Engaging in an apparent 104-mile-per-hour speed contest on State Road 2 could lead to misdemeanor charges for two LaPorte residents. A LaPorte County sheriff’s deputy says he saw two vehicles traveling westbound side by side at an “unreasonably high rate of speed” near County Road 400 East around 2:45 p.m. Thursday.
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Despite a few challenges, Hamlet officials are happy with the outcome of this year’s Yellowstone Trail Festival. Town Council President Dave Kesvormas thanked festival organizers during Wednesday’s council meeting. “We’re really happy it happened, that you guys didn’t decide to wig out and back off because of COVID or anything like that,” Kesvormas said.
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Students in grades 7-12 will return to in-person instruction at the North Judson-San Pierre School Corporation Monday, August 30.
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The investigation into the disappearance of 11-month-old Mercedes Lain ended late Wednesday night. Marshall County Prosecutor Nelson Chipman announced Thursday morning that she was found deceased in a dense wooded area near the intersection of 1025 E. 50 N. in Starke County.
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Local health officials released information Thursday on guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) concerning the rapid spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant.
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A 12-member jury in Starke Circuit Court took 19 minutes Wednesday afternoon to find 54-year-old James Campbell guilty of murder and guilty of resisting law enforcement with a vehicle as a Level 6 Felony in the November 28, 2019 shooting death of 75-year-old Randall Bailey in Bailey’s Starke County home. Continue reading
Members of the Community Foundation of Pulaski County Board of Directors recently presented a check to the Pulaski County 4-H and Fair Association for the Fairgrounds Renovation Project.
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A water main break had southbound U.S. 35 closed on the south side of Winamac Tuesday afternoon. INDOT said the southbound lanes were closed between Ontario Street and County Road 100 South.
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Three more COVID-19 cases have been reported in Marshall County, according to Saturday’s update from the Indiana Department of Health. Starke and Pulaski counties didn’t have any new cases. The state as a whole reported 448 new cases and 19 additional deaths.
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Another Starke County resident has died of COVID-19, according to Thursday’s report from the Indiana Department of Health. That increases the total number of COVID-19 deaths in Starke County to 55.
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A Winamac man was arrested in the overnight hours Tuesday, May 4 on suspicion of theft in the Culver area.
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A $25,000 donation to wipe out student debt will be up for the Oregon-Davis School Board’s official approval tonight. Board members approved an agreement last month that would let school officials collect outstanding fees by intercepting state income tax refunds, but the Starke County Community Foundation’s Hardesty Memorial Endowment Fund has since agreed to pay them off entirely.
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Knox students who have trouble getting their assignments online could soon have them beamed into their homes using TV signals from their local cable tv provider.
Continue readingThe Town of North Judson is finalizing plans for the sale of its short-line railroad. Last month, the town’s redevelopment commission voted to sell the 33-mile railroad corridor to Midwest & Bluegrass Rail for $2,725,000. The deal cleared another procedural hurdle last week, when the commission passed a resolution confirming the corridor’s economic development area, which was initially created last summer.
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The 2021-2022 school calendar was brought up for consideration during Monday night’s Culver Community School Board meeting, but a question into a later start date to the school year prompted a lengthy discussion.
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A report of a possible threat against Knox Middle School Tuesday turned out to be unfounded, according to a phone message sent to parents from Principal Jake Skelly.
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A company will be taking a good look at the Culver Community School Corporation’s facilities to help the school board make long-term plans for updates or repairs.
Continue readingThe tri-county area remains in the red county metric status which shows a very high community spread of COVID-19.
Continue readingAnother person in Pulaski County has died of COVID-19 which pushes the total number of deaths there to 34.
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