Owen County News

A Monroe County Jail Correctional Officer, who lives in rural Solsberry, has resigned after he was arrested Tuesday afternoon on variety of preliminary charges including theft, drug dealing, drug possession, public intoxication, and neglect of a dependent.

A plea agreement has been proposed for a Poland man accused of stealing guns from a Putnam County home.

SPENCER, Ind. - A judge told police he heard a commotion coming from his central Indiana courtroom and rushed inside to find a man beating up a woman.

Justin Long has been named as Putnam County's new chief deputy prosecutor. Long was tapped by Putnam County Prosecutor Tim Bookwalter to replace Donald VanDerMoere, whose last day on the job was Wednesday.

A Halloween display at an Owen County home is creating some controversy. All around her mother's home near Gosport, Kennette Hawkins displays her affection for Halloween.

The prosecutor for the past three decades in central Indiana's Owen County has died.

An internet scam has landed an Owen county man behind bars. Police said 26-year-old Dustin Weddle, of Poland, is behind several Internet-based scams.

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A truck driver from Lafayette was taken to the hospital with injuries after he was extricated from his vehicle following an accident Tuesday evening on State Road 67 at the bottom of Greene County Hill north of Worthington.

State police say a 72-year-old western Indiana man fatally shot his daughter's father-in-law before being killed by her husband.

Thursday evening, August 13th, 2009 the Indiana State Police at the Bloomington Post responded to a shots-fired, domestic disturbance call at Front Street in Quincy, IN.

This home in Quincy just south of the Owen-Putnam county line was the scene of a Thursday night shooting that left a man dead.

A Poland man has been charged with two felony counts in connection with the theft of guns from a Putnam County residence.

A Poland man has been charged with two felony counts in connection with the theft of guns from a Putnam County residence.

Firefighters in one Wabash Valley Fire Department hope to build a new fire station to cut down on response times.

A video blog about stories we're pursuing today, including: &#8226 Treatment for bed bugs stirs up Arbor Glen residents &#8226 A youth theater group is mounting a production of Beauty and the Beast &#8226 Bloomington police have a couple of new vehicles to patrol the B-Line trail &#8226 Owen County Fair is in full swing.

SPENCER - Authorities say they seized 902 marijuana plants during a raid on an indoor growing operation in Owen County.

Regulations from the state board of health could force an animal rescue shelter in Owen County, Indiana to close.

"Our Lil Bit of Heaven Animal Rescue Center and Sanctuary" in rural Owen County, near Poland faces a threatened cease and desist order from the state board of health.

Louise Kelley, 86, Coal City, died May 20, 2009, at 12:30 a.m., at the Owen Valley Health Campus, following an extended illness.