Fountain City News

Two state road projects planned in Wayne County will be the first to be funded by federal stimulus monies.

Later Glen Miller Park was the recommended location. Motor Distributing Corp, a statewide trucking firm completed work on a new terminal at North 12th and E streets.

The Wayne County Area Chamber of Commerce's annual farm tour is set for Thursday.

The Beagles Band will play Friday night during a concert to benefit a Lynn family.

A Fountain City man is in the Wayne County Jail this morning charged with drunk driving and leaving the scene of an accident after he allegedly hit another vehicle before crashing his car into a small creek just north of Richmond.

Bonnie Roark joined the Army as the youngest soldier in his company during World War II.

Mrs. Earl Jordan, 34, of Indianapolis, was fatally injured in an attempted parachute leap from a balloon at the concluding program of the three-day Fountain City Centennial Celebration.

Mary 'Dolly' Sweet of Cambridge City is the 2009 Hoosier Lifetime Award winner for Area 9. The award recognizes a person age 60 or older for his or her lifetime of service to the community and for helping improve the quality of life for others.

FOUNTAIN CITY, Ind. -- Don and Melanie Berger could talk for days about the experiences their children, all 10 of them, have had as students of the Northeastern Wayne School Corp.

It has already started, so shoppers need to start their engines. The 2009 National Historic Road Yard Sale, which began Wednesday, May 27, continues today, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 28-31 along U.S. 40.

Unless otherwise noted, listed below are Memorial Day services around the area: Cambridge City, Ind.: 10 a.m. May 25 at Capitol Hill 11:30 a.m. May 25 at Riverside Dublin, Ind.: 9:45 a.m. May 25 Eaton, Ohio: 10 a.m. May 25, Parade starts at National Guard Armory and concludes at Mound Hill Cemetery.

Officials said a new mate for 'Betty,' given to the city a few months earlier, would be sought.

FOUNTAIN CITY, Ind. -- Nine it is. Centerville captured its ninth straight Tri-Eastern Conference title in boys track Thursday, while Hagerstown edged Lincoln to win the girls crown.

Alumni of Northeastern High School at Fountain City are working to create an alumni association for all graduates of the school.

Evan Genz, Dylan Baker, Skyler Ashcraft and Justin Mills were the overall winners in this year's Fountain City Youth League's Aquafina Major League Baseball Pitch, Hit and Run Competition.

FOUNTAIN CITY, Ind. -- The Bulldogs set the tone at the plate in the first inning.

FOUNTAIN CITY, Ind.--Charles R. McDonald, 81, went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Friday, April 17, at Reid Hospital.

Bond was set at $500,000 this morning for a Fountain City man charged with three felonies after eluding police for several hours Thursday while making threats that caused two schools to go on lockdown.

FOUNTAIN CITY, Ind. - Students attending Northeastern Wayne Schools have been released after being locked inside their buildings earlier this afternoon.

Natasha Allen does not have a church she calls home, but she prays every night. 'You don't have to go to church to believe in God.