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After a nationwide search for almost a year, a Terre Haute man was located and extradited from Alaska back to Clay County on rape allegations. Originating from a 2018 rape investigation, Joe A. Joseph, 26, of Terre Haute, was located and taken into custody by law enforcement officials in Alaska. Joseph was wanted on a level 3 felony Rape arrest warrant issued by the Clay County Prosecutor’s Office...

Lines were already long when volunteers for the Clay County Humane Society Fall Shot Clinic arrived at the Cow Palace in Forest Park Saturday afternoon. Director Lindsay Stevenson said they were prepared to vaccinate around 150 animals before 1 p.m. during the fall clinic. However, people were already in line, and it was busy before the event was scheduled to start at 2 p.m...

A group of Marine recruits stopped by to help the Van Buren Volunteer Fire Department’s annual Fish Fry Saturday afternoon. More than 25 male and female recruits from the delayed entry program, along with several officers, at the Marine Corps Recruiting Office in Terre Haute helped prepare the fish for the event. ...

Here are a few pictures from this year's event.

Fishing Fun Day is an annual event sponsored by the Brazil Board of Parks and Recreation. It was held Saturday morning at Craig Park.

Larry Lee Allen, 60, passed peacefully into Jesus’ arms on September 20, 2019 while surrounded by his loving family. He was born in San Diego, California on January 26, 1959 to Larry Allen Sr. and Nancy (McPhail) Allen. He graduated from South Putnam High School in 1979 and proudly served in the Marines. Larry and his wife, Brittany (Crawford) Allen were married on December 7, 2018. He worked and retired as a owner/Operator from Hobby Trucking...

Times Reporter Ivy Jacobs interviews Brazil Main Street's Vice President John Moore during the 4th annual Route 40 Fest in downtown Brazil Saturday, September 21, 2019. The event started at 11 a.m. and went through 7 p.m...

Abi Burris and other children decorated the sidewalk in front of Brazil City Hall on Friday before the Route 40 Fest began on Saturday.

The 6th annual Delt Dash 5K was held Saturday morning in downtown Brazil, starting and finishing at the corner of Church and Washington streets. This was the first year the run was held in connection with the Route 40 Fest. Sixty runners were registered and the event raised about $5,000 for the Delta Theta Tau’s various charitable donations...

Kambree Lucas, center, is given the ceremonial cape and sash after it was announced that she is the 2019 Northview High School Homecoming Queen. The Queen and her court were announced Friday evening prior to the Knights football game against Owen Valley...

Theresa Tribble speaks to Northview High School students during an assembly on Friday. Tribble is one of six NHS graduates being honored this weekend with activities including a banquet Saturday night.

The next Staunton Community Center dinner, prepared by the Lady Volunteers, will be next Friday (September 27) from 4 to 7 p.m. This month’s menu will feature Pork Tenderloin, cheesy potato casserole, green beans, 7-layer salad, homemade rolls, dessert, and tea, lemonade, or coffee. As always, we expect everyone to have a great time, enjoying good food and meeting with friends, while supporting worthy causes in the community...

The Church is Open from sun up to sun down Monday –Friday for anyone wanting to come and pray. Eucharistic Adoration is every Tuesday 9am-8pm St Vincent de Paul food pantry is open every Tuesday Noon-2pm in the basement of the Annunciation school buiding. 19 N Alabama St...

The Brazil City Council is looking into ways to utilize energy savings better and deal with streetlights. Rick Anderson, from Johnson-Melloh Energy Solutions out of Indianapolis, attended the meeting to provide information about a free preliminary energy study/analysis of the city’s various facilities...

The Hall of Knights class of 2019 will be inducted on Saturday during a banquet to be held at North Clay Middle School. This second Hall of Knights class will include: Bob Medworth, former teacher and band director at Northview; Jan Gambill, former teacher, coach and athletic director; Theresa Tribble, entrepreneur; Steve Kidwell, banker/businessman; Kenny Rowan, former basketball standout, Indiana State Trooper and former director of Indiana Gaming Commission; and CDR Tad Robbins, USN-Naval officer.. ...

It is unlikely many of us will change the world. It is unlikely we will be considered to have done great things by the world’s standard of success. We are not asked to be successful. We are asked to be faithful. Sometimes, the greatest thing we can do is the simple thing put before us. We cannot change the world, but we can “be the change.” One person at a time, each doing their part. That is how we change the world. One person, one child at a time...

Family law involves legal matters about family relationships that include marriage, divorce, paternity, and adoption. Elder law concerns people’s health, legal, and financial issues that arise as they age into and during retirement years. Family law and elder law issues overlap sometimes when older single parents marry, and then one or the other spouse requires nursing home care costing more than $80,000 per year. ...

“Living in a small town is peaceful. You don’t do much. You’re afraid to. You’re sure to get caught.” “Hoosiers are congenitally inquisitive. That means nosy, in a nice sort of way.” “My hometown had one big trouble. Not enough get-up-and-go. Actually, we’d get up, but there wasn’t any place to go.”...

