Parke County News

The All-American Little Miss and Mister contest, sponsored by the Parke County Chamber of Commerce, will take place Saturday, July 25, at 4 p.m., in the Show Pavilion at the Parke County 4-H Fairgrounds.

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library was launched in 1996 for preschoolers in Sevier County, Tenn., as a gift of encouragement for the children of Dolly Parton's Smoky Mountain homeland.

A new computer system promises to help improve police and courts in Parke County.

Parke County's new crime tracking system, Odyssey, is an electronic database that tracks all criminal and civil cases filed in Parke County.

MOSCOW, Ind. -- The covered bridge festival that runs through Sunday in this small Rush County town is missing something: a covered bridge.

Three Parke County road projects are among the 56 total projects that have been advertised for bid by the Indiana Department of Transportation as part of a push to spend $658 million allocated to the state through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

On June 3, 2008, a tornado ripped through Moscow in southwestern Rush County, taking a life, destroying homes and splintering a landmark covered bridge.

Soldiers returning from serving overseas got a warm welcome back to the Valley as a community celebrated our nation's heroes.

Indiana conservation officers recognized ICO Jay Baker, ICO Deland Szczepanski and civilians Mark Wallace, Thomas Weidner, Bill Poe and Matt Bochnowski at the Indiana Department of Natural Resources awards ceremony recently.

Wendell Wayne Thomas, 94, Greencastle, died June 18, 2009, at the Putnam County Hospital.

The Fountain County Commissioners heard Monday night that two county roads are taking top priority.

The House of Representatives reconvened on Thursday to start the special session to pass a budget for the State of Indiana.

Plans are in the final stages for Parke County Soldier/Veterans Appreciation Day, set for Saturday, June 20, at the Rockville square.

Construction begins on the 122 year-old Kennedy Covered Bridge in Moscow. An historic bridge in Rush County could soon make a comeback.

A Parke County man is in jail for 60 days for violating the terms of his probation.

When the little southwestern Indiana town of Clay City celebrates with its 22nd annual Pottery Festival next weekend, it isn't just marking its own heritage, but a tradition shared with numerous other Hoosier towns.

A Valley man will spend nearly two decades behind bars for a Parke County burglary.

The public is invited to "give a little in memory of those who gave all" during the third annual Indiana Fallen Officers Blood Drive, supported by the Terre Haute District of the Indiana State Police.

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A Parke County man who pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his wife and two stepdaughters has been sentenced to three consecutive life sentences without parole.