Henry County News

NEW CASTLE -- Henry County judicial and corrections officials reached no consensus Monday regarding the fate of embattled Community Corrections Director Doug Sheets and two other staff members charged with racketeering, ghost employment and official misconduct.

NEW CASTLE - Larry Battson believes there is evidence that Bigfoot is more than a character in a beef jerky commercial.

NEW CASTLE -- A day after his arrest on racketeering and ghost employment charges, Douglas Sheets was back at work Thursday as director of Henry County Community Corrections program.

NEW CASTLE - Two New Castle police officers and the director of the Henry County Community Corrections program were arrested Wednesday after being accused of racketeering, ghost employment and other crimes.

Indiana State Police Detective Brent Gulinson of the White Collar Crime Unit arrested three Henry County residents on today's date on several felony charges.

Three New Castle residents remained in the Henry County jail on Monday, facing charges stemming from a Friday night knife fight.

New Castle-Henry County Public Library will have a series of special events for children during November and December.

DUBLIN -- A Connersville man who died in a shootout with police Friday night was firing with a stolen gun.

DUBLIN - Police shot and killed a man in southeastern Henry County late Friday after he led authorities on a 30-minute vehicle chase, then left his car and opened fire on authorities with a handgun.

SPRINGPORT - Floyd Marshall Painter, a lifelong resident of Springport, passed away unexpectedly at his home.

The East Central Indiana Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors will have a luncheon meeting Thursday, Nov.

Jennifer Crane, are you reading this? How about Glen Sewell? Crane and Sewell are among 18 Delaware County residents -- and 31 people in East Central Indiana -- due undeliverable refunds from the Internal Revenue Service.

NEW CASTLE - New Castle-Henry County Public Library is honoring those in the armed services with an event set for Monday.

Enjoy music from the 1920s, '30s and more during The Big Read Band Concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the New Castle-Henry County Public Library.

A Knightstown man is accused of abducting his estranged wife and forcing her to accompany him on a trip to Tennessee.

MUNCIE -- The search for a Christian-friendly trick-or-treating alternative has more churches and Christian organizations turning to 'trunk-or-treat' events.

NEW CASTLE - A New Castle man who had been accused of beating his girlfriend's three-year-old daughter to death has struck a deal with prosecutors that would result in a six-year prison term.

NEW CASTLE - Tickets are still available for The Revenge of The Maltese Falcon Murder Mystery Dinner Theater, set for 6 p.m. Nov.

The Middletown Fall Creek Township Historical Society will host an evening of presentations relating to some notorious "mysteries" in Henry County.

Authorities are on the scene of a trailer explosion in Henry County. It happened Monday morning on 10th Street in Middletown.