Man arrested in deadly shooting outside Indianapolis mall

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indianapolis man was arrested Thursday in a January shooting outside an Indianapolis shopping mall that killed a teenager and injured a man. Homicide detectives arrested Clyde Johnson, 19, two days after an arrest warrant was issued charging him with voluntary manslaughter and battery in the shooting.

Annual Easter Egg Hop, Hunt and Roll

The 12th annual Dunham House Educational Foundation Easter Egg Hop, Hunt and Roll will be on Saturday, April 1 at 1 p.m. The event will be at the historic Dunham House, 709 S.

Weather

TODAY Rain likely, and a slight chance of snow. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny with the temperature falling to around 32. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 20 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. A chance of snow showers after 2 a.m. Mostly cloudy and breezy, with west wind 16 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. and a low around 21.

Elwood Pipe Creek Genealogy Society to meet

The Elwood Pipe Creek Genealogy Society will have their monthly meeting on Saturday, March 18 at 10:30am in the Elwood Public Library. The group’s program continues with the series Decades of Elwood, in conjunction with the Madison County Bicentennial being held this year.

Looking Back

FIFTY YEARS AGO 1973 • Mayor Gene Smith signed a proclamation designating the week as DeMolay Week in Elwood. DeMolay, which had 80 members in 1973, was an Elwood-based character building organization boasting more than 166,000 members worldwide.

Elwood Animal Shelter Pets of the Week

Meet Pearl and Lucy, this week's 'Pets of the Week' at the Elwood Animal Shelter! Lucy, a beautiful calico cat, has been at the animal shelter for quite some time. Lucy is extremely friendly and loves to peoplewatch.

Murray named 2023 Water System Operations Specialist of the Year

Elwood Utility Foreman Glen Murray was named 2023 Water System Operations Specialist of the Year Wednesday at the Alliance of Indiana Rural Water conference in French Lick, Ind. Murray said he was unaware that he was nominated for the award and was attending the conference for continuing education units.

BRIEFS

ECSC BOARD OF TRUSTEES The Elwood Community School Corporation Board of Trustees will meet in an executive session Thursday, March 23 at 6:30 p.m. at the Elwood Jr/Sr High School to discuss a job performance evaluation of individual employees.

Beverly D. (Day) McElfresh

Beverly D. (Day) McElfresh, age 85, and a native of Elwood, passed on Sunday, March 12, 2023 at Northwest Health-Porter Hospital in Valparaiso following health issues, but a good, long life.