Lapel News

The Lapel Eagles 4323 will host a chicken noodles dinner from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday.

At a meeting last week, a local school official lamented that The Herald Bulletin's education reporting beat had changed hands so frequently that local educators were confused about who to contact.

Those in charge of keeping the books for nearby towns expressed alarm Monday at the misappropriation of funds in Chesterfield.

MUNCIE - Patricia A. Fowler, 84, passed away early Wednesday morning, October 28, 2009 at Ball Memorial Hospital.

How do we best express the impact of the economic times to our children? If we choose to be honest, we can tell them that Christmas presents may be limited this year or that the family vacation will be in Indiana, not Florida.

More than 1,3000 fifth-graders will come together Tuesday for an Anderson Symphony Orchestra concert designed especially for them in the annual Symphony for Kids program.

Marshal Shively could only watch as flames climbed through the third-story attic of his vacant century-old Victorian home.

Student athletes often gather to play. On Wednesday they'll gather to pray. Organizers expect 1,000-1,500 student athletes from schools in six counties to participate in Fields of Faith, a night of music, testimonials and prayer led by students.

Bookmobile service to local schools will be eliminated and hours at both the Anderson Public Library's Anderson and Lapel branches will be shortened in an effort to balance the library's 2010 budget.

THB photo/John P. Cleary 10/5/09 NEWS Anderson Public Library's Bookmobile at Eastside Elementary School.

The Lapel Show Choir, Concert Choir and Jazz Band will combine to present an evening of entertainment on Saturday, Oct.

Missy Robinson, of Pendleton, recently graduated Summa Cum Laude from Indiana Wesleyan University with an associate's degree in business administration.

Fire crews responded to a house fire in Noblesville Thursday. It happened at 146th Street and Prairie Baptist Road .

Federal authorities in Indianapolis say they have arrested a 30-year-old Carmel man on charges of producing child pornography.

An employee of a central Indiana school for severely disabled children - including five from Frankton-Lapel Community Schools - faces a federal charge of child exploitation.

Madison County sheriff's deputies arrested two juveniles Thursday in connection with two convenience store armed robberies.

Third grade teacher Melissa Messersmith goes over with student Sydney Gaines her paper she has done for the classes writing workshop as the other students work on their papers Wednesday afternoon at Alexandria Intermediate School.

RICHMOND, Ind. -- Pauline Smith, age 81, of Richmond, died Monday, Sept. 14, 2009, at Reid Hospital.

The Madison County Health Department has confirmed that mosquito traps in Elwood and Lapel have tested positive for the West Nile Virus.

The bugs of summer have not gone, and neither has the threat of West Nile virus.