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WVFCA announces Indiana All-Wabash Valley Team
(High School Sports ~ 12/21/20)
Typically, at the end of the high school football season, the Wabash Valley Football Coaches Association All-Star team is announced, paving the way for the summer all-star game for graduated seniors only. But with the unusual 2020 season centered around COVID-19, as well as Illinois teams not playing until the spring – if at all – the WVFCA announced its Indiana All-Wabash Valley Team which consisted of players from all four grades...
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COURT NEWS: December 1-15, 2020
(Court News ~ 12/21/20)
The following case filings reported in Clay Circuit Court during December 1-15, 2020: CIVIL Rachel L Brindley vs. Elijah J May, Progressive Paloverde Insurance Company James McClellan, Sandra McClellan vs. Anonymous doctor, Anonymous radiology group, Anonymous hospital...
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JAIL BOOKINGS: December 1-15, 2020
(Police Logs ~ 12/21/20)
The following jail bookings took place on December 1-15, 2020: Higginbotham, Tracy, 30, Terre Haute: Parole Hold Barnhart, Brittany Alexandria 27, Terre Haute: Neglect of a dependent(F5), Dealing in methamphetamine(F4), Possession of methamphetamine(F6)...
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Saturday incident brings felony neglect charge
(Local News ~ 12/21/20)
A Putnam County woman is charged with level 5 felony Neglect of a Dependent after a traffic accident Saturday evening. Talissa Marie O’Conner, 30, Greencastle, was booked into the Clay County Justice Center early Sunday morning after being medically cleared at St. Vincent Clay Hospital. O’Conner was incarcerated without bond set to await formal court proceedings on the charges...
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Conner honored among state’s best teachers
(Local News ~ 12/21/20)
There were 881 nominations for the 2020 McDonald’s “Teach it Forward” Outstanding Educator award. Among the local community members, parents, and fellow educators who submitted their favorite teachers’ names – considered the best in the bunch – a Northview High School teacher rose to the top...
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Holiday office closings
(Local News ~ 12/21/20)
The Clay County Commissioners have announced that all county offices and departments will be closed on Thursday, December 24, and Friday, December 25, so employees may celebrate Christmas with family and friends. Those offices/departments being closed are the Courthouse, Highway Department, Soil and Water Conservation Office, Extension Office, Community Corrections, Health Department, and WIC. Everyone will re-open on their regular schedules for Monday, December 28th...
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REMEMBERING CLAY COUNTY: County’s first airmail flight
(Community News ~ 12/21/20)
Local history was made at 10:15 a.m., May 19, 1938, when Flying Postman Louis Lynch, a 16-year postal veteran, volunteered to pilot Brazil’s first airmail flight. He was accompanied by O. W. Jones, owner of a Waco 7-cylinder motor plane of Terre Haute, and left an alfalfa meadow of the Casassa Dairy Farm for Indianapolis Stout Field with the first airmail to leave Brazil...
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Letter to the editor: Church thanks public for past donations
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/21/20)
To the Editor: The Pastor Kenny Thomas and official church board of the Brazil Community Missionary Church will no longer collect pop cans or rice for Haiti children and tabs for McDonald House (in Indianapolis). We have made other arrangements. We wish to thank all Brazil and Clay County residents for their help over these past many years...
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Tellechea, Torbert, Slaughter shine at weekend wrestling invites
(High School Sports ~ 12/21/20)
Although the wrestling season has been delayed just a bit due to COVID-19, Northview’s three-woman team hasn’t missed a beat. Taking part in the Lebanon Girls Invite on Dec. 12, freshman Mercedes Tellechea (170) pinned both of her opponents to claim first place, while senior Madison Slaughter (120) bounced back from a first-round loss with back-to-back pins to take fifth place...
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