The deadline for Senators to submit projects to the Energy and Water (E&W) Appropriations Subcommittee – that provides funding for Army Corps of Engineers projects – was this past Friday.  Pursuant to Senate Rules, Senators are required to post on their websites descriptions of fiscal year 2011 projects they have submitted for consideration to...
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Candidates Vying for Senate Seat Being Vacated by Evan Bayh  Public Welcome at April 19 Event  FRANKLIN, Ind. – The five Republicans battling for their party’s nomination to run for the Senate seat now held by Democrat Evan Bayh will debate at Franklin College on Monday, April 19.             The debate will be from...
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  Plan formed by council of logistics industry leaders to advance Indiana’s position as the “Crossroads of America”   INDIANAPOLIS—This week, Conexus Indiana, an initiative to grow the state’s logistics and advanced manufacturing industries, is releasing a statewide strategic plan to leverage Indiana’s position at the heart of the global supply chain and make...
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Indiana to participate in Supreme Court review of constitutionality INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana will join with other states in a legal challenge to the recently-passed federal health care law, Attorney General Greg Zoeller announced today. Indiana is joining an action originally filed last week by 13 other states in U.S. District Court for the Northern...
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 FRANKLIN, Ind. – Franklin College will hold its 2010 commencement ceremony at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 22 in Spurlock Center Gymnasium on the Franklin College campus. The Honorable Mitchell (Mitch) E. Daniels, Jr., the 49th governor of Indiana, will be the keynote speaker and recipient of an honorary doctorate of laws. Mary Alice...
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FRANKLIN, Ind – Johnson County Commissioner, John Price said “we are not closing the County Park.” Price, continued, “We are in the process of reviewing and evaluating the services provided at the Park and it is time to re-write a lease for the land.  We are looking at essential versus non-essential services.”  “The letter...
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Larry “Brian” Sawyer, age 48 passed away suddenly Friday evening, March 26, 2010 at his residence in Brown County. Brian was born May 22, 1961 in Indianapolis to Larry W. & Dona M. (Stater) Sawyer, who survived their son in Seymour.  He married Tina C. (Law) Sawyer, his loving wife of 29 years on...
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  Virretta A. (McNeely) Gardner age 77 passed away Sunday, March 28, 2010 at the Brown County Health & Living Community in Nashville.  She was a resident of Brown County. Virretta was born November 17, 1932 in Indianapolis to the late Ellis H. and Daisy I. (Wettestein) McNeely.  She married her loving husband of...
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Brittany Lynn Burton, age 23, passed away on Friday, March 26, 2010 at her residence in Franklin. She was born on January 1, 1987 in Franklin, Indiana to Jerry Burton and Stacy (Hicks) Burton.  She is survived by her maternal grandparents, Jack and Linda (Castner) Hicks of Franklin and Uncle Todd Hicks of Phoenix,...
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  Martha Margaret Shepherd, age 94, passed away on Friday, March 26, 2010 in Franklin.  She was a resident of Franklin and lived at Morning Pointe for the past three years. She was born February 3, 1916 in Johnson County, White River Township to Jacob D. and Anna (McCarty) Shepherd.  She is survived by...
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 FRANKLIN, Ind. – Franklin College senior Isaac Daniel has been named as a Poynter Institute Fellow for 2010. He will attend a two week program at the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Fla., from May 16 to 28. The Poynter Institute describes itself as a school for journalists, future journalists, and teachers of journalists....
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  The Indiana High School Athletic Association celebrated its 100th state Basketball Tournament on Saturday March 27, 2010. Almost every year was represented, many with at least a few of the players or relatives, etc. ABOVE: Milan High School won the Championship in 1954.  Above are two of the players, Gene White and Bobby...
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