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A six-hour-long standoff ended peacefully in Clay City Friday evening. Clay County Sheriff Paul Harden said no one was injured in the warrant service for Timothy Joe Hofmann, 36, of Jasonville. Hofmann was wanted on two misdemeanor warrants out of Clay County Courts and one felony warrant in LeGrange, IN. Charges range from misdemeanor interfering with a drug screening test in Clay County to felony Stalking in LaGrange...

Local students from Clay County were excited to become winners in the statewide JESA, Juried Exhibition of Student Art, themed around the 11th Quadrennial Violin Competition of Indianapolis. That international competition started in 1982. JESA asks that the violin be the center of the artwork, and students spent about four weeks on it. Their artwork will be on exhibit during the competition...

We must believe in our ability to work together to solve our toughest problems. On Memorial Day, 1945, the war in Europe had ended but the fighting in the Pacific continued, Lt. Gen. Lucian Truscott voiced remarks at the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery at Nettuno, Italy. ...

As I was filling my bird feeder with seed this afternoon, I saw a beautiful bird on the fence. The colorful bird was a male oriole, my first to view in this area. All too soon he took flight out of sight. Englishman George Calvert, first Lord Baltimore, the founder of Maryland and Delaware would have been pleased to know a bird was named in his honor...

Annunciation The church is open from sun up til sun down Weekend Mass, Confession, & Adoration: Saturday 7pm Mass with Confession after Mass Sunday 9am Mass with Confession before Mass at 8:00am First Saturday of each month Adoration & Confession 9-11am...

The Brazil Community Choir presents its annual Easter Cantata at Bee Ridge Church east of Brazil on Friday evening. The Choir’s final performance of the cantata will be this Friday evening at the Little Historic Church of Carbon. Admission is free, but there will be a free-will offering taken...

Goshorn Park was busy in Clay City Saturday to support a Fish Fry at the Orange Building. The fryers at the Jonah Fish Fry said they had cut over 100 pounds of fish and fried it for the event.

The Indiana Department of Transportation has stop lights on State Road 59, just north of the Ashboro Church, to slow traffic while crews work on the bridge in that area. Be prepared to stop for oncoming traffic.

SUBMITTED - The Chamber of Commerce hosted a career fair at Clay City High School on May 12, 2022. The Chamber wants to thank everyone who participated in making this a huge success!

On Thursday, April 28, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes hosted their annual Night of Champions Banquet. The guest speaker for this event was IU Alumni, and member of the 1976 undefeated Hoosiers basketball team, Kent Benson. He was joined by Indiana State graduate football player, Michael Thomas who shared as well...

Community Volunteers, Brazil Elks Veterans Committee, and the Boy Scouts worked with Vision Quest Landscaping for planting to add a splash of color this summer. The group wanted to thank the Wabash Valley United Way for the Better Neighborhood Grant for making the beautification project possible...

Drive Anything to School Day Just a Little Illegal Northview High School students who chose to participate in an informal prank, “Drive Anything to School Day,” on Friday, were not cited by police, unlike rumors that were listed on the Facebook group Brazil Chatter...

Clay Community School Board of Trustees approved two new administrators at Thursday’s meeting. Bethany Jones (pictured above left) will be North Clay Middle School’s new principal. Amber Sinders will be the new CCS Director of Health Services/Corporation Nurse in the coming school year...

Northview High School students who chose to participate in an informal prank, “Drive Anything to School Day,” on Friday, were not cited by police, unlike rumors that were listed on the Facebook group Brazil Chatter. The students did hear from police and school officials, about regulations on driving ATVs, side-by-sides and motorcycles to school, along with bringing tractors and horses...

Annunciation The church is open from sun up til sun down Weekend Mass, Confession, & Adoration: Saturday 7pm Mass with Confession after Mass Sunday 9am Mass with Confession before Mass at 8:00am First Saturday of each month Adoration & Confession 9-11am...

Saturday our grandson, Daniel Risk took us to the supermarket to shop for groceries, a weekly run for us. As I exited the car, I observed a man searching for treasure. Many Sunday mornings the elderly gentleman is there with or without his little dog. ...

Crews from InterTec, Inc. are on the scene Thursday, getting ready to fight a pesky problem. The red warning tape is up around the Clay County Courthouse, which will reopen Monday without any problems, to fumigate for bedbugs. Commissioner Paul Sinders explained to The Times late earlier this week that two offices discovered what might have been bed bugs...

