All Bureau of Motor Vehicles branches will be closed Saturday, Nov. 9 through Monday, Nov. 11 in observance of the Veterans Day holiday.
All license branches will resume normal business hours on Tuesday, Nov. 12 except for the Demotte, Knox, Monticello and 13 other branches around the state. Those branches will resume normal operations on Wednesday, Nov. 13.
The Pulaski County Historical Society is inviting you to share your memories of when President John F. Kennedy was shot.
The 50th anniversary of the assassination is Nov. 22 and your memories will be shared on the Historical Society’s Facebook page throughout this month.
A 12-year prison sentence was handed to a Plymouth man in Marshall County Superior Court 1 on Thursday afternoon.
Raymond VanBlaricom, 27, admitted in open court that he manufactured and possessed methamphetamine on May 19 at a home in Bremen. That night, a homeowner told Bremen Police that two people came to her home with drugs and then began manufacturing methamphetamine. She ordered the pair to leave the home and refused. When police arrived at the scene, they found VanBlaricom and another suspect in the bathroom in the residence with an active one pot methamphetamine lab.
A railroad crossing in Starke County will be closed for two weeks to allow Norfolk Southern to perform some minor crossing repairs. According to Railroad Coordinator Sandy Parisian, Norfolk Southern will be closing the crossing on County Road 1000 East, between county roads 225 North and 250 North, from Nov. 4 through Nov. 18.
There has been no official detour announced.
The Henry F. Schricker Library in Knox will be closed Monday through Wednesday, Nov. 4–6, to allow workers to move into the newly created Children’s and Young Adult areas. Library Director Sheila Urwiler explained that all other locations of the library system will remain open Monday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and the Hamlet branch will be open Tuesday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. The San Pierre branch will be open Tuesday as well from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. to assist patrons.
The Internal Revenue Service has released a warning for consumers regarding a sophisticated phone scam that targets taxpayers, including recent immigrants, throughout the country. Victims are told they owe money to the IRS and it must be paid promptly through a pre-loaded debit card or wire transfer. If the victim refuses to cooperate, they are then threatened with arrest, deportation or suspension of a business or driver’s license. In many cases, the caller becomes hostile and insulting.
The Indiana National Guard will honor seven fallen soldiers, including Spc. Robert Tauteris from Hamlet and Brian Leonhardt of Merrillville.
Major General R. Martin Umbarger will help conduct the ceremony where seven personalized shadow boxes will be dedicated to the memory of the sacrifices of these Indiana Guardsmen who served in the 113th Engineer Battalion.
The LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office Mounted Posse Unit will be conducting training this weekend and you are invited to watch the training.
The training will be today and tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT at the LaPorte County Fairgrounds. These sessions will focus on short classroom session and practical horsemanship skills and tactics the remainder of each day.
It’s nearing that time again; the trees at Norwayne Field will soon be decorated for Christmas, and a deadline of Nov. 8 has been set for those who decorated a tree last year and would like to decorate the same tree again this holiday season. Park board member Kay Reimbold told WKVI that this holiday tradition brings the spirit of Christmas to the North Judson community and serves to commemorate those who have been lost.
“What we’ve done for these last probably eight years or so is someone picks a tree at Norwayne Field and they decorate it whatever way they choose to. Most of them are all done in memory of a family member or a friend that has passed away, but they get to pick any style they want. The only thing we require is that they use the outside lights on the tree and they attach things securely so that the wind or the weather doesn’t blow them off,” Reimbold said.
The end of daylight saving time is Sunday at 2 a.m. local time. Be sure to turn your clock back one hour at that time or before you go to bed Saturday night. In addition, you must set an alarm clock to ensure that you wake up on time the next morning to complete the tasks you need to do.
It’s also a good time to check the batteries in your smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors. According to the National Fire Protection Association, almost two-thirds of home fire deaths resulted from fires in properties without working smoke alarms. A working smoke alarm significantly increases your chances of surviving a deadly home fire.
An accident at U.S. 30 and Union Road in Marshall County at 2:30 a.m. Friday claimed the life of 29-year-old Christopher Lowder of Knox.
A police investigation found that Lowder walked into the westbound lanes on U.S. 30 and into the path of an oncoming semi driven by an Ohio man. Marshall County Coroner Bill Cleavenger stated that Lowder was killed instantly. Toxicology results are pending and should be released sometime next week.
LaPorte police are attempting to apprehend two women who are stealing cartons of cigarettes from gas stations.
A woman went into the Marathon gas station on State Road 2 in LaPorte County and requested two cartons of cigarettes. The clerk placed the cartons on the counter to ring them up, but the suspect grabbed them and ran out of the store.
This is not endorsed by either the Starke County Chamber of Commerce or the Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce.
An article in National Geographic states that the federal government doesn’t require U.S. states or territories to observe daylight saving time. Residents in Arizona do not change clocks along with those in Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virginia Islands, American Samoa, Guam and the Northern Marianas Islands.
Russia abolished daylight saving time in 2011 and Japan has not observed daylight saving time in over 60 years.
Before you go to bed on Saturday night, don’t forget to turn your clock back one hour as Indiana is a state that does recognize daylight saving time.
Now that you have all the candy you can obtain this Halloween, you should pace yourself and only eat a few pieces of candy a day. That’s according to Maggie Rowlands, certified dietary manager at Pulaski Memorial Hospital.
“If some of the candy is just not appropriate, then share with others,” suggests Rowlands. “I would definitely choose fresh fruit instead of candy. One or two pieces a day would be a good limit for the kids. They should brush their teeth before and after eating candy.” They should also visit their family dentist regularly to prevent the development of cavities or any other dental issues. Schedule an appointment with your local family dentist at his/her Private Dentistry clinic for professional dental services.
The candy that children collect on Halloween can add up to about 11,000 calories. Sugar candies tend to be lower in calories than chocolate.
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Bowen served as not only a governor of Indiana from 1973 to 1981, but he was also a former secretary of health and human services for the Reagan administration and a former board of trustees member for Ancilla College in the ’70s. According to Todd Zeltwanger, executive director of institutional advancement at the college, he played a very big role in helping Ancilla College become what it is today.
With unexpectedly high rains soaking the Kankakee Valley, the Indiana State Police has released a reminder for drivers who may be impacted by accumulated standing water.
Heavy rainfall increases the possibility for flooding. Floods occur as streams and rivers overflow their banks, which can occur from deep snow run off or during heavy rainfall. Flash floods can occur rapidly and unexpectedly, after just a few minutes of heavy rain fall or hours of significant precipitation. Hoosiers who live in flood prone areas should always be conscious of the threat of flash floods when receiving significant rainfall.
Forty-five students at Culver Community High School are getting ready for this year’s Business Professionals of America district competition, and according to BPA Advisor Gene Baker, this year’s membership is the highest he’s seen in the three years he’s spent as the school’s BPA advisor. With nine more kids signed up for the organization than last year, Baker said it’s the best turnout the school has seen in a number of years.
Baker explained BPA is a national organization that aims to equip students with the workplace skills they need to succeed through a variety of different events and competitions.
