Grant County News

Now, 15 years after the idea's proposal and 10 years after the ribbon was cut on the first paved trail, money is flowing in from the state to help the Greenway continue its growth.

I am searching for information on Alexander Campbell, born 1826 in Ohio and died March 1892 in Indiana.

YORKTOWN - Vouchers for the Senior Farmers Market - a partnership among LifeStream Services, Inc., WIC and the local Farmers Markets - are now available and can be obtained during special sign-up sessions ...

MUNCIE -- A paroled murderer is accused of threatening to kill his ex-girlfriend after she talked to a detective about a recent Grant County robbery.

A Quincy man was among several unrelated drownings over the weekend. Officers say Steve Johnson, 47, of Quincy drowned Sunday night while hunting for frogs in a private pond behind an Owen County home.

A young boy drowned in a pond at a campground in Fairmount Sunday afternoon. Divers from the Grant County Sheriff's Department recovered the boy's body from a pond at the Hidden Lake Campground.

MATTHEWS - Compulsive about buying, selling and creating country items, three sisters opened Matthews Mercantile nearly a decade ago along the town's main street.

Tim Evans of the Indianapolis Star has a lengthy front-page feature story today headlined: "Debate rolls on: Hoosier towns mixed on regulation of golf carts, which advocates see as fuel-saving alternative." He ...

A new book aimed at young readers recounts the life of Indiana's first black sheriff, who rose from school janitor, to teacher, coach and FBI agent before being elected Grant County's sheriff.

For the third time in a week, severe weather is closing in on storm-weary central Indiana.

GASTON -- A severe thunderstorm Friday evening blew semis off Interstate 69, damaged the roof of Wes-Del High School and brought down numerous limbs and power lines, leaving an estimated 4,200 homes in Delaware ...

Damaging winds are pushing across the state causing thousands of power outages and damaging several houses and buildings.

MUNCIE - Several local trail projects have received state grants as a part of the Hoosiers on the Move statewide trails plan.

Listening, responding Michaelene Andersen sends this Cheer on behalf of the folks in Break Away: "The Break Away Bicycle Club of Kokomo extends a sincere thanks to Mr. via Kokomo Tribune

The Indiana Department of Transportation will officially break ground for a 12.6-mile section of Indiana 37 between Indiana 28 and Indiana 26 in Madison and Grant counties. via Anderson Herald-Bulletin

“My husband lost his job. And now, he had to travel an hour and ten minutes to Carmal, Ind. , just to work. We couldn't find anything around here”

Senator Barack Obama was busy in Indiana over the weekend, making several stops, including one in Marion on Saturday. via NewsLink Indiana

“When word of the accident spread, the first response was prayer”

By Dave Murray GRAND RAPIDS -- Students flocked to Taylor University's chapel to pray together in the hours after the crash that killed Caledonia Township resident Laura Van Ryn and four others. via Grand Rapids Press

“I don't think the tragedy turned us into a praying community. It revealed that we already were (one)”

It had been three years since I'd walked the campus of Taylor University in Upland as a student. via Fort Wayne News-Sentinel

“I loved Bill and his presidency.”

With less than two weeks until Hoosiers cast their votes in the May 6 primary election, presidential hopefuls Sen. via Indianapolis Star

Thursday was a rare day off the Indiana campaign trail for the Democrats vying for their party's presidential nod, but both are back in the Hoosier state on Friday. via WRTV Indianapolis