Gas City News

HARTFORD CITY - Harold O. Sutton, 90, passed away Thursday, November 12, 2009 at his residence.

VFW Post 651; 1801 W. Kilgore Ave. There will be a t-bone dinner starting at 5 p.m. The Cost is $10 per person for dinner.

Of all the inappropriate postmarks for the largest distributor of plug-in electric vehicles in Indiana, Gas City, about an hour north of Indianapolis, takes the prize.

Except for warrant arrests, the following charges are informal and subject to change until the Delaware County prosecutor's office reviews each case and files formal charges in court.

One man is dead in Grant County after his house exploded. It happened last night just after 10:00 p.m. in Upland, near Gas City.

GASTON, Ind. -- Sydney the runaway wallaby is back at home. The missing kangaroolike marsupial, owned by Carolyn Buck, Gaston, was caught Monday night near Buck's home in northern Delaware County after being on the run for nearly two months.

GASTON - Sidney the runaway wallaby is back in her rightful home. Uh, that's Gaston, not Australia.

Chad Boat is a second generation racer. The genetics came through after he captured Sunday nighta s third leg of the 22nd Annual USAC Indiana Sprint Week.

Mike and Norma Jean Brady of Upland, IN will celebrate their 50th Anniversary, Saturday, July 18th at First Christian Church, 401 E. N. D. St., Gas City.

Early July is like Christmas for folks in the business of shooting off big, loud, professional fireworks.

Investors purchase stocks online. Will they buy somebody's mortgage over the Web as well? A start-up called BigBidder.com hopes so.

Vouchers for the Senior Farmers Market -- a partnership among LifeStream Services, WIC and local farmers markets -- will be available during special sign-up sessions at local markets this year.

A Marion woman is behind bars after refusing to stop for a state trooper Thursday morning.

A Grant County school system was forced to delay classes Thursday morning because of what was likely a senior prank that caused damage.

Winners on Friday at Gas City I69 Speedway were Terry Goff , Glenn Bradley , Ervin Turner and Josh Owens .

Someone let the air out of every tire on every school bus in the Mississinewa school District overnight and it resulted in a very unusual last day of school.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Environment - "Millions of gallons of hog manure spilled: State officials believe the discharge might have been deliberate" Updating yesterday's ILB entry , headed "Who cleans up if a hog farm goes bankrupt?", it appears things have gone from bad to worse.

State officials are investigating the possibly intentional release of an estimated 4 million to 5 million gallons of manure from the lagoon of the abandoned Muncie Sow Unit hog farm over the weekend.

DARREN STEINKE This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Ed Collins still can't get his head around the fact the Medicine Hat Auto Racing Association is celebrating its silver anniversary season.