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Lifeguard shortage extends to some area pools
A nationwide lifeguard shortage has reached some of the pools in Montgomery County. Without enough lifeguards, pools are forced to adjust their operating hours, close or cannot offer a full range … more
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South joins North in dropping mask requirement
South Montgomery became the second local school district to not require masks for the upcoming school year. In a letter to parents and staff Friday afternoon, superintendent Dr. Shawn Greiner … more
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Festival Fun
Colby Green performs in the first season of the Second Friday Pike Place Community Concert & Food Festival in 2019. The series returns July 9 with headliner War Radio.
Organizers gearing up for Second Friday season
Organizers are gearing up for the next season of the Second Friday Pike Place Community Concert and Food Festival. The event, sponsored by Crawfordsville Rotary and Hoosier Heartland State Bank, … more
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CCSC makes personnel changes for new year
A series of personnel changes have been made for the upcoming school year in Crawfordsville. The Crawfordsville Community School Corp. board on Thursday accepted the resignation of middle school … more
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North won’t require masks in school buildings next year
LINDEN — North Montgomery Community School Corp. will not require masks in school buildings or at after-school events for the upcoming school year under the state’s current guidance, the … more
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ABOVE: People look at the menu for Norvell’s BBQ booth Friday at the Strawberry Festival. The festival has done away this year with the ticket booth for the food area. Vendors are accepting cash and/or credit and debit cards.
Food & Fun
The Cades Mill Covered Bridge, outside of Veedersburg, is the oldest covered bridge in Indiana.
Trio of FC bridges named to National Register
Three covered bridges in Fountain County have been named to the National Register of Historic Places, which may help secure their futures. The recent designation of the covered bridges — … more
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Rich Bell of Sizzlin Sound Productions unloads equipment Thursday for the Strawberry Festival stage at the Lane Place. Steve Trent and Small Town and Elvis tribute artist Steve Klush are among the headliners of this year.
Festival stage welcomes county music, Vegas-style rock
The Crawfordsville Strawberry Festival is back and boasts three days of entertainment. This year’s signature entertainment features great country music from Montgomery County to some … more
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Plane crash victims ID’d
DARLINGTON — A 21-year-old Johnson County man and a 28-year-old Iowa woman were identified as the victims in Sunday’s fatal plane crash outside Darlington. Benjamin Corbin of Franklin … more
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Paddlers leave the Old Coke Plant launch site for the Friends of Sugar Creek Canoe Race.
New creek launch site planned
A new launch site under construction off Rock River Ridge Road will make it easier for canoers and kayakers to access Sugar Creek. Crawfordsville’s Parks and Recreation Department worked … more
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Reese Minnette, a Crawfordsville High School senior, will reign over this year's Strawberry Festival, which begins Friday and continues through Sunday on the grounds of Lane Place.
Meeting Royalty
Reese Minnette has been attending the Strawberry Festival for as long as she can remember, and now she has been named the festival queen. As a kid the festival served as a meeting ground for her … more
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Foam sheets are prepared for assembly during production of the new Cocoon mattress line by Tempur Sealy. The company announced Monday its plans to build a manufacturing plant near Crawfordsville.
Officials: Tempur Sealy could open door to more growth
Economic development leaders say Tempur Sealy’s plans to create about 300 new jobs in Montgomery County by the end of 2025 puts the Nucor corridor on the radar. The Lexington, Kentucky-based … more
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City requests additional funds for body cameras
The City of Crawfordsville on Monday requested an additional appropriation to pay for new police body cameras. Crawfordsville Police is replacing its current fleet of cameras, which are reaching … more
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Larry Grimes, center, participates in an activity during a visit to the Galicia Museum in the Old Jewish Quarter of Krakow, Poland. Grimes, a Crawfordsville native who taught about the Holocaust and genocide, died May 26.
Keeping history alive
Before he could describe the extermination of millions of people across Eastern Europe to his students back in Florida, Larry Grimes wanted to trod the same earth. Emerging from a thick forest in … more
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Golf scramble to benefit Free Clinic
Area golfers are invited to take a swing at rising health care costs in the first ever Dr. Mary Ludwig Montgomery County Free Clinic golf scramble. The rain or shine event is set for June 19 at Rocky … more
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Rendered image of the new Tempur Sealy Foam-Pouring Plant in Crawfordsville.
Coming to Crawfordsville
Mattress and bedding product manufacturer Tempur Sealy will expand operations to Montgomery County with a foam-pouring facility expected to create about 300 jobs, the company announced Monday. The … more
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Steve Hester, a colorectal cancer survivor, speaks Saturday at the Montgomery County Relay for Life kickoff at Pike Place. The annual fundraiser for the American Cancer Society is set for July 17 at the National Guard Armory.
‘A lot of prayer that’s kept me here’
There was no history of cancer in Steve Hester’s family. “My doctor kept telling me at the age 50, ‘Steve, go get a colonoscopy. Go get a colonoscopy,’” Hester, now … more
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Monte Keller performs Friday for the kickoff of Crawfordsville Main Street’s First Friday concert series at Pike Place. The series continues July 2 with Michael Kelsey.
First Friday Concert draws a crowd

A single-engine plane crashed Sunday in a field near the intersection of State Road 47N and C.R. 800E, just outside of Darlington. The crash claimed the lives of the two people on board.
Two dead in plane crash
DARLINGTON — A small plane that took off Sunday from an Indianapolis flight school crashed into a field near Darlington, killing the two people aboard, authorities said. Yellow crime scene … more
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