Darmstadt News

Two people have been arrested in a home invasion robbery attempt Tuesday night south of Darmstadt.

Randy Sheffer of Evansville-based Sheffer Construction and Development, LLC, revealed plans Friday to the Courier & Press for razing the old Grumpy Pal Motel complex off U.S. 41 and Old State Road to make room for a Roca Bar pizza restaurant, a national-chain steak house, a strip mall, a spacious outdoor courtyard and a Shine On Express Car Wash.

Unsure the state really could clear the way for a reinstatement of the 2009 local homestead credit, Evansville City Attorney David Jones asked state officials Thursday to make sure.

Gov. Mitch Daniels has directed key state agencies to do whatever they can to help reinstate Vanderburgh County's 2009 local homestead tax credit Hours later, Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel said in response that he will ask for reinstatement of the credit.

Emergency crews responded to an incident on Inglefield Rd., just north of Darmstadt where a plane made a forced landing.

A single engine Cessna 172 flying from Madison, Wis., to Charleston, S.C. made an emergency landing in a 14-acre field near Salem Church in Darmstadt at about 5:40 p.m. this evening after losing power.

A small aircraft was force to make an emergency landing in the Darmstadt area near Inglefield Road, west of 41, just after 5:30 Sunday.

An unadvertised meeting of elected officials who decided not to renew a local homestead credit worth more than $5.1 million to Vanderburgh County homeowners last year was not illegal, the state says.

The State Budget Office made the declaration Tuesday. Jonathan Weinzapfel Marsha Abell Curt John The decision not to renew the local homestead credit, a decision which pushes the average 2008 recipient's property tax bill $111 higher this year, was intended to counter property tax caps passed last year.