- UPDATE: Fatal fire at Meridian Towers apartment complex: officials still on the scene (Local News ~ 02/06/18)
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Fire in Meridian Towers
(Local News ~ 02/06/18)
An unidentified person died and two people were treated for injuries during a fire on the fourth floor of Meridian Towers on Jackson Street on Tuesday, Heavy black smoke was billowing out the windows of the fourth floor when firefighters arrived on the scene. ...
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BRAZIL BUZZ: 'No winter lasts forever'
(Column ~ 02/06/18)
‘No winter lasts forever’ No Winter lasts forever, NO Spring skips its turn. April is a promise that May is bound to keep, and we know it. - Hal Bolard Today was a very cold one. When I was a kid much of my time was spent outside. We walked to Alabama Street School ,first grade through the middle of the fourth grade, when I,a mid-term student transfered to Meridian Street School. ...
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Clay County Through the Years: Once a thriving community
(Column ~ 02/06/18)
Once a thriving community Stearleyville was established in 1892 in the southern part of Jackson Township on the line of the Center Point division of the Vandalia Railroad, two miles north and east of Center Point along what is now State Road 42. Stearleyville, once a thriving community, was founded by George Stearley on his property...
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Juanita Blair (Vitz) Neese
(Obituary ~ 02/06/18)
Juanita Blair (Vitz) Neese, passed away February 4, 2018 at St. Vincent Clay Hospital in Brazil. Juanita was born January 14, 1935 to Rev. Raymond and Pauline (Blair) Vitz in Toledo, Ohio. She graduated from Wiley High School in Terre Haute in 1953. Following graduation, she worked as a secretary at Chesty Foods until she moved to Poland, Indiana when she married William C (Bill) Neese on January 15, 1956...
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Donald Eugene Puff
(Obituary ~ 02/06/18)
Donald Eugene Puff, 69, of Center Point IN, passed away with his loving family by his side at Decatur Township Center in Indianapolis, IN on Saturday February 3, 2018. He enjoyed watching sports and spending time with his family. Donald is survived by his wife Beverly of 39 years, daughters, Angela Puff, Ashley Childress, Macy (Tra) Cruea, and many loving grandchildren; Shanae, Mario, Taylor, Tarah, Payton, Chase, Sean, Ava, and Eleanor and great grandson Qash. ...
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Knightsville Community Center used for shelter
(Local News ~ 02/06/18)
KNIGHTSVILLE — Approximately 60 people were evacuated from Meridian Towers senior apartments, 20 W. Jackson St., in Brazil following a fire that took the life of one person and left two injured. The deceased and the injured were not identified at press time. ...
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