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Solar Eclipse Coming Monday

Next Monday afternoon, Aug. 21, a solar eclipse will briefly darken Crothersville and southern Indiana. While parts of southern Kentucky are in the path of a total eclipse, the local areas should experience about a 93-95% eclipse for less than three minutes sometime...

Child Welfare Check Sends 3 To Jail After Drugs Found

Indiana Conservation Officers, along with the Washington and Scott County Sheriff’s Departments, arrested three people on a multiple drug and weapons charges. Joshua Thomas Purlee, 35, of Floyds Knobs, and Deloris Newton, 58, of Austin, were arrested in Washington...

Scott Co. Traffic Stop Yields Heroin

A traffic stop in I-65 resulted in the arrest of a Scottsburg woman on a variety of drug charges on Tuesday, Aug. 8. Shortly after 2:30 p.m., Indiana State Police Trooper Nathan Abbott made a traffic stop on northbound Interstate 65 near the 29 mile marker for a...

Library ‘Food For Fines’ Underway

Customers of the Jackson County Public Library in Seymour, Crothersville, and Medora can pay overdue fines by donating non-perishable food items now through August 26. Donations of non-perishable food items collected in lieu of fines are given to local food pantries...

Inspired By Washington Leaders

by Curt Kovener I have an old book of inspirational quotes from people from the Mid-West. Granted, it’s a pretty big region but I still like the wisdom of a Mid-Westerner. I wished those serving us(?) in Washington would pay attention. “Absorb ideas from every...

Classifieds

IF YOU CAN READ, help someone who can’t. Call 523-8688 to start helping MOBILITY ISSUES?? We have walkers, wheelchairs & canes to lend. Contact Crothersville Senior Citizens at 793-2523.tfn BANKRUPTCY Payment plans available. 812-522-0628, Mark Risser, Attorney at...

Town Signs Water Tower Maintenance Agreement

A summer long discussion on how best to maintain the town of Crothersville’s water tower was settled last Tuesday when the town council agreed to hire SUEZ Advanced Solutions of Westfield, IN to provide exterior and interior tank maintenance. The 300,000 gallon tower...

Parks Board Planning Fun & Fundraising ATV Ride

The Crothersville Parks Board will be hosting an ATV/UTV/Jeep ride on Saturday, Aug. 26. Registration will begin at 10 a.m. at the Bard Street Park in Crothersville. Ride time will be noon. Crothersville ATV/UTV permits are waived for that day, but you will need to be...

Saturday Farmers’ Market Continues In Crothersville

The Crothersville Parks Board will be hosting a Farmer’s Market/Flea Market each Saturday until interest or produce wanes at 101 W Howard Street (site of the old Town Hall). The market will be open from 9 am until noon each Saturday. Vendors may arrive to set up...

An Early Woodland Memory

by Curt Kovener (Squirrel hunting season begins next week and here is a recollection from the Curt Comments archives.) I felt something shaking my foot through the covers of my bed. I really didn’t want to open my eyes because it seemed they had only drifted off to...