Blackford County News

The East Central Indiana Home Builders Association/Muncie Home Builders Association will hold its membership meeting Tuesday at Delaware Country Club.

Birthday: 85 years old Sept. 3. Celebration: Dinner at home with family. Favorite pastimes: Reading, word puzzles, mending, enjoying her beautiful flowers, being with family and friends.

Being adopted herself, Hartford City's Kendal Cowgill somehow knew that when the dog of her dreams came along, she'd end up adopting it like she had been.

UPLAND - Lew Thomas Ball, Sr. 'Tom', 70, died at 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at his daughter's residence in Hartford City.

Aim your car a few miles up Indiana 9 or west on 53rd Street, and you'll pass Madison County entertainment history and not even know it.

Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service will sponsor an IP video workshop 7-9 p.m. Aug.

Town council to talk about budget The Selma Town Council will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday at the town hall to continue budget discussion.

NT Publisher newstimes@comcast.net The executive director of the Association of Indiana Counties , David Bottorff, is going public with his concerns about the governor's plan to reorganize county government.

A second motorcyclist who was critically injured in a mid-July accident on State Road 26 East has died.

NT Publisher newstimes@comcast.net County officials are currently hoping for an October mailing date for property tax bills, with a November pay date, according to Lisa Simmons, Blackford County Treasurer.

NT Publisher newstimes@comcast.net The Blackford County Commissioners approved a conservative 4 percent across-the-board pay increase for county employees.

Jeremy Gulley was introduced as the new Huntington North High School principal on Wednesday night and is ready to hit the ground running.

I read about the Blackford County couple who recently wrecked their motorcycle. I felt for the daughter of the victims.

HARTFORD CITY - Authorities in Blackford County are searching for a man who abducted and robbed a Montpelier woman on Monday.

NT Managing Editor newstimes@comcast.net - fLiz Thomas may yet get her day in court in her attempt to stop the 2,000-head dairy being built in northeast Blackford County.

As she left the grocery, she was abducted by a white, male, about 20-25 years old.

MONTPELIER - Nancy Sue Carnes, 66, of Montpelier, IN died at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at Millers Merry Manor in Dunkirk, IN.

NT Publisher newstimes@comcast.net None of the 18 properties offered at the county's tax sale on July 16 were sold, which is not a surprise to anyone.

NT Publisher newstimes@comcast.net A study committee to review the county's zoning issues has been set by unanimous vote of the county commissioners.

The Blackford County Commissioners will discuss a smoking ban proposed last year for Blackford County at their meeting Monday, July 7, at 8:30 a.m. at the courthouse.