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Town Gets $1.4 Million Grant For Sewer Project

A combined sewer overflow project in Crothersville received a $1,428,908 grant sooner than expected. The announcement of funding approval got the town council’s year off to a pleasant start at last week’s first of the new year meeting. “I...

Cops’ Copper Copped

Officers with the Indiana State Police are investigating the theft of copper from one of their radio tower sites. On Friday Master Trooper David McKalip was dispatched to the Indiana State Police radio tower site on County Road SW 60 in Decatur County on a report of...

Senior Citizens Beware

An elderly Crothersville woman received a phone call last week asking for help which turned out to be a scam. The local woman, who will remain unidentified to avoid embarrassment and possible future scams, said she received a phone call from a young man who claimed to...

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Winter Feeding

The Crothersville area enjoyed a rare white Christmas last month prompting wildbirds to seek nourishment from human friends. A lone woodpecker seemed to be seeking divine intervention from a Franciscan statue to avoid the gang of cardinals engaged in a feeding frenzy...

It Was Good News-Bad News For Crothersville In 2010

Here are some of the headlines of the more interesting big news stories in the Crothersville community in 2010? January: Wilbur ‘Sonny’ Walker, who quit high school to join the Navy during World War II, became the oldest CHS graduate when he received a...

License Plates No Longer Available At Local BMV

Efficient Government Means Taxpayers Get To Do More Hoosiers can no longer renew their license plates at their local license branches. All Indiana residents now have to order their registration cards, stickers and plates online or by mail, the Indiana Bureau of Motor...

Begin The New Year With More Healthy Eating

Americans gain an average of five to seven pounds between Halloween and New Years. To start the New Year off right, the Schneck Medical Center Weight Loss Center in Seymour has the following healthy eating tips: •Eat five or six small meals daily rather than the usual...

Betcha Didn’t Know…

by Curt Kovener Let’s clean out the useless trivia drawer to start the new year fresh. All are offered with unverified veracity but sometimes accompanied by comments. •The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV was Fred and Wilma Flintstone....