Arlington News

Two months after cutting 300 teaching positions, Indianapolis Public Schools wants to spend about $675,000 to erect electronic message signs in front of nine schools.

The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1561 and the Stillaguamish Valley Pioneers have announced the second annual Flag Decommissioning Ceremony on Flag Day, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., June 14 at Pioneer Hall, 20722 67th Ave.

Statement issued Friday by Fort Wayne Community Schools: A group of Arlington Elementary School students wrote a book that has been published.

Michael O'Leary / The Herald Leah Peek and Whitney Holden prepare an herb planter for the Arlington High School FFA banquet.

Attending the event will be officials of the town and other dignitaries. The dedication of the monument will constitute the central feature of several memorial events, which were launched on October 5, 2008, with a concert held at the Armenian Cultural Foundation.

World War II veteran Walt Carlyle of North Platte was one of the last Nebraskans to take an Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. to see the World War II memorial.

The New York Philharmonic has played there and so have the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Metropolitan Orchestra.

FREEDOM PLAINS - The Arlington school board will issue its 2009-10 budget in two weeks amid uncertainty of how much state aid and federal stimulus money the district will receive.

Retired Marine Col. Robert J. Modrzejewski came to the Inland region this week for a golf tournament honoring heroes, but he rejected the label when he spoke to high school students Tuesday in Riverside.

New officers for the Nebraska Beef Council were elected Jan. 19, 2009, at the Nebraska Beef Council office in Kearney, Neb.

Fritz Mihulka still gets emotional speaking about a November Honor Flight trip he took to Washington, D.C. The World War II veteran stood in front of a crowd at a Sertoma meeting Wednesday at the New World Inn ...

While much of Arlington High School looks just as it did last year -- a relatively new building, just off Rice Street in the north end of St.

Area New Year's Eve celebrations will feature a diverse selection of activities.