Lewisville News

Twenty-year-old Maria Wilkinson is no stranger to the hectic, chicken-with-their-heads-cut-off atmosphere that consumes the Rush County Extension Office staff during fair week.

The Union County Area Plan Commission has wisely decided to move its meeting scheduled for Wednesday on livestock zoning rules to a larger venue.

KNIGHTSTOWN - Straight line winds, and not a tornado, caused widespread storm damage across southern Henry County Friday night.

DUBLIN, Ind. --Harley J. Swickard, 82, passed away on Thursday, May 22, 2008, after an extended illness.

“When we pulled up we could already see that the roof on the rear of the house was gone”

Call for mutual aid answered by multiple departments Frank Denzler Staff Writer A house fire was reported shortly before 9 a.m. Monday in the northeastern part of Rush County. via Rushville Republican

“They're all over the door and they come in with people.”

LIBERTY, Ind. -- The announcement this week that a 2,000-cow dairy is coming to Union County brought more than 50 people to a community meeting Thursday. via Palladium-Item

“People cannot go home without supporting tax reform.”

INDIANAPOLIS -- East Central Indiana lawmakers held mixed views Thursday on a compromise on property tax relief expected to give Hoosiers a 30-percent break this year. via Star-Press

An Indianapolis woman who was allegedly intoxicated when she caused a fatal 2006 car crash is being sued by the victim's family. via WEHT-TV Evansville

The first show to take on this small-town stage came to town in 1901. With its upstairs theater, the Guyer is the last of Henry County's many opera houses. via Star-Press

State Sen. Beverly Gard, R-Greenfield, and State Rep. Tom Saunders, R-Lewisville, will answer questions from the public and provide an update of the Indiana General Assembly during a town hall meeting Saturday ... via Star-Press

NEW CASTLE -- A New Castle man has been accused of robbing employees of a local convenience store, owned by his father, while armed with an ax. via Star-Press

A bill that could become known as "Tarra's Law" is under consideration by the Indiana General Assembly. via Palladium-Item

“It's the dirty work. The directors are the ones who have to do the logistics.”

LEWISVILLE -- As one of the last local opera houses standing, the Guyer Opera House is a tower of history on Main Street. via Star-Press

“I was not the most well-thought-of person”

MUNCIE -- There's no guarantee that a House bill calling for non-profit fraternal clubs, hospitals and other groups to help pay for local government will even get a committee hearing, according to the bill's ... via Star-Press

“We are definitely opposed to this bill.”

Hospitals, museums, fraternal clubs and many other nonprofit organizations now exempt from property taxes could have to chip in under a bill in the Indiana House. via IndyStar.com

“We'll take it out of paychecks a penny at a time”

The Indiana General Assembly convenes Tuesday to tackle what many are calling the most vexing issue on the minds of taxpayers: property tax reform. via Palladium-Item

“I think something's gonna happen ... so the same thing doesn't happen to (legislators) that happens to Bart Peterson.”

NEW CASTLE -- Stand in front of a room of Hoosiers and ask them how to solve the state's property tax crisis. via Star-Press

“With so many ideas currently being suggested, I want to make sure I have a clear idea what works for my constituents first and foremost.”

State Rep. Tom Saunders, R-Lewisville, announced today that he will conduct a series of town meetings in his district on proposed property tax plans. via Palladium-Item

NEW CASTLE -- Two brothers already facing a combined 15 criminal charges in Henry County courts now have been accused of stealing copper tubing from a house under construction in Fisher's Limestone Springs ... via Star-Press

It took 17 years to build the 156 miles of the National Road across Indiana. Now the road, which crosses southern Henry County and cuts through communities like Lewisville and Knightstown, is a driving ... via Star-Press