The local COVID-19 pandemic has cooled off recently, but the Clay County Health Department is still on the job. On Tuesday, May 10, 2022, the department held a meeting to prepare for another similar event: A HOTWASH session at Van BurenTownship Volunteer Fire Department...

The mural on the A&B Farmhouse will be gone by Oct. 31 this year and replaced with a new mural by Terre Haute artist Becky Hochhalter. Hochhalter is the artist who completed the Alabama Bar & Grill mural. Three local communities were each awarded $5,000 for a public mural, by the Indiana Destination Development Corporation...

Joink broadband Internet is increasing its residential service in the area, and the first order of new business, at the Brazil Board of Public Works on Wednesday, was a one foot by one foot street cut, through the asphalt, at 295 N. Murphy Ave., to allow broadband access. The Board met Wednesday, May 11, in Council Chambers, at City Hall. The right-of-way access was unanimously approved...

The Election Board meeting today has been moved to Community Corrections, located at 120 S. Alabama St, in Brazil. The meeting time is set for 4:30 p.m. The location change is due to the current closure of the Clay County Courthouse. The main agenda item is to certify the primary election results...

I am pleased to announce that the first information meeting about starting an Optimist Club again in Brazil/Clay County will occur at 7:30 pm on Wednesday, May 18 in the Community Room of the YMCA located on North Indiana 59 at the intersection with Kruzan Street. I have also reserved the room for a followup meeting on May 25 at 7:30...

BREAKING - CLAY COUNTY COURTHOUSE IS CLOSING THURSDAY & FRIDAY The Clay County courthouse will be closed for this week due to a potential "pesty" problem. Commissioner Paul Sinders told The Times late Wednesday afternoon the two offices discovered what might be bed bugs...

The Cruising Brazil event Saturday led to about 12 formal complaints involving noise, burnouts and other concerns, according to Brazil Chief of Police Clint McQueen. McQueen said that while they are accustomed to seeing three or four burnouts, a car spinning in circles and creating a cloud of smoke, it increased dramatically this year into dozens of burnouts...

Business Meeting is at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 11. Church members should plan to attend. Please join us for Sunday Morning Worship at 10:30 a.m. on May 15, the Rev. Dr. Quentin Madden will present his sermon “Peace” based on the texts Isaiah 26:1-4 and Philippians 4:4-9. You may come to the in-person service or view the livestream on Facebook or listen to the broadcast in the church parking lot on 88.9 FM...

With two more commencement ceremonies concluded, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) welcomed 300 graduates from the class of 2022 to join the thousands of alumni on Saturday, May 7 during its 188th commencement. “Today we are celebrating the accomplishments of our students over two ceremonies. Regardless of where you and your loved ones are, we are excited to recognize your graduation and completion of your journey at The Woods,” President Dottie King said to graduates...

TERRE HAUTE, IN – The U.S. housing market has undergone a radical shift since the beginning of 2020, brought on in part by soaring demand, record low-interest rates, and escalating building costs. West Central Indiana is not immune to the current challenges in the housing sector, which is why Thrive West Central recently launched a new Regional Housing Initiative...

PUBLIC NOTICE The Clay County Election Board will convene a public meeting at 4:30 p.m. on May 12, in the Clay County Commissioners Courtroom. For more information, contact Circuit Court Clerk Amy Jordan, at (812) 448-9025.

SUBMITTED PHOTOS - National Day of Prayer was Thursday, May 5th, at the courthouse. The annual event takes place every year in the rotunda of the Clay County Courthouse, 609 East National Avenue, Brazil.

The Clay County Election Board will convene a public meeting at 4:30 p.m. on May 12, in the Clay County Commissioners Courtroom. For more information, contact Circuit Court Clerk Amy Jordan, at (812) 448-9025.

Annunciation The church is open from sun up til sun down Weekend Mass, Confession, & Adoration: Saturday 7pm Mass with Confession after Mass Sunday 9am Mass with Confession before Mass at 8:00am First Saturday of each month Adoration & Confession 9-11am...

STATEHOUSE (April 29, 2022) – Fast and reliable internet is coming to more homes and businesses in Clay County thanks to over $4.2 million in state broadband grants, according to local lawmakers. Indiana recently awarded a total of $189 million for 154 broadband projects around the state as part of the third round of the Next Level Connections Broadband Grant Program...

