Shirley News

The Indiana Public Health Association wants the smoking ban in Kokomo strengthened and extended to all of Howard County.

Today's first great reader tip, from Shirley in Indiana, brings new meaning to the term "flat rate" and also earns Shirley a one-year membership to Debt-Proof Living Online.

HARTFORD CITY - Vesta Turley, 101, passed away at 9:35 a.m. Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at Miller's Merry Manor Nursing Home.

MUNCIE - Mary Ellen Roberts, 88, went to be with the Lord Thursday morning, September 3, 2009, while in her sleep at Ball Memorial Hospital following a brief illness.

The Rushville High School class of 1959 was this year's honor class at the RHS/RCHS Alumni Association Banquet.

Gene Cain, 79 of Shirley, Indiana, is all smiles as he wears a tomato button on his hat while working in Pioneer Village during the 2009 Indiana State Fair.

The club met June 16 and toured Ghyslain Chocolatier, the Italian market and mall and finished the evening at Wellings Steak House.

MUNCIE - Phyllis Stout, 81, of Flemington, NJ, passed away on Monday, June 15, 2009 in Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie, Indiana.

NEW CASTLE - A teenager faces criminal charges after allegedly threatening a police officer with a stun gun.

The National Old Trails chapter met May 21 at Beverly Remington's Centerville home.

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.