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Dakoda Warren White
Dakoda Warren White, a son, was born to Kayla (Blessing) Larsh, Crawfordsville, and Nathan White, at Witham Health Services, Lebanon. This is the couple’s first child. He was welcomed home by sisters, Jaylynn, 16, Addison, 10, Raelynn, 8, and Charlie, 4, and brothers, Maverick,7, and Nate, 7, and Brentlee, 1.
Hendricks Co. authorities investigating social media threat by former high school student
HENDRICKS COUNTY, Ind. — Students in the North West Hendricks School Corporation will have e-learning days for the rest of this week after a social media threat. A former Tri-West Hendricks High School student is now accused of threatening to “shoot up” the school. The suspect, 20-year-old Carson Cole, was booked into the Hendricks County […]
Temporary lane closures coming to S.R. 32
The Indiana Department of Transportation announces temporary, alternating lane closures coming to State Road 32 in Crawfordsville between Englewood Drive and C.R. 550E. Beginning on or after April 1, crews will be paving, patching and installing ADA ramps and pedestrian signals at S.R. 32 and Englewood Drive. During the work,...
Lafayette man accused of drug dealing after police raid
TIPPECANOE COUNTY, Ind. (WLFI) — Prosecutors are filing multiple charges against a Lafayette man after police allegedly found several drugs in a motel room in southern Tippecanoe County. Court documents say that on Friday, March 22, a deputy received a tip that Richard Mitchell, 52, was dealing several narcotic...
Focus on hope during Eastertide
Eastertide is a hopeful season. Two previous columns describe our culture of pessimism and despair; both ended with glimmers of hope. Perhaps Lent is a fitting time for descriptions of despair. A woman approached me in the choir and asked when we were going to stop singing songs in gloomy minor keys. The response: come Sunday because it is Palm Sunday. It seems appropriate now to focus on HOPE. The maxim of one community organization is that HOPE refers to Healing, Opportunities, Progress, and Empowerment.
County choir to present cantata
Singers from 13 Montgomery County churches will join voices 5 p.m. Sunday at the Christ’s United Methodist Church located at 909 E. Main St. in Crawfordsville. The 34-voice Montgomery County Collective Choir will present the Easter cantata “It is Finished”. The cantata is comprised of traditional and...
Judith M. Baker
Judith M. Baker (Judy), 72, of Crawfordsville, passed away peacefully in her home on Sunday,March 24, 2024. Judy was born Aug. 25 , 1951, in Crawfordsville, Indiana, to the late Vera Dinius and Dale West. Judy was the loving wife of William Baker, beloved mother of Eric Hopkins (Karen), Angie...
How Tippecanoe County is working to upcycle cardboard, reducing waste in area landfills
Editor's note: This is the first in a two-part series of recycling efforts in and around Tippecanoe County. LAFAYETTE, Ind. — KC McCreery doesn’t know how often you think about waste infrastructure, but he thinks about it every single day. “The thing that bothers me the most about landfills is their actual geo location...
Two pursuits result in multiple criminal charges
An Indianapolis man is in jail in Montgomery County following a high-speed pursuit in a stolen vehicle that ended in a crash. Sharmari F. Graham, 24, of Indianapolis was observed by police at 5:46 p.m. Tuesday near the 34 mile-marker of Interstate 74 driving westbound at a clocked speed of 110 mph.
Florida truck driver, charged with moving $1 million in cocaine from LA to Indy, released from custody
PUTNAM COUNTY, Ind. — A Florida man, accused of using his trucking business to drive $1 million worth of cocaine from Los Angeles to Indianapolis, has been released from custody. Yener Peña-Machado, a 41-year-old Miami resident, was arrested last week after Indiana State Police found around $1.1 million worth of illegal drugs while searching his […]
Local Record: March 27, 2024
• Domestic disturbance in the 400 block of South Walnut Street — 11:04 a.m. • Operating a vehicle while intoxicated in the 100 block of East Main Street — 4:13 p.m. • Property damage crash at East C.R. 300S and South C.R. 100E — 6:17 p.m. •...
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