Jay County News

The first walls are up in the Jay County jail expansion, a project that's been in the making for eight years.

The Bluffton Tigersharksa swim teams sent a big tidal wave throughout their sectional field Tuesday night by scoring a double victory over the Jay County Patriots at Portland.

The Jay County Patriots handed the Bluffton Tigers a 60-17 setback Tuesday night in girlsa basketball at Portland.

A Union City man has been accused of selling heroin to an informant for the Tri-County Drug Task Force.

Trevor Fennig's world changed Sept. 28, in the few seconds it took for an old Russian pistol to fall from his shoulder holster and hit the ground.

The attorneys of the five suspects arrested for the murder of Shawn Buckner are scheduled to find out Wednesday whether they will get a change of venue for their trial.

PORTLAND - Jay County was the only school district in East Central Indiana Monday morning to operate on a two-hour delay because of fog.

A Portland teenager who had already been convicted of three crimes in recent months now faces drug-dealing charges that could send him to prison for decades.

E. Roy Budd, executive director of Energize-ECI Inc. announced the regional economic development partnership, along with ECI member area economic development officials, planned and participated in a business development sales trip to Dallas, Texas, Nov.

After three months of declines, Muncie and Delaware County's unemployment rate inched back up in October.

PORTLAND - A Portland man was fatally injured late Tuesday when he was ejected from his pickup truck after it left a Jay County road and rolled.

MUNCIE -- Former private investigator Jeff Hinds, convicted nearly a year ago of bribery, will be home for the holidays to spend time with his wife and infant son.

A Portland man who admitted to battering a female acquaintance has been sentenced to two years in prison.

Free food will be distributed from the tailgate of the Second Harvest Food Bank truck 10 a.m.-noon Wednesday at the Jay County Fairgrounds, 806 E. Votaw St., according to the Second Harvest Web site.

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HARTFORD CITY -- A local man wanted in two counties on drunken-driving offenses and who threatened to kill himself was arrested Tuesday.

The Jay County Democrats will have a Jefferson/Jackson Dinner at 6 p.m. Saturday in the Women's Building at the Jay County Fairgrounds.

The American Red Cross Blood Mobile will visit Jay County Hospital, 500 W. Votaw St., for a blood drive 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday.

He seems calm now, but B.J. Crumes is steeling himself for the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday before Thanksgiving.

In a county with double-digit unemployment, it doesn't take much to persuade officials to do something anything to spur economic development.