Often times our social well-being is not a main focus or even a focus at all. Defined as one’s ability to communicate and maintain meaningful relationships with others, social wellness is just as vital as physical and mental wellness. Sometimes even more so, social wellness keeps us connected to the world, keeps our mind sharp and can help us live longer, happier lives...

Every now and then, someone brings me a handwritten “will,” and asks me to notarize it or “look it over and see if it’s okay.” I wish things were that easy, but that’s a little like asking your doctor to sign a prescription you’ve written after diagnosing yourself. Writing your own will can be almost as risky as diagnosing and treating your own illness. In short, it’s dangerous when you don’t know what you don’t know...

Brazil Buzz made its first appearance in the Thursday, July 25, 2002, edition of The Brazil Times. “But I didn’t get very much information to write about for the first column,” said Mary Lou Sartor, the author for a little more than 17 years. “So I wrote about people in the community that I knew, and what they did. It was kind of raw, and it was a very short column.”...

“FALL PRUNING” The advice by many experts regarding fall pruning is “DON’T DO IT” as it can cause more harm than good. ➢ Pruning in the fall would stimulate new growth when a plant should be trying to go dormant. ➢ New growth weakens the plant which is not what a plant needs when it is heading into winter...

While officers were attempting to serve an outstanding arrest warrant at a rural residence recently, the discovery of firearms and drugs lead to a new investigation. On Sept. 9, officers of the Clay County Sheriff’s Department received a tip about a wanted subject from another county was living in the area. Once located, the officers went to the residence in western Clay county to take Cassie Brossman, 24, Montezuma, into custody...

Clay County Health Department 18 N. Walnut St. Brazil, IN 47834 Phone (812) 448-9021 Fax (812) 448-9018 August 2019 Food Service Inspections

The Hall of Knights class of 2019 will be inducted on Saturday during a banquet to be held at North Clay Middle School. This second Hall of Knights class will include: Bob Medworth, former teacher and band director at Northview; Jan Gambill, former teacher, coach and athletic director; Theresa Tribble, entrepreneur; Steve Kidwell, banker/businessman; Kenny Rowan, former basketball standout, Indiana State Trooper and former director of Indiana Gaming Commission; and CDR Tad Robbins, USN-Naval officer.. ...

This September, Casey’s General Stores in Indiana are raising money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) to help children and adults with muscular dystrophy and related neuromuscular diseases with the goal of funding critical research, care and services...

Boy Scout Nathan Kellar stopped by Brazil City Hall Wednesday night with his father Roy Kellar to attend the City Council Meeting. Kellar is working on acquiring a Communication Badge. City Councilman Roy Kellar introduced his grandson to the board members at the end of the meeting, and Mayor Brian Wyndham shook hands with the boy scout...

Brazil Police Department Officer Chandler Damon received a review from Fire Arms Instructor Jeremy Mace during Tuesday’s Active Shooter Training at Top Guns, 5050 South 7th St., Terre Haute. Damon said the live ammunition training in a shooter house set up as a school scenario (with Mace alongside guiding his progress through each step of the way) was the most intensive and realistic he has experienced since graduating the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy. ...

Boy, I feel like I’ve been wrung through the wringer tonight. We worked on the yard today. Then we picked some beautiful tomatoes from the vines along the back of our chain-linked fence. I introduced Paul to yellow tomatoes at dinner. He also found thin strips of purple peppers and my favorite variety of red tomatoes on his colorful vegetable plate. We both remarked homegrown is best...

The investigation into an alleged attempt to defraud a local bank in May culminated in an arrest of an East St. Louis, IL man with multiple aliases. Troy S. Radford, 41, was picked up on a warrant by Brazil Police officers on earlier this month. Radford was booked into the Clay County Justice Center on a $10,000 cash bond on felony charges of fraud on a financial institution and forgery...

➢ Get to know your neighbors. One of the best security measures you can take is to get to know your neighbors and ask them to keep an eye out for strangers around your house. ➢ Install a home security system. The research shows that homes without a security system are three times more likely to be broken into than homes with one. Home security systems obviously deter would-be thieves...

Purdue Extension’s Nature Day teaches kids and families about the importance of our environment, wildlife, and how we work with them in our daily lives. Exhibits included beekeepers, rehabilitated raptors, information on our local watersheds, and invasive species. Amber Slaughterbeck of Southern Indiana Cooperative Invasives Management, also spoke on identifying and managing invasive plant species within our county...

It’s time to dip a line in the water in hopes of catching a fish! Saturday is the annual free Fishing Fun Day at Craig Park. Registration starts at 8 a.m., with poles in the water until 11 a.m. The event is free to all kids 16 and under and adults 66 and over, with free donuts and drinks. Live bait will be supplied by Jack’s Bait, Tackle, & More! The event is sponsored by the Brazil Parks Board...

The Brazil Police Department congratulates Officer Ryan Cannon and Officer Chandler Damon on their recent graduation from the 218th graduating class of the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy. Officer Ryan Cannon was hired in January of 2019 after being previously employed by the Clay County Sheriff’s Department as Jail Commander...

