Milton News

MILTON, Ind. - The Wayne County Soil and Water Conservation District will hold a Livestock/Pasture Management Clinic July 12 at Heritage Cattle Co., Milton.

Barb Daniel of Milton and her trio of adolescent children on Sunday afternoon loaded their red tractor-trailer with armfuls of straw and about a half-dozen squirmy goats.

Cheyanne Bowman sold her grand champion dairy steer on Friday. The Hagerstown resident walked the steer she affectionately calls Frank around the ring at the Wayne County 4-H Livestock Sale of Champions Auction ...

PERSHING -- Barbara J. Shank, 77, passed away on Monday evening, June 23, 2008, at Reid Hospital in Richmond.

Union Workers United said in the Connersville Forum:

Think again about trying to get a job at Really Cool Foods! This is a new factory being built at State Road 1 and Interstate 70. Thanks to Mitch Daniels, majority of the construction that was to be completed by UNION workers, has now been given to Non-Union (RATS). Unions have a substantial impact on the compensation and work lives of both unionized and non-unionized workers. Unions play a pivotal role both in securing legislated labor protections and rights such as safety and health, overtime, and family/medical leave and in enforcing those rights on the job. Because unionized workers are more informed, they are more likely to benefit from social insurance programs such as unemployment insurance and workers compensation. Unions are thus an intermediary institution that provides a necessary complement to legislated benefits and protections. Help do your part and support your Local IBEW 855, Local UBC # 1016, Sheet Metal Workers Local 20, Plumbers & Steamfitters Local #661, Plasterers/Cement Masons, Bricklayers and any other Union workers on the job!

Benner, Wilma May, age 88, of Kettering, Ohio, passed away Monday, April 28, 2008. via Palladium-Item

The Dublin Volunteer EMS, a part of the Dublin Volunteer Fire Department, has been providing 911 Ambulance Service to the citizens of Southwestern Wayne County for over a year since the previous service ... via Palladium-Item

“I knew Tarra and her parents. I do believe (the law) would have made a lot of difference in this case if it had been in place then, yes I do”

Judges and prosecutors will have more control over bail for sexually violent predators since Gov. via Palladium-Item

“We do work together as a team over here”

MILTON, Ind. -- A Milton family is staying with relatives after losing their home, most of their possessions and one of the family's three cats in a fire Wednesday evening. via Palladium-Item

Carter, Kenneth R. Sr., of Richmond, died March 4. Service will be at noon today at the Greater Second Baptist Church, Richmond, where visitation will be from 10 a.m.-noon today. via Palladium-Item

“The weather conditions make it challenging to get service restored in Darke County, especially. The travel is difficult, and the working conditions are rather difficult with the freezing rains and the ice-covered equipment.”

Several thousand homes in the Whitewater Valley remained without power this morning in the wake of Tuesday's widespread ice storm, electric utility officials said. via Palladium-Item

“Property tax issues need to be fixed but the state still has to operate. This is the perfect storm.”

Property tax relief may bring relief to many taxpayers in Indiana, but it could create headaches for officials in city and county government and in local schools. via Palladium-Item

“The need for this bill came after a teenage girl, Tarra Pickett, was murdered near Cambridge City in May 2007”

The Indiana Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously passed legislation that would give prosecuting attorneys the authority to raise bail in cases concerning sexually violent predators who are deemed likely to ... via Palladium-Item

“This is not just a Milton thing”

The former Milton School will be a 35-unit senior housing center in 2009 if a project by the Economic Development Corporation of Wayne County and Milton Town Council is executed. via Palladium-Item

“Prelude to Act III -- Lohengrin.”

Richmond Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Harvey Thurmer will perform Ludwig van Beethoven's 'Violin Concerto' during Saturday's concert, 'Orchestra Masters.' Other pieces offered will be Jean Sibelius' ... via Palladium-Item

Cambridge City -- Catherine Gray, 81 passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008, at her home in Rutledge, Tenn. via Palladium-Item

“The only way I can say this is there's a lot of sentiment (in the House) that property taxes need to be addressed”

The Indiana House on Thursday passed a modified version of Gov. Mitch Daniels' property tax reform plan, bringing cheers from some taxpayers and concern from Richmond city officials who say they stand to lose ... via Palladium-Item

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