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Center Point man arrested, under investigation for making threats and arson
(Local News ~ 06/08/18)
Officials are investigating allegations that a Center Point man was making threats and set a fire at a rural Clay County home Wednesday evening. Refusing to speak to authorities at the time of his arrest, Gary W. Moran Jr., 32, Center Point was taken into custody on several charges, including felony charges of Attempted Arson, Criminal Recklessness, and a misdemeanor charge of Interference with Reporting a Crime...
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Virginia “Ginny” Mae (Trout) Leifheit
(Obituary ~ 06/08/18)
Virginia “Ginny” Mae (Trout) Leifheit, 89, of Brazil, Indiana, passed away unexpectedly on June 6, 2018 at home. She was born in Brazil, Indiana on November 14, 1928 the daughter of Bryan E. and Helen (Fuqua) Trout. She graduated from Brazil High School with the class of 1946. Following high school she worked as a telephone operator for a short period of time. She married Jack Leifheit on August 29, 1949. He preceded her in death in 2015...
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Larry “Sonny” Cox
(Obituary ~ 06/08/18)
Larry “Sonny” Cox, of Carbon, Indiana passed away Tuesday, June 05, 2018. He had been hospitalized since Sunday, at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. He was born December 15th, 1947 to the late Raymond W. “Coxie” and Lillian (Garrett) Cox. He grew up in the Russellville community and attended school there...
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William “Earl” Lucas
(Obituary ~ 06/08/18)
William “Earl” Lucas, 96, of rural Bowling Green passed away June 3rd at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. Earl was born May 31, 1922 in Farmersburg to Sylvia A. Lucas and William Eldridge Lucas. In 1940 and 1941, Earl served in the Civil Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp 1582 in Monon, Indiana. He later worked in a foundry in Michigan City and then he moved to Indianapolis and worked as a truck driver...
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Linda Sue Cook
(Obituary ~ 06/08/18)
Linda Sue Cook (nee Fred) passed away June 1 at IU Methodist Hospital after a brief illness. She was born October 25, 1942. A 1960 graduate of Wiley High School, she also earned her Bachelors and Masters Degrees in elementary education from Indiana State University. She was preceded in death by her father Carlos L. Fred and her mother Violet E. McMurray...
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Summer entertainment kicks up heat
(Local News ~ 06/08/18)
Forest Park will be a bustling place to be the next few weeks, and city employees are getting ready for all the festivities. Friday morning Park Superintendent Marv Moon and other employees were working on the water lines and installing a new hot water heater at the Forest Park Concession Stand in preparation for the upcoming Free Concert In The Park on Saturday, June 16...
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US 40 yard sale is 15 years old this year and still going strong
(Local News ~ 06/08/18)
There was a lot of traffic along US 40 last weekend due to the 15th anniversary of the Historic National Road Yard Sale during the 5-day event. Many people were enjoying the “thrill of the hunt” at the many yard sales set up along the roadside. Two brothers from Vigo County, who wanted to remain anonymous because they didn’t bring their wives with them, had already spent two hours stopping at various sales along US 40 while on an ongoing “stop and shop” trip to Plainfield looking for various tools along the way.. ...
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North Clay runners excel in Miracle Mile race
(High School Sports ~ 06/08/18)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Members of North Clay’s track team wrapped up their school competition season by competing in the fourth edition of the Middle School Miracle Mile held at Pendleton Heights High School. There were two different races for both the boys and girls with a championship race and an emerging elite race...
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Happy Servants
(Local News ~ 06/08/18)
A large group of happy volunteers was getting ready to prepare Friday’s food delivery for about 600 children on Thursday night at First Baptist Church. Pastor Mark Thompson said it was a larger than usual crowd of volunteers. Read a column by one of the organizers, Terry Barr, in Monday’s edition of The Brazil Times, on the Opinion Page in the B section. ...
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Happy 90th birthday!
(Community News ~ 06/08/18)
Please join us in celebrating Ellen Fisher’s 90th birthday at Ebenezer Church on Saturday, June 23rd, 3-5 p.m. Cards are appreciated. No gifts, please. This is hosted by her children.
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Sandra (Sandie) J. Foster
(Obituary ~ 06/08/18)
Sandra (Sandie) J. Foster, age 77 of Indianapolis, passed away on Sunday, June 3, 2018. She was born in Greenup, Kentucky on Febryary 24, 1941 to Madge T. (Kitchen) Marcum, who preceded her in death. A graduate of Van Buren High School, Brazil, Indiana, Sandie owned Sandie’s Candies, in Metamora Indiana. In retirement, Sandie continued to make treats for loved ones and friends...
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Clay County Post 2 pitches way to Friday night sweep
(High School Sports ~ 06/08/18)
Times Staff Report On Friday afternoon, Clay County Post 2 got a dominant pitching effort in sweeping both of its games with a 12-1 win over Charleston, Ill. in five innings and 3-0 over Shelby County’s junior legion squad. In the noon tourney opener at Mattoon, Bailey Hasler went two innings without allowing a hit and walked two as Charleston scored its lone run. ...
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Future Knights Volleyball League beginning soon
(Local News ~ 06/08/18)
Times Staff Report The Brazil YMCA in cooperation with the Northview High School volleyball program has created the Future Knights Volleyball League for incoming fifth and sixth-grade girls interested in playing the sport. The sign-up deadline is June 25 with a late sign-up fee of $10...
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Future Knights Volleyball League beginning soon
(High School Sports ~ 06/08/18)
Times Staff Report The Brazil YMCA in cooperation with the Northview High School volleyball program has created the Future Knights Volleyball League for incoming fifth and sixth-grade girls interested in playing the sport. The sign-up deadline is June 25 with a late sign-up fee of $10...
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Congratulations on your baby!
(Community News ~ 06/08/18)
Daniel Mitchell Little, a son, was born to Zachary and Jenny Little of Houston, Texas, on Sept. 25, 2017 at 12:48 p.m. He was born in Houston and weighed 9 pounds, 7 ounces and was 20 inches. Maternal grandparents are Rebecca Hayes of Carbon, Indiana, and James Hayes of Brazil, Indiana...
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