Whiteland News

I attended a woodworking class last week. It was a five-day workshop held at the Marc Adams Woodworking School in Whiteland, a few miles south of Indianapolis.

Monday 4:22 p.m. - Arrest. Robert Lee Williams, 51, Logansport, was arrested on a charge of public intoxication.

Ashley Graves, a 23-year-old Franklin resident, has a special reason for hoping legislators strike a deal.

Police are searching for a suspect in a bank robbery late Monday afternoon. Investigators say a white male in his early 20's entered the Main Source Bank on N. US 31 around 5 pm.

Hundreds of Central Indiana military veterans and emergency response workers were paid tribute Sunday night at a Freedom celebration in New Whiteland.

After Joseph Proctor graduated from Whiteland High School in 1987, he joined the National Guard and the Army, serving five years in Germany during Desert Storm.

The Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, conducted by David Bowden, will perform patriotic and other music at the Fireworks and Fanfare Concert July 3 at the Johnson County Park Amphitheater at 8p.m. This annual concert is again sponsored by the Franklin Symphonic Council.

Police say a Whiteland man was suffering from a diabetes-related medical episode when he crashed a pickup truck into a Far-Southside home Wednesday.

Police were investigating an Eastside shooting that left at least three people and possibly as many as seven injured late Wednesday.

A ban on all indoor smoking in Franklin takes effect Monday. Last month, the city council tightened up an earlier ban that was challenged by restaurants and bars to ban all smoking, including public places and private clubs.

Superintendent of Cloverdale Community Schools Carrie Milner will be installed as a member of the 2009-2010 Indiana Association of Public School Superintendent's executive committee.

The president's new emissions and mileage standards may result in smaller cars but bigger laughs.

To donate pet food and other supplies to Molly's Meals, including cat litter and flea collars, go to any of these locations: Mind Body Soul , 77 N. Madison Ave., Greenwood.

Clark-Pleasant school officials successfully implemented an emergency transportation plan on short notice this week after a Whiteland man shut himself in his home with a cache of weapons, fired about 40 shots inside the home and threatened to harm himself.

The Clark-Pleasant school corporation still has not transported about 180 students home today because of an ongoing police incident in Whiteland, Superintendent J.T. Coopman said.

A man who police say barricaded himself in his home surrendered to police after a three-hour standoff.

The American Legion held a service in Franklin honoring those from Johnson County who paid the ultimate sacrifice in securing our freedom.

A New Whiteland woman has died from head injuries she suffered Monday. Kimberly Soper, 32, died early Wednesday at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, according to a hospital spokesman.

Heavy rains brought flooding on some roads, causing problems for the morning commute.

High winds caused power outages at several locations across central Indiana Wednesday night, and lightning strikes damaged at least two homes.