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'Well below normal temperatures' forecast next several days
(Local News ~ 02/19/15)
Cold temperatures are not going away any time soon, even after the Wind Chill Advisory is lifted. That advisory is scheduled to be lifted Friday at 11 a.m. The National Weather Service issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook Thursday morning. The hazards are the possibility of frostbite or hypothermia...
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Cracker Barrel meeting canceled
(Local News ~ 02/19/15)
The Cracker Barrel political forum scheduled for Saturday at the Cory firehouse has been canceled. On Thursday morning, Indiana Farm Bureau's Marshall Nuckols said the reason for the cancelation was the cold, icy weather.
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Local departments respond to Poland house fire
(Local News ~ 02/19/15)
No one was injured in a fire that local crews were battling for more than four hours on Thursday in Poland. Dispatch received a call about the blaze at 8584 East S.R. 42 in Poland at 1:40 p.m. Craig Nees, a firefighter with Poland Fire Department, said the family was able to get to safety once the fire started. ...
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This week in Clay County history
(Local News ~ 02/19/15)
A look back ... Feb. 15-21, 1915 The winter of 1915-16 was a record setter in many parts of the United States. "The face at the window" was a front-page cartoon that showed winter at the window and a man inside the house said, "Courage, Mother, spring will come to our rescue." A woman said, "Yes, yes, I know but will the coal last until then?"...
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Neighboring counties remain under travel advisory
(Local News ~ 02/19/15)
Four of six counties sharing a border with Clay are under a travel advisory. As of 1 p.m. Thursday, Vigo, Sullivan, Greene and Owen counties were under a local travel advisory, according to the Indiana Department of Homeland Security website. Several counties across the are under a travel advisory, especially in the southern part of the state, according to the IDHS...
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Clay Community Schools on a two-hour delay Friday.
(Local News ~ 02/19/15)
Clay Community Schools will be on a two-hour delay for Friday.
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Coral Gorrell
(Obituary ~ 02/19/15)
Coral Gorrell, 93, of Brazil, passed away on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at Exceptional Living Center of Brazil. She was born on August 30, 1921 in Nerang, Queensland, Australia, to William and Lily Bambling. She was married to Gerald D. Gorrell on May 20, 1944 while he was stationed with the US Army in Australia during WWII. Coral proudly became a US citizen on November 16, 1951...
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Court News, Feb. 17-18
(Local News ~ 02/19/15)
Clay County Courthouse The following transactions took place at the Clay County Courthouse Feb. 17-18: Superior Court Civil Collections Portfolio Recovery Associates vs. Daniel McFarland Cavalry SPVI vs. Nicole L. Odell Convergence Receivables vs. Linda Coleman...
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Stacy Rae Smith
(Obituary ~ 02/19/15)
Stacy Rae Smith, 56, of Brazil, passed away February 16, 2015 at her home with her family by her side. She had been battling cancer for the past year with courage and determination with a positive attitude. She was born September 1, 1958 in Clay County, the daughter of George Fulk, Sr. and Maybelle Fulk. She worked for a time at the Marathon Station at Alabama St...
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A long Journey
(High School Sports ~ 02/19/15)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Saturday's girls' basketball sectional title for the Northview Knights was not only the first championship in the sport for the school, but also the culmination of a long journey for one of the members of the senior class...
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Knights must get defensive against Lebanon and state's leading scorer
(High School Sports ~ 02/19/15)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Northview is in rare territory this weekend as the girls' basketball team puts the school's first sectional title in the rearview and focuses on adding a regional to the season's spoils. In order to do that, the Knights have the unique task of trying to stop the state's top-scorer and the Lebanon Tigers...
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McCoy ready for the challenge of the state finals
(High School Sports ~ 02/19/15)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor The IHSAA State Wrestling Finals begin this evening with first round match-ups at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The top-four finishers from each weight class of the four semi-states last weekend have advanced to the highest level of competition in Indiana...
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Unique week of preparation for Knights
(High School Sports ~ 02/19/15)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Clay County certainly embraces its high school basketball teams like most areas around Indiana. So on Saturday when the Northview girls' joined the boys' program with a sectional championship, there was plenty of celebration...
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Cloverleaf Healthcare receives customer experience award
(Local News ~ 02/19/15)
Cloverleaf Healthcare of Knightsville has received Pinnacle Quality Insight's 2015 Customer Experience Award. Qualifying for the award in the categories of activities, admission process, communication from facility, individual needs, overall customer experience, overall satisfaction, response to problems, safety and security, and treatment/dignity, "Cloverleaf displays a continued dedication to providing Best in Class senior healthcare services," according to a news release from the company...
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Putnamville Correctional Facility promotes 2
(Community News ~ 02/19/15)
Courtesy of the Putnamville Correctional Facility Putnamville Correctional Facility and its superintendent, Stanley Knight, recently announced the promotion of correctional officers Jamie Henry and Vincent Helton to correctional sergeants. "Promoting our officers to leadership positions within the facility not only enhances their job knowledge and strength to supervise, but also makes an impact on our staff," Knight said...
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Harrison College offering free FAFSA assistance
(Community News ~ 02/19/15)
Harrison College, a private sector college serving nearly 4,000 students worldwide, is participating in two events in Terre Haute next week to help families complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to pay for their higher education...
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Cold temps not going away soon
(Local News ~ 02/19/15)
Cold temperatures could linger this week and into next, according to the National Weather Service, even after the current wind chill advisory is lifted at 11 a.m. today. The National Weather Service also issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook Thursday morning. It included warnings for the possibility of frostbite or hypothermia...
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Riding with the miners
(Local News ~ 02/19/15)
I remember Jesse Lawson was one of many who rode to work with my dad. Ed Eberwein lived in the Shady Lane area of Clay County, within a mile of our house and was a pretty good friend of my dad. One of my first jobs was to clean his chicken house. Ed also gave our family his used but still good work gloves...
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County election board approves vote centers for municipal primary, general elections
(Local News ~ 02/19/15)
Brazil voters will have three locations to choose from when they cast their votes in the upcoming municipal primary election. This week, the Clay County Election Board finalized the voting locations, as well as the distribution of vote machines during city and town elections and the number of poll workers at each voting location...
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Former treasurer seeking to fill vacancy
(Local News ~ 02/19/15)
The void left when Sam Glover resigned as Clay County treasurer could be filled with the woman who most recently held the position. Debra James was the only person to apply for the position by the Wednesday deadline. Local Republican Party precinct committee members will meet in caucus Saturday in the commissioners' room of the Clay County Courthouse to either confirm or deny that appointment. It takes 50 percent or more of the members in attendance to approve the appointment...
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