Brazil News

The door of 413 N. Sherman St. was still blackened from smoke and no one was home to answer.

John Alwyn Lawson, 61, Brazil, died at 8:45 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008, at his residence.

The communication capabilities of emergency responders in Clay County will soon be improving.

The Brazil Times has updated its policy regarding Letters to the Editor for the upcoming election season.

New post: Executive director of the Indiana Retired Teachers Association. Previous position: Deputy attorney general.

The Clay County Courthouse has been busy processing the suspects arrested during the recent drug sweep by 12 law enforcement agencies on Aug.

I regularly walk past the bronze sculpture of Holland's founder the Rev. Albertus Van Raalte in Centennial Park and hadn't given much thought to the sculpture's original modeler, Leonard Crunelle .

The looming closure of the Humane Society of Putnam County has already begun to have a trickle-down affect on neighboring communities.

Last week, four of Lori Ann's daughter's, Alexis, Sarah, Olivia and Elizabeth Cory gathered together to help their father, Bruce Cory celebrate his 50th birthday.

Donald Edward Hardman, 55, Brazil, died at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 16,2008, in Greencastle.

YMCA Program Director Deb Plummer took Bob Heaton, Republican candidate for House Dist.

The proposed detention pond and United States 40 project would help lessen the impact of flash floods like the one in June.

The Jackson Township Fire Department would like to thank the following individuals and businesses for their support and assistance at our annual Jonah Fish Fry, held Aug.

As 3-year-old Gavin Jones cut the ribbon to Noah's Ark Playground, a picture of his older brother Colton looked on with a smile as bright as Sunday afternoon's sun.

At the end of school Thursday, students escape to the buses at Northview High School.

The WILL Center has scheduled "Brunch in Brazil" Dine with a Doc on the first Wednesday of every month, from 10 a.m.-noon at the Clay County Senior Center, 120 S. Franklin St., Brazil.

There was a story this week in The Brazil Times about an apparent pipe bomb exploding -- in Brazil Indiana no less! This incident occurred just a few doors down from the home of a young man of our acquaintance.

Police were searching for the person or persons who detonated a pipe bomb at a home in Brazil in the early morning hours Wednesday.

Jack Edward Pittman, 67, Brazil, died on Aug. 11, 2008, in Terre Haute. He was born Oct.

Norville "Chuck" Pickett said Tuesday that he is saddened to have to go through hearings related to the 20-year-old shooting death of his daughter, 16-year-old Tonya Pickett, but he said he is "glad it has ...