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Body found along Indiana riverbank identified
AURORA, Ind. (WXIX) - The body found washed up on a riverbank in southeastern Indiana on Sunday has been identified. Michael Gambrel, of Covington, was identified by Dearborn County Coroner Cameron McCreary with assistance from the Hamilton County Coroner’s Office, Prosecutor Lynn Deddens announced Tuesday. Gambrel’s body was found...
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...
Danville man arrested for indecent exposure
DANVILLE, Ill. (WCIA) — A man is under arrest in Danville after police officials said he indecently exposed himself to people in public on three separate occasions since the start of the year. Officials said that in three separate complaints dating back to January, they identified Kevin Ross, 30 of Danville, as the suspect in […]
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.
Covington High School
Grade 9 – AJ Asbury, Breanna Batley, Reagan Bealer, Beau Bishop, Audie Burchett, Lillian Cook, Peyton Cornell, Naomi DeRosier, Karlee Drollinger, Heidi Harkleroad, Makayla Heskett, Alainee Hoaks, Allie Hunt, Gabby Lewis, Connor Maertens, Dylan McLain, Emma Poll, Brooke Rottmann, Zachary Stump, Kingston Waddell, Nathan Webster, Chloe Whittington, Adaline Winn, Andrew Wright, Grace Young.
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...
Warming for the weekend but rain chances rise
Temperatures rose over 30-degrees Thursday after a frosty start. Seventy-degree days are possible, but snow chances are also in the forecast. Over one week into spring and Thursday started very much like a winter morning. Lows included 23° Crawfordsville and Cambridge City. This front is key as to where...
Loved ones remember Danville’s first Black police chief
DANVILLE, Ill. (WCIA) — Carl J. Alexander, Danville’s first Black police chief, passed away in his sleep last Friday at the age of 78. Now, community members are preparing to gather and pay their respects. On Thursday, the family held a visitation service for Alexander at the Leek & Sons Funeral Home in Danville. Family […]
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.
15-year-old arrested in Danville with stolen gun, police say
DANVILLE, Ill. (WCIA) — A 15-year-old boy is under arrest in Danville after police said he was caught with a stolen gun on Tuesday. Officials with the Danville Police Department said officers were dispatched to a business at Vermilion and English Streets at 7 p.m. for a report of someone with a gun. Officers were […]
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.
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