Knightstown News

Franklin College has announced its Dean's List for the fall semester. Students named to the Dean's List have achieved academic distinction by earning a 3.5 grade point average or above.

A Knightstown man escaped serious injury Sunday afternoon when he rolled his vehicle near his residence at 9619 North Rushville Road shortly before 4 p.m. The driver, identified as Gregory J. Sabol, 53, was within a quarter mile of his home when he apparently fell asleep at the wheel of his 1999 Buick Century.

A Henry County woman has been accused of having sex with a teenage inmate at the Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility.

MUNCIE -- Two East Central Indiana men have been charged with failing to register with local authorities as convicted sex offenders.

A.J. Hammons, the mammoth 6-11 center from Carmel, who dominated the Greyhounds' 65-62 victory over Valparaiso High School last week, is a product of the Gary school system.

Local residents can learn woodcarving firsthand from members of the Raintree Woodcarvers when the new beginner classes start at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Mount Summit Community Building, on Ind.

Melvin Hazelwood and his brother by birth, Carl Manger, were chatting on a recent December night with their wives about their newfound relationships.

A Knightstown woman who drove into a pole and became trapped in her car Tuesday has been transported to Saint John's Medical Center, according to Madison County Sheriff Ron Richardson.

I want to congratulate The Star on the very fine piece on the salaries and perks of area school superintendents .

An announcement made in early January 2009 surprised many people in Rush and Henry counties.

Patrick E. Adams was named to the post Wednesday by Lisa E. Underwood, executive director of the racing commission.

For the second time in two months the former Carthage Mill, 212 South Main Street, Carthage, was on fire and flames could be seen coming through the roof of the vacant structure late Saturday night.

Southern Wells opened its 2009-10 wrestling season in rousing fashion by ruling the Frankton Duals with four overwhelming victories on Saturday.

The Indianapolis Star won 37 awards in the annual Hoosier State Press Association's Better Newspaper Contest, it was announced Saturday.

MUNCIE -- Sutton Elementary School's Public Law 221 committee will meet at 2:45 p.m. today.

Carl Manger had just paid for soda pop and a newspaper in a Ricker's gas station in Chesterfield.

SGT. HOPE NISBET, a Muncie native, recently re-enlisted in the Army in Iraq. She was the first of many soldiers in the 541st Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 96th Sustainment Brigade to re-enlist. She was given the oath of re-enlistment by Army Capt.

MUNCIE -- The Munsonian, Central High School's student newspaper, won first place in Division II in news writing from the Indiana High School Press Association.

Southern Wellsa athletic department will be selling tickets for the Raidersa Class A regional football game against the Knightstown Panthers on Friday at 7:30 p.m. Tickets will be on sale from 8 a.m. Wednesday through noon Friday.

On Saturday, the Hoosier Gym Community Center in Knightstown will be the site of the 3rd Annual Knightstown Community Chili Cook-Off. The event will run from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Contestants are still needed.