Floyd County News

Our Place Drug and Alcohol Education Services Inc. will no longer be the best kept secret in Floyd County.

An ordinance which could have added an additional tax on residents - and provided $4 million a year in additional income to Floyd County - failed to gain approval from the county council Tuesday night.

Elementary school administrators in the New Albany-Floyd County system aren't scheduled to start work until later this week, but Becky Banet already has been putting in regular hours in her office.

A group of sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders circled around a barrel full of water and apples as three of their own sat on their knees, waiting for the signal.

The Floyd County SWAT team on Thursday surprised a suspected wanted on several burglaries across multiple counties and two states.

Two key witnesses took the stand Tuesday in the trial of a man accused of causing an accident that killed a couple and their young daughter in Floyd County four years ago.

Rita Naville has seen generations of families come through her consignment shop, Clothes Cottage, in the past 25 years.

As soon as the storm came late Tuesday afternoon, it passed, leaving thousands in the dark in Clark and Floyd counties.

There was a sharp rise in the number of crimes reported to the Clark County Sheriff's Department from 2006 to 2007, according to statistics collected for the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports.

A man accused of causing a head-on collision that killed a couple and their daughter in 2004 is facing his second trial on three counts of reckless homicide.

The rain moved out, which made for a perfect night at the Floyd County 4-H Fair on Wednesday.

Floyd County police have arrested two men in connection with five alleged burglaries in Clark and Floyd counties.

A New Albany man has been charged with battering a 4-month-old girl who was in his care at the time.

A 19-year-old man was arrested in New Albany for allegedly kidnapping and raping a 14-year-old family member.

The New Albany-Floyd County Public Library is having a 'Travel Indiana!' program from 7 to 8 p.m. tomorrow in its Strassweg Auditorium, 180 W. Spring St.

Beatrice Bodner is crowned the 2008 Floyd County 4-H Queen by 2007 Queen Andrea Loyd on Monday during the Floyd County 4-H Fair in New Albany.

Twelve young women will be competing for the title of Floyd County 4-H Queen on Monday night.

One of Floyd County's most wanted was arrested Tuesday night. Garland Miller Sr., 54, of New Albany, was arrested for theft and fraud, both class D felonies.

The Floyd County 4-H Fairgrounds soon will be invaded by high-diving pigs and racing donkeys.

Maureen Walls wants to be the old lady in the shoe. But while the Mother Goose character doesn't know what to do with all her children, Walls knows exactly what she would do given the chance.