Anderson News

Today, the Anderson City Council will hold a special meeting at 5 p.m. to discuss the creation of an employee health review commission, as well as an ordinance to fix the salaries and benefits of meter readers and employees in the water and water pollution control departments.

Bond was set for $20,000 for charge of Class A misdemeanor operating a vehicle while intoxicated and Class A misdemeanor driving while suspended.

When it comes to hiring relatives, the City of Anderson has no limitations. The City Council has not passed an ordinance dealing with the practice, and a state government ethics policy that discourages nepotism does not extend to local governments.

No bond was set on charges of felony violation of in-home detention. * Madison County deputies arrested Zachery D. Edwards, 18, of the 200 block of West 375 North, Anderson, at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday at his home.

Thirty-five Anderson high school students have joined the ranks of a national leadership program, and have pledged to make Anderson a better, more youth-friendly community.

Anderson police arrested four men at the Clarion Inn on Scatterfield Road Thursday morning on charges of selling and smoking cocaine in one of the hotel rooms, according to police reports.

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ANDERSON, Ind. - Three new police officers were introduced to the city's Board of Public Safety on Thursday and will be sworn in Nov.

A former Anderson firefighter convicted of a 1983 rape was denied early parole Wednesday by the Indiana Parole Board, according to board secretary Phyllis Scroggin.

Dozens of people who were patients of a suspended central Indiana doctor continue to support him against allegations of dangerously prescribing painkillers.

A local woman was struck by a tractor-trailer in a southbound lane of Interstate 69 in an apparent suicide attempt Tuesday, according to Anderson police.

Bond is $10,000. * Anderson police arrested Shawn M. Parks, 36, of the 2700 block of Dakota Drive, Anderson, at 9:30 a.m. Sunday at the 20 block of Golden Drive, Anderson, on suspicion of domestic battery, a Class A misdemeanor, and invasion of privacy, a Class B misdemeanor.

These arrests were made Sunday and Monday by police in Madison County. Anderson police arrested Stephen R. Nemyer, 62, of the 1900 block of Lindberg Road, Anderson, at 6:06 p.m. Monday.

Anderson police arrested Kathrean Broome, 47, of the 1600 block of West 17th Street, Anderson at 1 p.m. on Saturday in the 2200 block of Arrow Avenue, Anderson.

ANDERSON, Ind. - The Anderson Fire Department will give up part of its ambulance user fee collections, set aside to maintain equipment and fire stations, to help pay for its salaries in the midst of a city budget crisis.

A fire that critically burned an Anderson man more than 10 days ago remains under investigation, an Anderson Fire Department investigator said Friday.

All across the county and throughout Indiana, cities are facing significant budget cuts.

Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009 View the video greeting HERE. Good morning. It's 6:30 a.m. Thursday and the staff at The Herald Bulletin is getting down to work.

Four economists looked into their crystal balls Tuesday at Anderson Country Club during the annual economic forecast and came up with this projection: Things will get better.

Anderson police are searching for vandals accused of terrorizing a quiet neighborhood in the Mustin subdivision early Monday morning.