Carthage News

Bobby Holmes Benefit Bike Ride will be Saturday. Sign up 11 a.m.; leave Rushville Eagles at noon, to Knightstown American Legion, The Pit Stop in Carthage, back to Eagles for food, music, auction.

Call 765-938-1342 for details. n The Blue River Community Harvest, Inc. of Carthage is pleased to host its annual COAT GIVEAWAY from 9 to 11 a.m. today at the Harvest building, 9462 N. Carthage Pike.

A free-will offering will be received to support the Shepherd Community Center in Indianapolis.

The Blue River Community Harvest food pantry opened its doors in the community of Carthage a little more than two months ago to help curb hunger in the northwest part of Rush County.

FRIDAY n Manilla Lions Club is hosting a pork chop dinner from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Friday at their community building in Manilla.

Rushville Common Council President William Goins was the last to arrive for Tuesday night's meeting.

Rushville Common Council President William Goins was the last to arrive for Tuesday night's meeting.

The driver of a dump truck apparently took a corner too fast Tuesday morning, causing a trailer he was pulling to overturn -- spilling a multi-ton John Deere excavator onto the roadway at the intersection of U.S. 40 and Mount Comfort Road.

An 84-year-old woman died in a two-car crash in Hancock County Saturday morning.

Open to all interested persons. n St. Paul's United Methodist Church will host a Bicycle Safety Clinic at 5:30 p.m. today in the parking lot at 426 North Morgan .

Rush County is one of seven government entities making presentations to the Indiana Department of Transportation Wednesday at the Greenfield District's main conference room in hopes of receiving federal funding for Local Public Agency projects.

The Hancock Harvest Council's Buy Fresh, Buy Local Farm Tour will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

There seems to be more naysayers in Rush County than optimists nowadays. I guess that is just life.

Feel free to come early and browse through the "Eagles Nest," located at the school site, and socialize with friends.

A report of serious injury accident resulted in multiple units responding to the 200 block of South Main Street, Carthage shortly after 2 p.m. Friday.

Four students from Rush County were among the 2,100 students who received degrees during graduation ceremonies April 25 at Indiana Wesleyan University's main campus in Marion.

The county commissioners met earlier this week and handled a short list of items.

Economic Development is one thing that Rush County citizens seem not to really understand.

Tickets are $6 and on sale now. n Friends of the Rushville Public Library will meet at 10 a.m. today at the library.