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Q: Among fellow workers, friends and family, just about everyone is staying home this summer for vacation.

DENNY SIMMONS / Courier & Press Former Indiana Gov. Edgar Whitcomb, left, and his companion, Evelyn Gayer, right, live a quiet life in Rome, Ind., in a home they restored to offer guests a simple and elegant place they'd like to visit.

As soon as 11-year-old Collin Sklapsky got done with the YMCA sports camp he attended one day last week, his iPod Touch seemed to appear out of nowhere.

Joshua Penn found out during the Martinsville schools' Enrichment Academy last week that he enjoys sewing.

MARTINSVILLE Information developed by Morgan County Sheriff's Department Det. Sergeant Larry Sanders turned out to ... Please log in to read the rest of this story.

MARTINSVILLE The Treasure Hunters Road Show has set up shop at the Holiday Inn Express on Burton Lane.

MARTINSVILLE There will be a Morgan County Fair this year. Despite speculation to the contrary, that fact was never rea ... Please log in to read the rest of this story.

Area residents are turning out in droves for some local entertainment events, while organizers of other events say attendance is steady.

A chain reaction crash caused a major roadblock on Interstate 77 Saturday afternoon.

The Greencastle and Cloverdale fire departments were among departments from 48 Indiana departments across the state that were recently awarded grants through the Indiana Department of Natural Resources' Volunteer Fire Assistance grants program.

Physical disabilities won't keep these youth from Marion County from scaling a 40-foot wall, climbing the steep "Cardiac Hill" and realizing even more summer-camp dreams this year: They're headed to Camp Riley for Youth with Physical Disabilities, where a new perspective awaits them.

Rural and volunteer fire departments from 48 counties across Indiana have been awarded more than $268,000 in volunteer fire assistance grants, DNR Director Robert E. Carter Jr.

Francis and Debby Cheek's flood was not the scary drama often associated with rampaging water.

Martinsville City Council on Tuesday appointed a retiring teacher to a three-year term on the city school board.

Martinsville Schools Superintendent Scott Kizner expects all four city schools to meet accreditation standards for the second straight year, he told the school board Monday.

Martinsville City Council on Tuesday will take the next steps in moving Henry-Martinsville Social Services to its new home in the Athena building.

MORGAN COUNTY The Indiana Fallen Officer Blood Drive will be held at Martinsville and Mooresville this year.

MARTINSVILLE, IN, June 5, 2009 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- Claire L. Scheele, MD, FACS, a physician with Morgan Surgical Specialists, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for demonstrating dedication, leadership and excellence in medical practice.

It's been a year since floodwaters ravaged central Indiana communities, forcing people out of their homes.

Jeffrey Lynn Brake, 49, Paragon, hold for another agency. Rebecca Corrine Davis, 23, Martinsville, hold for another agen ... Please log in to read the rest of this story.