Gaston News

A family pet has been missing for almost two weeks in Delaware County. Sydney is a three-year-old wallaby -- she looks similar to a small kangaroo.

GASTON - If something resembling a small kangaroo hops past you in the greater Gaston area, be advised its owner is looking for it.

Two local butcher shops are hoping that local shoppers are hungry for meat like never before.

GASTON -- For the second time in three weeks, someone has burglarized the Wes-Del Baseball and Softball Association's facility off Delaware County Road 600-W. This time, WDBSA organizers are asking for the public's help.

MUNCIE -- Abigail Ogden, a 2009 graduate of Central High School, was named recipient of the ninth annual Demaree Family Communications Scholarship at the schools' Journalism Honors Banquet on May 7. The scholarship was created in 2001 by Gary and Sarah Demaree in honor of influential local journalism teachers Kathleen Meehan, Ed Henderson, Louis ...

MUNCIE -- Here's a Blight Watch with a happy ending. 'Everyone take note: This is how it's supposed to work,' Bill Morgan, a member of the city's unsafe building hearing authority, said during a recent meeting of the authority, in reference to 2101 N. Colson Drive.

Paul and Sandra Wimmer of Muncie, formerly of Gaston, were married on May 2, 1959.

Birthday: 99 years old Saturday. Occupation: Worked at Acme Lees for 25 years. Other info: Attended Four Square Gospel Church.

MUNCIE - Law enforcement agencies in Muncie and Delaware County jailed nine people Tuesday.

Do you know what the item pictured at right is? CLUES Size: 11 1/2' long x 6 wide x 7/8' thick.

The 2009 Indiana Diesel Nationals event is headed to Muncie Indiana! Register Below to Win Tickets to the 2009 Thunder In Muncie Events on June 6th and 7th! Saturday June 6th: Gates open at the Gaston Lions Club @ 9AM.

GASTON -- Authorities hope this week's arrests of two Indianapolis men will end the repeated thefts of vehicle identification numbers from a local auto salvage business.

MUNCIE - David W. Sexton, 49, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday evening, May 13, 2009.

GASTON - A threatening graffiti note discovered last week inside Wes-Del High School has prompted school officials to ask police to be on campus through the end of the school year.

At the April 20 Yorktown Council meeting, I was one of several residents allowed to speak against an ordinance giving Yorktown Council members health insurance.

MUNCIE -- WGE Federal Credit Union has awarded the 2008 William H. Yohler Memorial Scholarship to Kristi Kay Murray.

GASTON - Gaston will have its annual Dumpster day for residents on May 16. Items will be accepted starting at 8 a.m. at the maintenance barn.

Many positive things set Delaware County apart from similar communities. Among the least known, but with possibly the biggest impact, are local foundations, including The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County Inc., and Ball Brothers Foundation.

PARKER CITY -- Monroe Central Schools will have a buy-one-get-one book fair May 4-8 in the Monroe Central Junior-Senior High School media center.

GASTON -- Wes-Del Middle and High schools will hold their annual honor day awards programs on May 5. The high school program will begin at 9 a.m. and the middle school program will follow at 1:30 p.m. Both will be held in the high school gymnasium.