Lewisville News

Turn a hunt for antiques into a getaway on the 60-mile stretch known as Indiana's Antique Alley.

MUNCIE -- Rep. Tom Saunders, R-Lewisville, stood before his colleagues in the Indiana House last Tuesday, concerned about what was not in the new $27.8 billion state budget.

Turn a hunt for antiques into a getaway on the almost 100-kilometre stretch known as Indiana's Antique Alley.

SPICELAND - Richard Arlin "Dick" Butler, 76, of Spiceland, passed away Monday, May 25, 2009 at his home on the hill while surrounded by his family, following an extended illness.

The lives of 108 Indiana youngsters were thrown into tumult Tuesday, as the state announced that the place they call home -- Indiana Soldiers' and Sailor's Children's Home -- will close after its final graduating class gets its diplomas Saturday.

When state lawmakers failed to pass a budget last week they guaranteed a special session of the General Assembly, but it may not come in time to save the Soldiers and Sailors Children's Home in Knightstown.

MUNCIE - The prospect of a special session overshadowed the final hours of the Indiana General Assembly on Wednesday, with no consensus reported on a state budget and an unemployment trust fund bailout.

Tickets are $6 and on sale now. n Friends of the Rushville Public Library will meet at 10 a.m. today at the library.

Tickets are $6 and on sale now. n The Boys & Girls Club of Rush County will be closed after school today for the club's preschool art show and open house.

Lewisville -- Linda Brown, 66, of Lewisville, passed away Friday, March 20, 2009, at her home.

CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind. - The Wayne County Farm Bureau is sponsoring a legislative forum March 14 at the Golay Center in Cambridge City.

Supporters of the Indiana Soldiers and Sailors Children's Home have reason to celebrate, as a bill to keep the Home open successfully completed one more leg of the legislative process.

Public auction at 7 p.m. with live music to follow. Please come eat and help this cancer benefit.

State Sen. Jean Leising testified Wednesday on behalf of House Bill 1722 which reorganizes the structure of the Indiana Soldiers and Sailors Children's Home .

Students, family members, staff and alumni of the Indiana Soldiers and Sailors Children's Home have cleared the first hurdle toward keeping the facility open.

Since the announcement was made that the Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's Home in Knightstown will be closing, I have been meeting with several state legislators, the commissioner of the Indiana State ...

Hundreds of people chanting "Save our kids" rallied at the Statehouse for the Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's Home, urging officials Monday not to close the haven for troubled youths.

NEW CASTLE -- After six years of planning, grant writing and property acquisition, 2009 should be the year Henry County residents get to walk, run and bike on the county's first public trails.

Saturday morning art classes began in five Richmond schools for junior high, fifth- and sixth-grade students.

Indiana University East turned the page on another chapter of its athletics program when it recently named its Red Wolves' mascot.