Fortville News

Gov. Mitch Daniels today gave the state's "Heroism Award" to two Hoosiers who pulled the driver from a flaming semi-trailer before it exploded last month near I-69 and I-465. Robert Skaggs of Fortville and Lonnie Hood of Acton are credited with saving the life of the 73-year-old driver, Ronald Tobias, in the Oct.

A request from Fishers to the U.S. Postal Service might mean some residences and businesses would need to change their ZIP codes.

FORTVILLE -- This weekend, Mount Vernon High School students are presenting 'Seussical the Musical.' The show will be performed at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the school, 8112 N. Hancock County Road 200 West.

The driver of a van broke a leg in a crash with a school bus Friday morning. There were no children on the bus.

A collision in Fortville between a Mt. Vernon Community Schools bus with no students aboard and a van sent the two drivers to hospitals this morning.

A suspect in a trio of armed robberies was apprehended Tuesday night near Greensburg after a shoot-out with police.

FORTVILLE, Ind. - Indiana 13 will close near Fortville on Monday as crews begin work on a Major Moves Project along the roadway, according to the Indiana Department of Transportation .

The robbery suspect who engaged in a police shooting about two miles north of the city died late Thursday evening from his wounds, according to the Indiana State Police.

In early 2008, about the time the stock market had fallen 2,000 points from its peak a few months earlier, Mike Marker and a friend, Jeremy Chastain, decided it was time for America to change its mind-set. America was going through another of the slumps it had experienced since 2000, and everyone was glum.

State police say officers shot and seriously wounded a man in an exchange of gunfire along a southeastern Indiana highway.

GREENSBURG, Ind. - State police say officers shot and seriously wounded a man in an exchange of gunfire along a southeastern Indiana highway.

For the first time during the 2009 season, the Northview Marching Knights fell out of first place in the www.indianamarching.com writer's poll.

They've stood on top all season. For the fourth week in a row, the Northview Marching Knights own the top spot in the www.indianamarching.com Class B band poll.

Fire crews responded to a house fire in Noblesville Thursday. It happened at 146th Street and Prairie Baptist Road .

Genesis Plastics Welding plans to double the size of its Fortville facilities to 50,000 square feet and add to its staff of 49 people.

A Fortville family is opening its farm to the public this weekend for National Alpaca Farm Days.

Madison County sheriff's deputies arrested two juveniles Thursday in connection with two convenience store armed robberies.

Attorneys for a widower who won an $8.5 million medical malpractice verdict against Community Hospital North have filed a lawsuit to challenge a state law that reduced the award to $1.25 million.

Army National Guard Spec. Matthew C. McKinney has arrived at the Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center as a member of the 38th Infantry Division's Task Force Cyclone to complete mobilization training for a future deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

A widower who won an $8.5 million medical malpractice verdict against Community Hospital North in his wife's death now might challenge a state law that reduces the award to $1.25 million.