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Street Superintendent: Lights are being fixed
(Local News ~ 05/01/20)
After three years of consistent problems, streetlights along U.S. 40 in Brazil are finally in the process of being fixed. Brazil Street Superintendent Brian Bemis has been working in a bucket truck along west US 40 in Brazil repairing the first of more than 80 street lights...
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Ceres Solutions Co-op Announces 2020 Scholars
(Local News ~ 05/01/20)
CRAWFORDSVILLE – On behalf of thousands of local farmer members, the employees of Ceres Solutions Cooperative have the pleasure of announcing 10 Scholarship Award recipients. The awards are being presented at school achievement programs, and presenting has been a challenge this year, however we want to celebrate the students and families, like Jackson Shake along with his parents, Ron and Paige Shake pictured to the left...
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Parents team with business for Northview seniors
(Local News ~ 05/01/20)
No one in the Northview Class of 2020 should think their community forgot about them at graduation time. While the school administration is thinking about graduation exercises for Clay City as well as Northview (Cumberland seniors will graduate with their other high school seniors and are not considered a separate school) parents have taken matters into their own hands. ...
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Blog: 1869 poem speaks to today’s pandemic
(Local News ~ 05/01/20)
Another week of quarantine is going down for the count and still; we fight the fear within us the battle with the virus is far from defeat. Today when Dr. Anthony Fauci and others spokespersons at a news briefing gave further details about the latest scientific studies, experiments and findings; their messages were well received. With any luck, a safe vaccine is in our near future and/or next time around we can knock the lights out of this sickness seeking, heavy-weight killer...
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Blog: Dr. Walter Bond, A Well-Loved Doctor
(Local News ~ 05/01/20)
One day Dr. Walter Bond was sitting in his chair in his office at 715 Main, Clay City, with one of his patients, who had come in for a weekly check-up. He told the woman, “You know, when I die, I would just as soon it be in this chair, helping humanity.”...
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New round of grants brings local COVID Relief Fund investment to nearly $300K
(Local News ~ 05/01/20)
• United Way expands matching donation opportunity Terre Haute – United Way of the Wabash Valley and the Wabash Valley Community Foundation completed a 5th round of disbursements from the Wabash Valley COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund created just over 4 weeks ago. ...
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INDOT reminds Hoosiers to keep campaign signs out of rights-of-way
(Local News ~ 05/01/20)
The Indiana Department of Transportation would like to remind Hoosiers to keep campaign signs out of the state highway rights-of-way. Campaign signs in state highway right-of-way are prohibited by Indiana Code 9-21-4-6. Campaign signs are not permitted in state rights-of-way any time of the year, whether it is a primary or general election cycle. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the primary election date in Indiana has moved to June 2, 2020...
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SBA Updates PPP Loan Activity
(Local News ~ 05/01/20)
On Wednesday, the Small Business Administration provided updates on Paycheck Protection Program loan activity. Through the release of figures on April 29, more than 960,000 PPP loans had been processed by 5,300+ lenders through the second round of loan availability, totaling nearly $90 billion in loans to small businesses. The second round of PPP loan funds of $300 billion was first made available on April 27...
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Telehealth takes flight during COVID-19
(Local News ~ 05/01/20)
Hamilton Center Inc. announced Friday that in just over one month (March 25, 2020 – April 28,2020), a total of 6,153 consumers have received behavioral health or substance abuse services using telemedicine – telephonic and video conferencing technology...
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Rohr-ing through four decades as an official: Adapting to the times
(Community Sports ~ 05/01/20)
When longtime Indiana high school basketball official Tom Rohr got his license in the early 1970s, the world was much different than it is now as his 48th season came to a close. He’s adapted to the times. But it wasn’t without noticing all of the changes that were taking place around him on and off the court...
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COVID-19 LOCAL & STATE UPDATES: Gov. Eric Holcomb's address May, 1, 2020
(Local News ~ 05/01/20)
GOVERNOR ERIC J. HOLCOMB Getting Indiana Back on Track May 1, 2020 Remarks as prepared for delivery Hoosiers, it was eight weeks ago, when I first spoke to you about the unprecedented scourge attacking our state and the steps we would take to fight it...
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