Stories from Tuesday, June 6, 2023

Convening for a special meeting, Mayor Brian Wyndham and the Brazil City Council decided on utilizing Covid relief money for various needs Monday morning. These needs included new police vehicles, covering a shortfall for a stormwater project and pouring new concrete at the Forest Park pool, as well as purchasing a new dump truck for the city’s street department...

As they sat on the patio around the Hulman Links Golf Course clubhouse, Northview’s boys golf team could see Lane Notter walking down the 18th hole’s fairway alongside his playing partners from Terre Haute North and Terre Haute South. Looking at the scores that had already been written on the leaderboard a few paces away from them, the Knights knew there were two scenarios that were going to play out in the next couple of minutes as the team’s No. ...

Playing in his first-ever regional at the college level, former Northview standout and current Lipscomb University graduate transfer Braydon Tucker got the ball to open Saturday’s Clemson Regional elimination game against Charlotte. Tucker got off to a strong start for the Bison as the hard-throwing right-hander worked around a leadoff single by retiring the next three in a row, which included a pair of strikeouts...

POLAND - A Clay County Sheriff’s Department deputy stopped a vehicle Saturday evening, leading to two arrests on drug allegations Saturday. According to Clay County Sheriff Brison Swearingen, the incident began around 11:13 p.m. on State Road 42. A patrol deputy conducted a traffic stop on a red Chevrolet pickup truck for suspected...

The CCS Board of Trustees meets Thursday at the Central Administration Office, 1013 South Forest Avenue, Brazil, at 7 p.m. The light agenda includes topics of discussion or vote on: Vacation Day “Roll-over” Textbooks and Supplemental Programs Adoption...

The Clay County Optimist Club is collecting monetary donations for its Annual Clothe A Child Drive. The members of the Clay County community are invited to help this important effort to provide new school clothes for 100 children in K-8 as the 2023-24 school year gets underway this fall...

Mally, Dreger, and Barnaby having some fun at the Dog Park at Craig Park.

On Sunday, June 4th, The annual Calcutta Cemetery Memorial was held to remember those who have passed from June 1st, 2022, through May 31st, 2023. The gathering also served as an annual meeting for the Board of Directors. The memorial began with a rendition of “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” and a pledge to our flag conducted by Jake Bennett. ...