In the U.S., Mother’s Day is a holiday celebrated on the second Sunday in May. Ann Jarvis from Grafton, in present-day West Virginia, first celebrated the occasion in 1908 on the anniversary of the death of her mother. Because of Anna’s efforts in that regard, President Woodrow Wilson ,in 1914, made official the announcement proclaiming Mother’s Day a national holiday...

The School Board of Trustees will meet this Thursday, May 12, at the Central Administrative Office. The meeting starts at 7 p.m, in the Board Room located at 1013 South Forest Avenue, Brazil. The Board of Trustees has a busy schedule, with an Executive Session at 6:30 p.m. and the regular meeting right afterward...

The Spring Cruising Brazil date is Saturday, May 7th, at 7 p.m., but a 2-hour meet-up will be at Forest Park starting at 5 p.m. The FREE meet up is not mandatory, just a place to hang out for a couple hours and check out the various before cruising...

The nation’s largest one-day food drive is about to return, after a two-year Covid break. Letter carriers and volunteers (in dark purple T-shirts) will collect donations for local food pantries on Saturday, May 14. This year is a bit different, so here is the game plan:...

The active investigation into a shooting around 10:30 p.m. Thursday night at the corner of Hendrix and Columbia doesn't have any new information. This incident allegedly between a pedestrian and a motorist started as an argument and quickly led to gunfire. The alleged suspect in the incident fleed on foot. Brazil Police Chief Clint McQueen confirmed officers patrolled the area near the 800 block of East Hendrix street but could not locate a possible suspect.

On a recent Saturday morning, the 16th of April, a Brazil resident found that someone had thrown hot pink “something or other” on the front of the lawn, and called the police. “I didn’t know if someone else had had this happen to them,” wrote Gretchen VanPelt, who was going to get the mail that day. “The reason I am writing this is because of all the negativity you hear about the police. I talked to a gentleman named (Dispatcher) Zeke (Little) when I was reporting this. He was very nice.”...

Brazil Farmers Market 2022 203 S. Sherman Street Brazil, Indiana 47834 812-605-4201 SUBMITTED The Brazil Farmers Market is sponsored by Security Investment Properties, LLC, an Indiana limited liability corporation owned by husband & wife, Jeff Short and Sherry Garlits. ...

For over 30 years, the Breakfast Optimist Club of Clay County provided support for youth activities and civic improvements across Clay County. About 8 years ago, the club suspended operations when its long-serving, dedicated members were unable to continue its programs...

INDIANA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SHOWS CLAY COUNTY IN LOW CATEGORY AS OF MAY 2, 2022

National Day of Prayer is Thursday, May 5th at noon on the north side of the courthouse. The annual event takes place every year the rotunda of the Clay County Courthouse, 609 East National Avenue, Brazil. FILE PHOTO

UPCOMING REUNION Upcoming class reunion for Northview’s Class of 2012 10-year reunion on May 14th at 5:30 p.m. It will be held at Logan’s Ribeye in Terre Haute, and there’s no cost to attend.

Brison Swearingen was the top vote getter in the hotly contested Republican Sheriff race, winning 40.84 percent of 3,734 votes cast. Swearingen had 1,525 votes at the end of the night, Sam Stearley had 1,184 votes, Josh Clarke 845 votes and Billy Nevill 180 votes...

EASTER CONTEST WINNERS TOP PHOTO: Jolie Nicosin 1st place age 0-4 with cousin Mila Bedwell SECOND PHOTO: Creed Moore 2nd place age 0-4 THIRD PHOTO: Blakely Huges 2nd place age 5-9 FOURTH PHOTO: Tia Smith 1st place age 10+ FIFTH PHOTO: Lisa Vanatti she is 2nd place age group 10+...

The Clay County Community Corrections Advisory Board will meet in public session at 3:30 p.m. on May 4, 2022 in the Community Corrections Board Room to vote on the approval of the 2023 IDOC Grant Application.

Age of Aquarius had its official ribbon-cutting Saturday, April 30, 2022. Age of Aquarius, 506 West National Avenue, Brazil, offers metaphysical crystals, Reiki energy healings, readings, and intuitive spiritual reading. Ruth Reynolds, owner of the local store says their goal is to merge spirituality with wellness for optimal mind, body, and spirit harmony...