Rockville News

"Tomorrow is guaranteed to no one," Ray Wolve said inside the Billie Creek Village General Store, strumming on a hand-made dulcimer he was ready to sell or keep, whatever Sunday afternoon might bring.

Almost every Saturday at 9:30 a.m. Candace McCann, inmate #188342, sits down for a scheduled video conference with her daughter.

Covered bridges aren't Parke County's only treasures. The Village Market will run 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday behind the Ritz Theater in Rockville.

Rockville Public Library is accepting donations of new, basic school supplies for needy students.

Residents in Rockville gathered in the town square Saturday to honor troops. The parade and ceremony was held to honor service men and women in Parke County.

The bluebirds must have been a sign. Just as teachers Dana Lemke, Pat Anderson, Veronica Kern and Dotty Harding were preparing the space behind Rockville Elementary School for mulch, plants, soil and rocks to be placed, two bluebirds fluttered back and forth between the top of the school building and a small wooden birdhouse already constructed in ...

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Plans are in the final stages for Parke County Soldier/Veterans Appreciation Day, set for Saturday, June 20, at the Rockville square.

Kaitlyn Swierzbinski won't ever forget the word "anything." That's what she spelled correctly to win the title of spelling bee champion at Rockville Elementary School's second-grade contest.

Kim Abernathy, left, has opened Best Kept Secret at 107 S. Market St. Joy Bowie, right, is a stylist at the salon.

The 82-degree heat hadn't sapped Trey Evans' optimism. Neither had the trees, weeds and vines snarled up in the fence row around Turkey Run State Park.

The last buses will leave Louisburga s schools Friday morning as school ends for the summer.

Wonderful year at Rosedale school The Rosedale PTO would like to thank the parents and staffers who helped with the teacher appreciation luncheon on May 6: Norma Organ, Ronda Stahl, Marilyn Vandivier, Tina Livers, Tammy Oxford, Karey Miller, Amy Crane, Wendy Akers, Karla Noorlag, Jamie Mager, and Sharlynn Metheny.

Half-way through Habitat For Humanity's 350-mile Cover Indiana Bicycle Tour, cyclist Nathan Ainslie returned to Fort Wayne on Wednesday to repair his bike.

Some people claim that nursing is in their blood - and in the case of Karen Oxford, that would be difficult to refute.

The sleepy little town of Rockville got a rude awakening Tuesday afternoon, and all David Crowder was trying to do was find some mushrooms.

Emergency workers are still trying to determine what caused a huge explosion in the Valley Tuesday.

There is a report this afternoon of an apparent pipeline explosion in Parke County.

A gas main exploded and caught fire in a rural area east of Rockville Tuesday afternoon.

Around 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, a gas pipeline exploded near Rockville. Police are investigating an explosion on Nyesville Road in Parke County.