Parke County News

A recent investigation into a Brazil man allegedly using counterfeit money during the Parke County Covered Bridge Festival has sparked concern by local law enforcement officials for the upcoming holiday shopping season.

Although it's still early to be thinking 2010, Outdoor Indiana magazine's full-color calendar, a 16-page insert to the November-December issue that's on newsstands this week, is ready when you are.

Christmas is right around the corner and local neighborhoods are preparing for the big season.

Ross Mosteller, 93, Brazil, passed away Oct. 28, 2009. He was born Nov. 5, 1915, in Parke County, Ind., to Homer and Ethel Mosteller.

Many of the scarecrows on the lawn of the Hendricks County Courthouse in Danville aren't really so scary -- they're just fun or even artsy.

Testimony began Tuesday in a wrongful death suit filed over the November 2007 death of a Prairie Creek couple.

Cold and rainy conditions put a big damper on profits for many at the Parke County Covered Bridge Festival.

I have no problem in admitting that I am not the most urbane man you will ever meet.

Fountain County officials continue to consider joining nearby counties and municipalities in a self-funded insurance trust.

Tourism dollars don't appear to be flowing as freely as in years past in communities that host popular fall events.

Wearing a dress from the 1890s with a hooded sweatshirt underneath, Cathy Harkrider walked about Rockville's square Sunday morning, checking with vendors and visitors on the final day of the Parke County Covered Bridge Festival.

Much has changed in the mortal realm since Dorothy and Scarecrow first crossed a silver screen 70 years ago.

A St. Elmo husband and wife were injured in a collision in Indiana Tuesday morning.

Southern garden designer and writer Elizabeth Lawrence loved the majesty of autumn, its brilliant color transformations and crisp cool air.

Friday's rain put a damper on the Covered Bridge Festival. But a lot of people spent Columbus Day at the festival in Parke County.

The backlash over a Parke County woman's arrest for purchasing too much cold medicine during a seven-day period last spring has led one state legislator to look at improving a law.

Clay County officials are discussing adding a local income tax to those working in the county.

A South Bend man has been charged with criminal recklessness in connection with an accident that seriously injured Parke County sheriff's deputy James Awbrey.

Dozens gathered at Terre Haute's City Hall on Monday evening, lighting candles and releasing balloons, as the names of domestic abuse victims were read aloud.

Longtime Parke County residents didn't realize what a gem they had in covered bridges when someone suggested having a festival.