Parker City News

PARKER CITY - The Monroe Central Class of 2012 is sponsoring an all-you-can-eat Pizza Hut dinner from 5-7 p.m. tonight.

PARKER CITY -- Monroe Central Junior-Senior High School will present its eighth-grade orientation at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Farmland - Grace Emily Hubbard, 87, of Parker City, IN, passed away at 12:46 p.m., Friday, January 29, at Summers Pointe, Winchester.

WINCHESTER - A Parker City woman has been accused of leaving her infant son in her car, with its engine running and doors unlocked, for 30 minutes while she shopped at the Winchester Walmart.

Firefighters brought a blaze in a downtown building under control quickly early Friday.

Two local organizations have scheduled blood drives. Amvets Post No. 12 will sponsor a blood drive at their facility at 7621 N Ind.

PARKER CITY -- Monroe Central Junior-Senior High School will have eighth-grade orientation at 6:30 p.m. today in the cafeteria.

Birthday: 83 years old Jan. 13. Occupation: Owner of Ran-Del Agricultural Services, Inc.

MUNCIE - Jeanetta R. Braun, 84, passed away Thursday January 7, 2010 at Muncie Health and Rehab Center.

Three teenagers - two from Randolph County and the other from Madison County - face burglary charges in Delaware County courts.

MUNCIE - Carol A. Stilts, 62, of Muncie, passed away Thursday, December 24, 2009 at Ball Memorial Hospital.

Myrtle Harty Holten Long is the matriarch of a large family. Amongst her numerous descendants is a five-generation line that stretches a full 80 years from her own birth in 1923 to the birth of her great-great-grand-daughter, Chloe Holten, in 2003.

Christmas Day will be Friday, Dec. 25. All federal offices will be closed Friday.

FARMLAND -- Rescue Me R.C.H.S., an all-volunteer animal rescue operation in Randolph and Delaware counties, needs supplies and monetary donations to help abandoned, unwanted and abused pets.

FARMLAND - Miriam A. Jerles, 93, passed away at 4:55 a.m. Thursday, December 17, 2009 while in the company of family members, at Parker Health & Rehabilitation Center, Parker City.

MUNCIE -- The difference between the new playground equipment at three Muncie parks and the previous playground equipment there is the difference between a '58 Edsel and a brand new Mustang.

Friends and family of Emogene 'Emmie' Richardson are invited to help her celebrate her 90th birthday during an open house Saturday.

PARKER CITY - Members of Parker City's volunteer fire department and the town's police department will be on Ind.

Gary L. Smith managed to avoid any jail time despite his role in a hit-and-run accident that might have caused the death of a Parker City man.

MUNCIE - A Parker City teenager remained in jail Monday after arrested for allegedly stealing tools and checks from a local business where his mother works.