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FFA Prepares Food Distribution To Needy

Beginning the monumental task of sorting and bagging hundreds of cans of food and for this Saturday’s Crothersville FFA Food & Toy distribution are local FFA members Darin Briner, Kelsey Hoskins, Kaylyn Luedeman and Logan Isenhower. While the lagging economy has...

Deadline For Filing Property Tax Deductions Is Dec. 31

Homeowners who are age 65 and older are eligible for an additional exemption on their home’s property assessment. To be eligible for the new income based credit, taxpayers must have a homestead exemption on the property. The individual adjusted gross income may not...

Thomas, Minton Honored For Fire Department Service

The Crothersville-Vernon Township Volunteer Fire Department held their annual holiday and service awards dinner Friday evening at the local fire station. Phil Thomas (in blue jacket) was named the 2008 First Responder of the Year and Derrick Minton (in red jacket) was...

County Groups Recognized For Recycling Excellence

The Jackson County Solid Waste Management District announced the 2008 recipients of the Indiana Communities Achieving Recycling Excellence (ICARE) Awards for Jackson County at their annual meeting. The ICARE Awards are a local recognition program for schools,...

A Lesson Learned, But Are We Listening?

by Curt Kovener I suppose it was inevitable. But I didn’t think the lesson would be taught this quickly. Last week state leaders got the news they didn’t want to hear. Indiana’s projected (and already budgeted to be spent) income would be short by $600 million. That...