Monticello News

Rep. Steve Buyer's staff will host a Medicare 101 series gathering at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Morgan County Public Library, 110 S. Jefferson St.

Boy Scouts fill sandbags on Biddle's Island 10 Years Ago A devastating blaze that may be the worst in Cass Couty history has destroyed much of Cole Hardwood on West Market Street.

Oak Ridge Recycling and Disposal Facility has obtained the approvals it was looking for to begin taking in out-of-state trash.

Authorities are investigating the death of a Chicago man whose body has been found in Lake Shafer near the north-central Indiana town of Monticello.

A Monon deputy marshal was injured Monday night after he crashed his squad car while pursuing a stolen vehicle.

Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating an ATV crash that happened Monday in White County on 1000 West near Wolcott.

Flipping through the pages of the 2008 Indiana Travel Guide quickly reveals that Indiana is a festival-rich state during the summer months.

Donald D. and Shirley Heiny, Idaville, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house for friends and family from 2 to 5 p.m. May 31 at the Monticello Armory on Tiago Street in Monticello.

“In economics, we always like to say the solution to high prices is high prices, because as soon as the cost of gasoline gets high enough, alternative sources will be found. The market will correct itself”

Regular unleaded gasoline is closer than ever to crossing the $4 mark in Central Indiana as world spot prices for a barrel of oil hit $127 Tuesday on fears that Iran could cut oil production. via Indianapolis Star

“We will ask people about three areas: construction, household and personal”

Many residents are still trying to get their lives back in order three months after winter floodwaters inundated homes across a large swath of northern Indiana. via WTHR-TV Indianapolis

“It's just completely addicting.”

The golden, gray and brown spongeheaded fungi appearing each spring have a magical element about them. via Kokomo Tribune

“With high gas prices, we're an affordable destination”

MONTICELLO, Ind. -- Indiana Beach's first new owners in more than 80 years are giving the amusement park a face lift they hope will attract new visitors and surprise loyal fans. via The Indianapolis Star

Welcome Back Stick. Watched a lot of the Masters and thought of you. The last two hours were something else. via Americus Times-Recorder, Americus, Ge...

Two teenagers were hospitalized after an early-morning accident Tuesday in Carroll County. via Pharos-Tribune

The Herald Journal has been sold to Community Media Group of West Frankfort, Ill., expanding the publishing company's operations in northwest Indiana. via WHAS-TV Louisville

“It has to be done how it was when it was built.”

Built in 1902, the Mount Zion Masonic Lodge 211 is starting to look new again. Fred Hartman, who joined the lodge four years ago after his previous lodges had closed, said he had one goal in mind when he became ... via Pharos-Tribune

Friday 6:15 a.m. - Property-damage accident, Ind. 18 and 400E. A vehicle driven by Michael A. Leonard, 49, Camden, went off the road around a curve, spun and slid into a ditch. via Pharos-Tribune

“Most of the articles we were looking for were found in the vehicle”

A 34-year-old woman from White County was in police custody Saturday afternoon after she reportedly robbed a bank in her home town Friday evening. via Pharos-Tribune

A man had to be cut from a pickup truck he reportedly crashed into a ditch early today. via Pharos-Tribune

Monticello - Ways to Grow and Beyond has scheduled a series of meetings for local livestock producers to discuss the need and feasibility of a new multi-species processing plant to serve southern Indiana. via Rushville Republican