John G. Bryson and Roswell Shepard Hill founded a hardware store in Brazil in 1876. Roswell Hill dissolved his partnership of the business to Bryson on March 3, 1881. Bryson went on and conducted the business for twenty-one years. He built it into one of the largest hardware and farm implement businesses in western Indiana. The hardware store he erected and managed was located at National Avenue and Franklin Street...

The Clay County Soil & Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors and Staff, along with the support of our Clay County Commissioners want to raise awareness about septic systems and water quality. CCSWCD will giveaway a well testing kit to one lucky winner. ...

Your school-age children will be home on Wednesday, but they will still be learning in a new classroom. Are you ready for eLearning Day? Officials at the Clay Community School Corporation, as well as School Board Trustees, have been talking about the upcoming eLearning Day for a while now. It’s an exciting new way for students to continue learning despite a planned professional development day or inclement weather...

Kickstands went up at the 2019 Mayor’s Ride Saturday at City Hall. Registrations were busy and event organizers said they were near reaching the $20,000 goal, but it was hard to keep up the tabulations. Brazil Mayor Brian Wyndham talked with Times’ Reporter Ivy Jacobs about the exciting event that supports the Clay County Humane Society in a video that can be seen online at www.thebraziltimes.com...

The coronation of Northview High School’s homecoming queen and attendants will be at 6:30 p.m., Friday, Sept. 20. Homecoming attendants (above) (from left) Makayla Barger, Bailey Jones, Tara Pearce, Macey Timberman, Katy Anderson and Zailynn Dickison. Queen candidates include (below) (from left) Makenzie Barger, Kambree Lucas, Maddie Kooistra, Sarah Hall and Jade Goggins...

Motorists planning to travel in the Brazil area Saturday (Sept. 21) are urged to use caution due to several road closures by the Brazil Police Department, including: “There’s a lot going on that date,” said Brazil Police Chief Clint McQueen, adding planning starts months before to ensure the safety of those who attend large public events like this...

Kickstands went up at the 2019 Mayor’s Ride Saturday at City Hall. Registrations were busy and event organizers said they were near reaching the $20,000 goal, but it was hard to keep up the tabulations. Brazil Mayor Brian Wyndham talked with Times' Reporter Ivy Jacobs about the exciting event that supports the Clay County Humane Society...

The next Staunton Community Center dinner, prepared by the Lady Volunteers, will be on Friday September 27 from 4-7 p.m. This month’s menu will feature Pork Tenderloin, cheesy potato casserole, green beans, 7-layer salad, homemade rolls, dessert, and tea, lemonade, or coffee. As always, we expect everyone to have a great time, enjoying good food and meeting with friends, while supporting worthy causes in the community...

This morning there is confession in the Church from 9-9:30. This afternoon there is youth group from 2-3:30. Next Saturday at 7 p.m. at St. Paul’s in Greencastle we will watch the Hunger Games and talk about “Faith in Films.” There is no cost! Bring a friend!...

The Villas of Holly Brook celebrated National Assisted Living Week with a theme of “A Sparkle of Creativity” and concluded with a splash of fun Friday. Staff members created a safe water slide for residents, visitors and staff members to enjoy that would keep them from getting wet, but still enjoy the fun.

The coronation of Northview High School’s homecoming queen and attendants will be at 6:30 p.m., Friday, Sept. 20. Homecoming attendants (from left) Makayla Barger, Bailey Jones, Tara Pearce, Macey Timberman, Katy Anderson and Zailynn Dickison. Queen candidates include (from left) Makenzie Barger, Kambree Lucas, Maddie Kooistra, Sarah Hall and Jade Goggins...

A portion of US 40 was closed Friday for three hours after an unmarked natural gas line was ruptured between County Roads 100 and 200 East just east of Knightsville around 11:30 a.m. Clay County 911 Dispatch was notified of the leak by construction crews working in the area...

Steven King photo A tiger watches birds in a tree Thursday morning at the Exotic Feline Rescue Center in Center Point. The Rescue Center has recently received 10 large cats from a facility in southern California. The Rescue Center is open to the public and is located on Ashboro Road a couple of miles east of the town of Ashboro (south of Brazil)...

Submitted photos Brazil Mayor Brian Wyndham spent Monday with residents at the Villas of Holly Brook celebrating National Assisted Living Week. Residents, visitors and staff members gathered as Wyndham read a proclamation about the event and they celebrated with a balloon release. ...

Waneta Todd of Staunton, is the Brazil Times Big Event $200 contest winner. She said, “We are on a fixed income, so it is a blessing.”

Live Horse Demonstration by Paul Daily and Family (WildHorse Ministries) and ham and beans with fried potatoes will be available for a donation on Saturday, Oct. 5 Bring a lawn chair to the FBC Christian Youth Campground, located at 525 East County Road 1200 N., Brazil, at 4 p.m. Rain or Shine. More information, call (812)420-1877...