Stories from Thursday, December 29, 2016

Isolated snowstorms combined with persistent and gusty winds are set to hit much of Indiana this evening and on Friday. The Indiana Department of Transportation and National Weather Service advise that these sudden, intense snow squalls could quickly reduce visibility and create hazardous travel conditions...

Joey S. Reel, 58, Muncie, Indiana, passed away Tuesday December 27, 2016 at Union Hospital in Terre Haute due to cardiac issues. He was born on February 22, 1958 in Muncie, Indiana to the late Robert “Bud” and Hattie (Watters) Reel. Joey graduated from South Side High School in 1977, and was on their wrestling team. ...

The city of Brazil wants you to have a say in the direction the city takes in the next two decades. The city is working to update its comprehensive plan to identify goals, policies and action steps to guide the community for the next 20 years. Public input is vital to the plan, and city officials have organized a public workshop at Pappy’s Bar-B-Que, 111 E. National Ave., where all are invited to help plan Brazil’s future...

The Indiana State Fire Marshal’s Office is expected to arrive this week at the scene of a fire that destroyed a residence in the Bowling Green area Wednesday night. “The fire marshal is expected to arrive Friday,” Bowling Green Fire Chief Dick Jones said Thursday evening. “The large home, which had an indoor pool, only has a couple of walls left standing, There’s nothing left, except maybe some water in the pool.”...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor TERRE HAUTE -- The Northview defense awoke like a slumbering giant in the second half of Thursday evening's third-place game at the First Financial Bank Wabash Valley Classic. The Knights cranked up their defensive presence all over the court over the last 10 minutes of a 64-52 victory over Sullivan...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana's personal income tax rate will drop slightly beginning New Year's Day, completing a phased-in reduction that's half of the 10 percent cut Republican Gov. Mike Pence pushed during his 2012 campaign. The state income tax rate will become 3.23 percent for 2017, down from the 3.3 percent rate that's been in place the past two years...

FARMERSBURG, Ind. (AP) — Officials say a utility worker died after being shocked while working on a downed power line in rural western Indiana. The Sullivan County coroner's office says 46-year-old Ray Lockhart of Linton died Wednesday afternoon while working at the site along a county road near the town of Farmersburg. Utility crews were working to repair a power outage in the area about 15 miles south of Terre Haute when Lockhart was shocked...