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How To Avoid 12 Common Tax Season Scams

Tax season is already stressful enough—chasing down receipts, deciphering tax forms, and praying for a refund. But while you’re crunching numbers, scammers are working overtime to empty your pockets. In 2024, the IRS revealed that over $9.1 billion had been taken in...

Escaping The Earthly Bounds

by Curt Kovener I was out shoveling snow last month when a low flying single engine airplane buzzed over the wilderness. The moment brought back the couple of times that I was airborne in a small single engine plane. The first time was in the late 1970’s when I was...

Legal Notices

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING AUSTIN REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION Pursuant to Indiana Code § 36-7-14 et seq., notice is hereby given that the Austin Redevelopment Commission will hold a public meeting and hearing to consider the establishment of a Housing Tax...

Jackson County Woman Charged With Setting House On Fire

A rural western Jackson County woman, Brenda Flat, 40, of Norman was booked into Jackson County Jail at 5:49 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 20, on charges of arson and criminal mischief. On Jan. 2 a fire was reported around 8 a.m. at a residence at 3296 N Main Street in the...

County Jails On The Hook As State Stops Paying Prisoner Costs

by: Niki Kelly Indiana Capital Chronicle The Indiana Department of Correction has run out of money to pay county jails for holding low-level felons and state prisoners. Some county jails haven’t received payments in months, and there are still four months left in the...

Sliding Down A Hill On A Snowy Evening

by Curt Kovener A few weekend’s back we got more than a dusting of snow. Eight to 10 inches of white stuff allowed Becky to trudge across the dam with her saucer sled and make a few slides down the hill. And multiple snowfalls since, be are both ill and fatigued of...

Legal Notices

Washington 2024 AFR 2024 Vienna Twp AFR 2024 JC Library AFR 2024 JC AFR LEGAL NOTICE INDOT is submitting a Notice of Intent to IDEM of our intent to comply with the requirements of the Construction Stormwater General Permit to discharge stormwater from construction...

Austin Dollar General Arsonist Charged 

Company Says It Will Re-Build A 19 year-old man was arrested for setting the fire Sunday evening, Feb. 9, that heavily damaged the Dollar General Market, on U.S. 31, in Austin. The community’s only grocery store just been opened for just three months. Jalen May Jalen...