Upland News

Howard County arrests Thursday, 12:41 a.m., deputies arrested Daniel C. McGuinn, 32, 800 block of West Woodland Avenue, at the Howard County Jail, on a misdemeanor charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated.

Indiana Public Radio has announced the cast for its Dec. 5 live radio drama, "A Christmas Carol." Playing Ebenezer Scrooge is Todd Terrell, a teacher at Blackford County High School.

Long ago, Flora Lee began sketching and painting in ink and traditional Chinese watercolor technique.

UPLAND - An Upland man active in local youth sports leagues is scheduled to stand trial Feb.

No. 11 Butler will play its final basketball exhibition at 2 p.m. today against Taylor at Hinkle Fieldhouse.

Paige Spencer got an early start to her basketball season. Practices for the Indiana girls basketball season may officially begin today, but Spencer made official last week her next destination for the sport.

It pours from the tap in an amber stream, filling the pint glass with liquid, topped by a creamy head.

UPLAND - Taylor University's 2009 Homecoming will be Friday-Sunday, with the theme "Our Father's World." Featured events for the weekend include music, alumni awards, intercollegiate athletic events, food, alumni reunions and a special screening of the motion picture Fireproof with 1979 Taylor alumnus David Nixon.

Fire investigators are looking for the cause of a modular home explosion that killed a man in Grant County.

The Grant County sheriff says a propane gas leak likely caused a fatal house explosion Wednesday night.

One man is dead in Grant County after his house exploded. It happened last night just after 10:00 p.m. in Upland, near Gas City.

Authorities believe a propane gas leak caused an explosion that destroyed a rural home in central Indiana, killing the 71-year-old homeowner.

UPLAND - Inez W. Smith, 94, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, September 28, 2009 at the home of her daughter in Upland.

Howard County Arrests Wednesday, 7:33 a.m., deputies arrested Kenneth A. Wesley, 29, Upland, at Chism's Corner, on a warrants for three counts of failure to appear.

UPLAND -- Mary N. Muchiri, associate professor of English at Taylor University, will have a book signing of her latest work, Papers on Language and Culture: An African Perspective, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Sept.

U.S. News & World's Report has named Buena Vista University as one of "America's Best Colleges of 2010". BVU is ranked as number 11 this year in the category of Baccalaureate Colleges in the Midwest region.

YORKTOWN -- A group of Yorktown High School Spanish students put in some community service time over the summer, traveling to the Lions International Eye Glasses Sorting Center in Upland to help sort eyeglasses.

Mike and Norma Jean Brady of Upland, IN will celebrate their 50th Anniversary, Saturday, July 18th at First Christian Church, 401 E. N. D. St., Gas City.

MUNCIE - Ethel Himelick, a resident of Westminster Village, passed away July 10, 2009 at the age of 96.

One of the facets of being a homeowner is wondering about the competency of the local fire department in case your house catches on fire.