Bristol News

Everyone is looking for a bargain these days, even when it comes to cosmetic procedures.

Some Elkhart County homeowners are suddenly afraid of heights. They live along State Road 15 where a portion of the roadway was raised about a dozen feet during a reconstruction project north of U.S. 20 and south of Bristol.

Firefighters from the Goshen Fire Department spent three days training in a mobile fire unit recently.

Elkhart County's 4-H adult volunteer leaders were recognized Tuesday at Greencroft Senior Center, Goshen.

ELKHART COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM: Thirty seldom-before-seen local maps are on display through March 5 in the museum's temporary exhibit gallery.

Finding a job in this challenging economic climate is a pitched battle, not the sort of adrenaline-fueled forays that members of the Elkhart-based Indiana National Guard's 1538th Transportation Company grew accustomed to during 10 months in Iraq.

An erroneous change order for Goshen's fall tree planting brought the project back before the Board of Public Works and Safety at their meeting Monday afternoon.

Local residents can sign up for the Christmas assistance program at the Bristol United Methodist Church, 201 S. Division St.

John Chamberlain, meteorologist at the National Weather Service's North Webster office, said Oct.

Avenue of Hope Inc., nonprofit single adults ministry, has a Saturday morning breakfast each week at a local restaurant and a Sunday afternoon fellowship with carry-in supper.

Some bad news for homeowners living in a city or town here -- your 2009 property tax bills are on track to bump up compared to last year.

The Purdue Extension, Elkhart County Office, and Extension Homemakers are hosting their annual Holiday Happenings.

A Bristol man died in Elkhart General Hospital Tuesday night after suffering injuries in a head-on crash on C.R. 17.

On cue with the turning of the leaves, waste removal crews across the county have set out to clear the streets of the downed foliage.

This Aug. 26, 2009 photo shows brothers John, left, and Brad Millikin in Bristol, Ind.

The exhibit runs through Nov. 1. * Noon-time Talk: Assistant curator Stacy Jordan discusses the career and inventions of Howard Chandler Christy from 12:20 to 1 p.m. today.

OX BOW: Valuable prizes will be awarded to the winner of a Dutch Oven Cook-off scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Saturday.

BRISTOL, Ind. Animal shelters say they're being pushed to the brink by an increase in surrendered pets and a shortage of donations.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The 7:30 p.m. update corrects the address of the location of the fire.

The youth of Elkhart Civic Theatre, the ECTeam, will present "An Evening with the Brothers Grimm" Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Bristol Opera House, 210 E. Vistula St.