on Aug. 5 at the Knightsville Community Center. There were 58 in the class; six are deceased. Pictured front, from left, are Linda Thomas, Debbie Goshen James, Judy Pell Maurer, Mary Sumner Koehler, Glenda Lawrence Brunett, Dawn Cox Johnston, Marsha Kunkel Helms; and back, Charlie Emery, John Pierce, Bill Loughmiller, Steve Stearley, Rick Hayes, Mike Hapenny, Steve Withers, Bryan Pell and Rick James...

Clay County isn’t the only place where factory jobs go begging. It is a statewide situation and on Monday morning Brazil became the first stop on a tour to roll out a more than $20 million initiative to fund two programs designed to help fill those jobs. Gov. Eric Holcomb held a news conference at Great Dane’s Brazil plant to announce the initiative called “Next Level Jobs.”

Van Buren Class of 1967 recently hosted its reunion at Putnam Inn. Pictured are front, from left, Sharon (Bennett) Jones, Beckey (Reionehl) Thompson; row two, Kay (McQueen) Harper, Rita (Cooksey) Linton, Carol (Summers) Allen, Mikie Spears, Mary (Mosteller) Mellon, John Irwin; row three, Kathy (Aker) White, Linda (Langley) Hayes, Rita (Zentko) Buchholz, Joan (Quilliam) Bowman, Brenda (Redifer) Roeschlein, Roger Herron, Jim Hayes, Jim Keen, Mr. ...

Times Staff Report Northview and Clay City picked up volleyball wins to open the week as the Knights topped Mooresville in five sets and the Eels dropped South Vermillion. The Knights jumped out quickly on the Pioneers to claim the first two sets before Mooresville rallied to take the next two. Northview would eventually claim a thrilling 26-24, 25-6, 23-25, 23-25, 15-6 decision...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor SEELEYVILLE — The official start of the 2017 cross country season was a week earlier this season as the IHSAA moved the first meet date up in the calendar. That move enabled Terre Haute South to create the Valley Cross Kickoff at the Lavern Gibson Championship Course in Seeleyville. With another chance for teams to run the state championship course, a variety of ranked squads were on hand Saturday to participate in the unscored team event...

A Clay County grand jury has indicted a Brazil man in the 2016 killing of Virginia Marie Myrtle. Jesse L. Mathews, 36, was charged Thursday with murder and abuse of a corpse, a level 6 felony, in the death of Myrtle at her home in Staunton, authorities announced at news conference Thursday.

Brazil Mayor Brian Wyndham says grant money awarded by Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs to the city is making lots of necessary changes in the community. A little more than $500,000 will be put to work soon to correct water issues in the southwest quadrant of Brazil...

A Brazil man faces felony drug charges after police say they located him and a methamphetamine lab inside a local apartment complex. Daniel E. Pugh, 44, was charged Tuesday in Clay Superior Court with felony counts of manufacturing meth, possession of chemical reagents or precursors with intent to manufacture a controlled substance and possession of meth. He was also charged with a misdemeanor count of visiting a common nuisance — controlled substances...

The annual Fishing Fun Day at Craig Park has been set for 8 a.m. to noon on Sept. 9. Sponsored by the Brazil City Parks and Recreation Department, the event is free to all children ages 16 and under and adults ages 66 and older. Anyone between those ages may fish if they have a current Indiana fishing license...

Are you or your family ready to help a cat or a dog find their forever home? If yes, then check out the Clay County Humane Society, which is participating in the Clear The Shelter event this Saturday. “This is important to shelters across the country,” said Andrea Phillips, local shelter director. “It’s a very large adoption event. It is one day focused on getting as many animals adopted into good homes as possible.”...