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Operation Round Up awards funds to six area nonprofits

The Parke County REMC Multi-County Community Trust Board met on Sept. 10 and awarded $12,750 to six area nonprofits through the Operation Round Up program. Isaiah 117 House was awarded $5,000 to …
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Supper, singing and seasonal foods delight

Supper and singing nights are always a highlight for me. I can’t say it’s always been like that. When I had a handful of real young children, it just seemed like evening services …

Fall Tree ID Hike planned

The library naturalist will lead a Fall Tree ID Hike at 10 a.m. Saturday. Join us to learn about trees of Indiana. We will meet at the Crawfordsville District Public Library’s pavilion in the …

Montgomery County Retired Teachers Association

President Steve Frees welcomed members and guests to the Sept. 9, Montgomery County Retired Teachers Association meeting held in the Crawfordsville District Public Library. Frees led the Pledge of …

Shaping the future together

From Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 we celebrate National Hispanic and Latino Heritage Month. The terms Hispanic and Latino (or Latine, Latinx) are loaded with their complexities and problematic uses in their …
Mayor Todd Barton

Report ranks city #60 in Most Dynamic Micropolitans

The City of Crawfordsville has been ranked 60th most dynamic micropolitan in the United States according to the recently released 2024 Most Dynamic Micropolitans report by Heartland Forward, a …

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Wabash supports local Meals on Wheels

The Sphinx Club, dedicated to fostering campus unity and spirit throughout the Wabash community, extended their outreach in extraordinary philanthropic support to include the local clients of Meals …
Allison Huenemann, general manager of Crawfordsville Electric Light and Power and this year’s campaign chairman, shares her message. Gina Haile, director of the local United Way agency, also is pictured.

United Way ‘powered’ for 2024 campaign

The United Way of Montgomery County kicked off its annual fundraising campaign Friday with a golf scramble and luncheon at the Crawfordsville Country Club. Allison Huenemann, campaign chair and …

INDOT to host hiring events

The Indiana Department of Transportation is in search of dedicated, qualified individuals who want to help serve their fellow Hoosiers this winter. INDOT will host winter seasonal hiring events from …

Shifty’s Bar & Grill opens in Ladoga

LADOGA — The Crawfordsville/Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for the new owners and new branding of Shifty’s Bar & Grill. Formerly known as the Canning …

Celebration of Unity set for Saturday

Local non-profit group Humans United for Equality invites the community to the sixth annual Celebration of Unity. This free event will be 4-8 p.m. Saturday at Pike Place in downtown Crawfordsville. …

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Prep Roundup: Sept. 17, 2024

TENNIS Athenians second at Jeff On Saturday the CHS boys’ tennis team placed second in the team standings at the Lafayette Jeff Booster Tennis Tournament, losing only to Culver …
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South finishes second in final SAC golf match

Saturday marked the first of many lasts for all three county schools as they leave the Sagamore Athletic Conference with the girls’ golf conference championship match. Southmont finished the …

Hard hat defense leads Wabash to win

The Wabash College defense accounted for six sacks, generated three turnovers, and held Ohio Wesleyan to 13 points in six trips to the red zone in a 30-13 victory in its annual Homecoming contest. …

Southmont beats Hot Dogs

FRANKFORT — Southmont ended their two-game losing streak with a convincing victory over the home-standing Frankfort Hotdogs 40-0. After a scoreless first quarter the Mountie offense …

Prep Roundup: Sept. 14, 2024

TENNIS Mounties beat Eagles Southmont hosted South Putnam on Thursday and shut out the Eagles 5-0. All sets were won 2-0. No. 1 singles player Gavin Downey defeated Luke Hutcheson 6-1, …
Crawfordsville's Melanie Dowd and Southmont's Darby Cottrell and Jaysa Crull compete in Thursday's Charger Classic.

Runners have strong showing at Charger Classic

LINDEN — Paced by a pair of Crawfordsville runners, area teams had a strong showing against a tough field at the 54th Annual Charger Classic on Thursday. Crawfordsville junior Katherine …

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Obituaries
 Danny William Phillips
Danny William Phillips, 83, of Crawfordsville passed away Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, at Hickory Creek at Crawfordsville. He was born Nov. 27, 1940, at Crawfordsville, to the late Virgil and …
Ivan D. Eppert
Ivan D. Eppert of Crawfordsville passed away Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, at home. He was 86. Ivan was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Wallace. He was previously a member of the Eagles and Moose. …
Gordon Farley
Gordon L. “My Way” Farley was born in Bal Hinch to Howard and Lora Keller Farley on July 11, 1936. He attended seven schools in 12 years and graduated from Dover High School in 1954. …
Kenneth Joe Spencer
Kenneth Joe Spencer, 83, of Crawfordsville, formerly of New Market and Russellville, passed away Sept. 9, 2024. He was born March 3, 1941, at Greencastle, to the late Cline Maynard and …
Percie Odell Sandlin Jr.
Percie Odell Sandlin Jr., 63, of Attica passed away at 3:20 a.m. Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, in IU/Arnett Hospital Lafayette following a battle with cancer. He was born Dec. 19, 1960, at Danville, …

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PLAINFIELD — No two elections cycles are the same, as Donald Trump can now attest that 2020 was vastly different than 2016 when he won, and ditto for Joe Biden between his victory four years …
  Brace yourself for some intimidating numbers, though these may not surprise working parents. Montgomery County had 1,983 children under six who may need care and only 638 childcare seats …
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I’m on page 66 of “Dangerous Melodies: Classical Music in America from the Great War through the Cold War” by Hunter College professor Jonathan Rosenberg, and I don’t want it …
Please read and understand   H.R. 8281 ­— Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE Act), and let your congressmen know your opinion. This bill requires individuals to provide …
For a few weeks now, there have been hundreds of orange traffic barrels lining dividing the full length of Washington Street and extending down U.S. 231 to the south edge of town. Traffic is …
Father Alexis Miller’s recent column is badly flawed, and others have addressed this already. The idea that to despise former President Donald Trump means a person is against Christianity is …
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