Knightsville News

A microwavable potato caused a bit of a scare for a local elderly woman Tuesday morning.

The Harmony, Brazil and Knightsville Post Offices will close at noon Friday, July 3, 2009, to enable retail employees to spend more time with their families.

Two people were taken to the hospital because of injuries sustained during this two-vehicle accident Monday afternoon.

Mae L. Turner, 94, Brazil, passed away at Cloverleaf Health Care, Knightsville, June 15, 2009.

Edgar W. Crowe, 84, Brazil, passed away May 27, 2009, at St. Vincent Clay Hospital.

Law enforcement officers were busy looking for three reported missing juveniles the first evening after school let out Thursday and into early Friday morning.

A break in an 18-inch water main near the well fields in Putnam County has Brazil water customers, including those in Carbon, Center Point, Harmony and Knightsville under a boil order for the time being.

There is another boil order in effect for Brazil. A boil order is in effect until further notice for water customers living in Brazil, Ind.

State officials have cleared test samples for water customers receiving their water from Brazil, Carbon and Knightsville water companies.

Betty A. Frank, 82, Poland, passed away Monday, May 4, 2009, at Cloverleaf Healthcare, Knightsville.

Rose Marie Raab, 82, Brazil, died at 12:35 p.m., Saturday, April 25, 2009, at Terre Haute Regional Hospital.

Ruby P. Wilson, 74, Brazil, died at 4:30 p.m., April 13, 2009, at Cloverleaf Nursing Home, Knightsville, following a brief illness.

Hazel J. Miller, 88, Brazil, died at 1:40 p.m. Friday, April 10, 2009, at St. Vincent Clay Hospital, Brazil.

The following is a list of upcoming Easter Egg Hunts in Clay County: * French Funeral Home is inviting all to its Easter Egg Hunt Tuesday at 7 p.m. Due to inclement weather, the event was moved from Sunday to Tuesday.

A slew of Easter Egg Hunts have been planned in Clay County this year. French Funeral Home is inviting all to its Easter Egg Hunt this Sunday at 1 p.m. The event will take place in the field behind the Lawson-Miller Chapel and Crematory.

Pleasant Valley Baptist Church, 9097 E. Sugar Grove Dr., Terre Haute, will be having a Spaghetti Super on Saturday, March 28, from 4-7 p.m. There will be desserts, garlic bread, salads, soft drinks and coffee.

Celesta Sue Phillips, 59, Knightsville, died March 25, 2009, at 10:51 a.m., at Union Hospital, Terre Haute, following a brief illness.

Jesse Redifer Jr., 86, Brazil, died at 11:40 a.m., Wednesday, March 18, 2009, at Cloverleaf Healthcare, Knightsville.

Donald D. Wells, 77, Brazil, died March 6, 2009, at 7:02 p.m., at Union Hospital, Terre Haute, following an extended illness.

The possibility of the county transferring the responsibility of area parks may be becoming a stronger reality.