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PERU - Ruby C. Mannies, 'Mom, Grandma, Gram' passed away July 5, 2009. Mrs. Mannies was born to Samuel and Oval Guinn on June 4, 1919, in New Castle.

Police reports Thursday 10:43 a.m. - Arrest. Michael Sturgeon, 23, Peru, was arrested on a charge of theft.

A Denver woman was transported to a Fort Wayne hospital from the scene of a single-vehicle wreck on Ind.

Harry Denham spent his career as a conductor with the CSX Railroad. For the past eight years, he's helped convert the former Nickel Plate Railroad bed into a walking and biking trail, from Rochester to Cassville.

Muncie/Winchester - Charlotte Gaye Young, 71, of Muncie, formerly of Winchester, passed away early Wednesday, April 1, 2009, following a courageous battle with cancer.

Calling your state stop-smoking hot line for help kicking the habit? Expect a wait: Smokers are flooding the lines in a panic over an increase in the tobacco tax.

Easter event set for April 4 The Logansport Parks and Recreation Department will be partnering with the Logansport Jaycees to bring "Morning with the Easter Bunny" to boys and girls ages 1 through 12.

Time again for another oddity I've uncovered in my travels around Indiana for the third edition of Indiana Curiosities.

State police will conduct checkpoint DELPHI - Indiana State Police will conduct an enforcement checkpoint today targeting impaired drivers in Carroll County.

The phone rings. "Hello," I say. "Hi, this is Dannae Deadline from the Denver Drought," a female voice replies.

The command "eyes left" will be barked out by the squadron commander as Culver Academies' Black Horse Troop and Equestriennes pass the new commander in chief during the presidential inaugural parade.

Unhappy father facing charges PERU - A 41-year-old Peru man was arrested Friday after he reportedly threw his 17-year-old daughter out of the house.

Sgt. Pat Zeider of the Cass County Sheriff's Department has spent the last decade fighting crime in the county where he was born and raised.