Oolitic News

At 7:27 yesterday evening police officials received a call of a possible drowning taking place in an Oolitic quarry.

Divers have found the body of a man who jumped 80 feet off a ledge into a southern Indiana quarry.

A Bloomington man's body was found Thursday night after divers were called to a Lawrence County quarry to look for a swimmer who didn't resurface.

RICH DAVIS / Courier & Press Ninety-four pieces of Indiana limestone, including a curving wall and pillars, are part of the $300,000 Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Plaza that will be dedicated by state officials on Friday morning at Lincoln State Park in Lincoln City, Ind.

Victor Oolitic Stone Co., which has 85 full-time employees and 2,400 acres in Bloomington , listed assets worth up to $50 million and liabilities between $50 million and $100 million in its April 28 filing.

Residents of Oolitic will join several Indiana counties who may apply for an Indiana firearms permit from their home computer or any other internet connected computer.

A seemingly minor rear-end accident has five people claiming injuries. The Lawrence County Sheriff's Department reports say 44-year-old Carl Weber of Bedford was headed south on IN-37 when he came to the Patton Hill traffic light near Oolitic, and had to slow down for traffic yesterday afternoon.

Seventeen firefighters and around 7,000 gallons of water were needed to put out a barn fire in Indian Creek Township Saturday evening.

Three more fires had to be fought by Lawrence County volunteer firefighters yesterday, one of which required 21 firefighters from 5 different fire departments to put out.

A Bloomington quarry worker was killed when a 3-ton piece of limestone fell on him.

The man killed in the accident has been identified as Tim L. McCamon, 47, of Bloomington.

Phillip Darrell Cox Arant, 47, Plainfield, formerly of Brazil, died at 8:25 a.m., Sunday, March 8, 2009, at Hendricks Regional Health, Danville.

Lawrence County has a new, overall spelling champion, this year from Bedford Middle School.

Snow and ice over the weekend caused issues on the roads, primarily through Saturday, however, they weren't nearly as bad as things were late last week.

Friday the 13th truly turned into an unlucky day for a pair of Bedford men. Lawrence County Sheriff Sam Craig tells us 31-year-old Chad Luttrell and 39-year-old Darrell Yates, both of Bedford, were arrested ...

A boil order has been announced for water customers of Bedford City Utilities, East Lawrence Water and Oolitic Water customers until further notice.

Two area teens were taken to the hospital after bad brakes sent their car into a tree in Oolitic.

May 24, 1950-Dec. 19, 2008 Oolitic -- James R. Stevenson Jr., 58, of 101 Vista Dr., Oolitic, died at 12:27 a.m. on Friday, Dec.

It may not have been the barn of Ol' Mother O'Leary, but it was a barn on fire in Oolitic yesterday evening.

Almost every police department available assisted in a major drug bust in the Town of Oolitic yesterday.