National Adoption Day Ceremony Held in Starke Circuit Court
Friday was National Adoption Day, offering a time for courts across the country to raise awareness of children in foster care who are ready and waiting to be adopted. Rhonda Adcock, director of the Starke County CASA program, told the audience assembled in the courtroom of the importance of adoption and the effect it can have on a child eagerly awaiting their “forever” family.
SCYC Receives CVS Caremark Community Grant
NJ-SP School Board Honors Two Teachers
Johnson said Leslie not only teaches the course for Family Consumer Science but she has also been managing the PowerSchool system for the corporation.
Starke County Commissioners Approve 2014 Holiday Schedule
Pulaski County CDC and Winamac Town Manager Meet with Investors
Conner told WKVI that about 15 potential investors met and learned more about the project and discussed the need for a hotel in the area. Local business and industry leaders expressed that several representatives visit not only the Pulaski County area, but the Knox and Culver areas and it would beneficial to them to see this project become a reality.
McCurdy Sentenced in Starke Circuit Court
Christopher McCurdy, 46 of Knox, pleaded guilty in a plea agreement with the state to a charge of Strangulation as a Class D felony and Battery as a Class A misdemeanor.
Town of Winamac Looking to Divest Airport Interest
WKVI Food Drive Begins Tomorrow at Five Star, Sanders
Starke County Council Moves Money to Sheriff’s Pension Fund
North Judson Fire Dept. to Purchase Pressure Washer
Oregon-Davis School Board Approves Principal Contracts
Interim Superintendent Greg Briles said Elementary Principal William Bennett and High School Principal Tim Pletcher are great assets to the corporation, especially during the transition of a new interim superintendent. Briles added that they were both offered fair contracts and the board accepted those for renewal.
The board also approved the purchase request for new computers for the central office.
Briles stated it was time to upgrade to keep up with changing technology.
“Our central office computers had been here for the past five years and as technology has changed over those five years we’ve kind of fallen behind a little bit. So, we’re going to upgrade those,” said Briles.
The change will help streamline processes within the central office.
NJ-SP to Purchase Two New 72-Passenger Buses
Johnson said allowing the trade-ins was vital, as two buses were ready to be cycled out and the extra money would go a long way financially – especially since the buses will cost a total of $157,000.
Midwest Transit submitted the lowest bid, which the board accepted.
Amanda Barber to Discuss Publishing Pitfalls at SCPL Today
Great American Smoke Out Urged Americans to Drop the Habit
“According to the American Cancer Society, the Great American Smoke Out is held on the third Thursday in November. During this day, smokers across the nation make a plan to quit or plan in advance to quit smoking today. It challenges people to stop using tobacco and makes people aware of the many tools and resources they can use to quit for good,” Ward said.
Food Finders Mobile Food Pantry Schedules Visit in Winamac
Free food will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis for eligible residents. You must meet 185 percent of the federal poverty guidelines to be eligible to receive this service.
Overall Cost of a Thanksgiving Meal Lower in 2013
The average cost for this year’s Thanksgiving meal for 10 is $48.12 which is $3 less than last year’s average. The shopping list includes turkey, bread stuffing, sweet potatoes, rolls with butter, peas, cranberries, a relish tray of carrots and celery, pumpkin pie with whipped cream, and both coffee and milk.
Kewanna Man Faces Charges Stemming from Fatal 2012 Hunting Trip
A Kewanna man accused of fatally shooting a friend in the head with a 12-gauge shotgun during a 2012 hunting trip in rural Fulton County faces multiple felony charges. Indiana Conservation Officers and Fulton County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested Matthew Carlson, 25, at his residence Wednesday night. He’s charged with reckless homicide and criminal recklessness as C felonies as well as a D felony offense of criminal recklessness. The charges stem from the Sept. 30, 2012 shooting death of Kenneth Moore, 28, of Rochester. Investigators say the men were hunting together on private property north of Rochester with another adult male and a 12-year-old boy. Information released shortly after the incident occurred indicates the hunting party split into two groups, and Moore and the boy walked into an adjacent cornfield. Shortly afterward, Carlson picked up the gun and shot Moore in the head. He was pronounced dead a short time later at Woodlawn Hospital in Rochester.
Freet Found Not Guilty
Rodney Freet Jr. was charged with child solicitation after an incident reported in January. A six-member jury in Circuit Court Judge Kim Hall’s court took less than an hour to deliberate and found Freet not guilty of the charge.
Five witnesses for the state were called to the stand while two witnesses were called by the defense, including the defendant.
Starke County Commissioners Proceed Carefully With Utility Vehicle Ordinance
