Liberty News

LIBERTY, Ind. -- Union County might ask the Indiana General Assembly for special legislation so it can raise local income taxes to pay for a jail project.

LIBERTY, Ind. -- The Union County commissioners will hear a second proposal for a feasibility study on the Union County Jail when they meet at 8:30 a.m. Monday in the courthouse meeting room.

LIBERTY, Ind. -- The Union County Area Plan Commission will meet in executive session at 1 p.m. Friday in the area plan office, 6 W. South St.

Indiana veterans are being honored in two ways by Hoosier libraries and by the Indiana State Museum.

John Dees had never had a flu shot, but deaths reported last week from H1N1 flu brought him to the Union County Health Department Saturday morning to get the H1N1 vaccine.

Kids think it's cool to be able to watch an excavating machine at work right outside their classroom window.

LIBERTY, Ind. - An eastern Indiana woman says her family's dog deserves a special treat after his barking saved her family from an early morning house fire.

LIBERTY, Ind. -- A Union County mother says her family's dog saved their lives when their home caught fire early Wednesday.

LIBERTY, Ind. - A Union County family says their dog saved their lives when their home caught fire early Wednesday.

John Callan had nothing nice to say about today's special election. "I think it's stupid," he said, "I think we shouldn't be having it at all for the money we're spending in a recessionary year." Still, there he was today, on his lunch break, casting a "No" vote at Riley High School in South Bend.

A total of 76 Duneland students were expelled in the 2008-09 school year, an increase of 30 over the previous school year.

LIBERTY, Ind. -- Union County could get some help financing a jail project from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

This is your pun-free intro to our annual Halloween coverage. Really, pun-free copy is scary unto itself, don't you think? But anyway, find here our top picks for the Halloween season, followed by our reviews of the area's haunted houses.

LIBERTY, Ind. -- An industrial park planned for Union County should have tenants who don't need much water.

LIBERTY, Ind. -- Authorities here want to know if a Miami University student was text-messaging when he was seriously injured earlier this week in a traffic accident on Ind.

LIBERTY, Ind. -- An attempted suicide last month by a Union County Jail inmate has county officials discussing the need for a larger jail.

Buck Point Golf Course has a new name and a new offer. The newly named Dye Golf Course at Sagamore Resort near Liberty is offering annual memberships for $1,250 for 2010.

LIBERTY, Ind. -- The Union County Health Department didn't ask the state health department for H1N1 FluMist vaccine, but it got some anyway.

LIBERTY, Ind. -- The Union County Health Board will hear a report from its Pandemic Flu Committee when it meets at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Union County Health Center, 6 W. South St.

Brennan Moore & Austin Barrett were married June 20, 2009, at Edwards Memorial United Methodist Church in Liberty, IN.