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Owners of fire-damaged businesses count blessings

By JARED JERNAGAN, Assistant Editor

After a Friday fire heavily damaged four downtown businesses, two of the owners did not spend the weekend feeling sorry for themselves. Instead, Dr. Perry Wainman and Lester and Judy Wilson are feeling glad to be walking... >>

See also: None injured in Friday blaze (05/18/13)

See also: Eyewitnesses tell story of Friday morning's fire (05/18/13)
In the wake of her DePauw experience, Beard shares advice with Class of 2013

By ERIC BERNSEE Editor

Starting with a bit of a joke, commencement speaker Elisa Villanueva Beard caught the DePauw University Class of 2013 a little off-guard Sunday, and then really took them out of their comfort zone. A1998 graduate of DePauw... >>
Rokita calls for missionaries, leaders in Lincoln Day talk

By JARED JERNAGAN, Assistant Editor

In delivering his invocation at Sunday's annual Lincoln Day dinner, Pastor Jerry Campbell unknowingly became part of Congressman Todd Rokita's sermon to the Republican Party faithful. Shortly after the meal at the opening of... >>
When a disaster strikes

By SUE MURRAY, Greencastle Mayor

Early on Friday morning, May 17, a fire broke out on the second floor of one of the buildings in our historic downtown. The Greencastle Fire Department was on the scene three minutes later, but in less than 10 minutes dark... >>

See also: Downtown Fire (05/17/13)

See also: Early morning pictures of fire (05/17/13)
Rep. Rokita visits Endeavor to examine advanced technology

CLOVERDALE -- Endeavor Communications hosted 4th District Indiana Congressman Todd Rokita on Friday, May 10 at Cloverdale. Congressman Rokita learned about the advanced technology Endeavor Communications uses with the... >>
LaDonna Saul earns 2012 McDonald's Outstanding Managers Award

LaDonna Saul of Jedele Enterprises Inc. has been named the 2012 Outstanding Manager Award for the Terre Haute McDonald's Co-Op. The Outstanding Restaurant Manager Award is a nationwide honor that recognizes managers from... >>
Greencastle wins county JV baseball, softball

The Greencastle junior varsity baseball team came back from a two-run deficit in the seventh inning to beat South Putnam to win the 2013 Putnam County Classic JV baseball championship game on Saturday. The softball... >>

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Grand jury names 5 in Indy property kickback plot
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Two Indianapolis city officials accepted bribes and kickbacks to facilitate the fraudulent sale of vacant and tax-delinquent properties to nonprofits for as little as $1,000 apiece before they ended up in the hands of for-profit developers, federal prosecutors said Tuesday....
Chief: Burns, smoke inhalation killed 2 children
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Authorities say two children killed in a fire east of Indianapolis Monday suffered "very bad" burns and smoke inhalation....
Ind. BMV says it may have overcharged for licenses
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Indiana's Bureau of Motor Vehicles is responding to a class action lawsuit, saying it "may have inadvertently" overcharged Indiana drivers for their licenses....
Damage surveys show 2 weak tornadoes hit C. Ind.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The National Weather Service says storm surveys show two weak tornadoes struck central Indiana....
Ind. woman wounded in shooting had admitted fraud
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) -- Police are investigating whether a South Bend woman who was shot twice and wounded during a pre-dawn home invasion may have been targeted because she had agreed to testify against others accused in a scheme to file for $3.5 million in bogus tax refunds....