ALL BRANCHES - CLOSED FOR PRESIDENT'S D AY The Elwood, Frankton, and Summitville libraries will be closed Monday, February 20 in observance of President's Day. The libraries willl be open Tuesday, February 21 with normal hours.
There they were, the Sasaki family, getting ready for an evening of TV in their new home in Honolulu when the unthinkable happened, according to the Association of Mature American Citizens [AMAC]. Three giant boulders came rolling down a hill and one of them smashed through a wall, causing havoc and narrowly missing Caroline Sasaki just as she made her way into the living room to watch TV.
B INGO The Elwood VFW hosts Bingo on Saturdays beginning at 2 p.m. The public is welcome.
T ODAY A chance of showers after 5 p.m. Increasing clouds and breezy with a high near 54. South southeast wind 9 to 14 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 33 mph. Showers likely at night. Cloudy, with a steady temperature around 52. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 23 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 41 mph.
OARD The Pipe Creek Advisory Board will meet Wednesday, Feb. 15 at 5 p.m.
Four new Flock cameras are being installed throughout Elwood on the city's main thoroughfares. The cameras were purchased by the Elwood Board of Works and Public Safety in December of 2022.
The Elwood City Council met Monday, Feb. 6 for a regular meeting at the Elwood Municipal Building.
A Frankton man has been arrested on several drug charges after being discovered sleeping in the parking lot of a local gas station. According to an affidavit of probable cause filed by Officer Austin Ritenour of the Elwood Police Department, Samuel Jack, 34, of Frankton, was observed slumped over in the driver seat of a tan Ford Ranger in the parking lot of the BP Station located at 1526 South State Road 37 at approximately 4:16 a.m.
Elwood City Clerk Allison Atwood-Roby — Democrat Elwood City Court Judge Kyle Noone — Democrat Elwood City Council at Large Todd Buckmaster — Democrat Kim Leisure-Everson — Democrat Elwood City Council District 1 Sam Tyner — Democrat Elwood City Council District 2 Tim Roby — Democrat Elwood City Council District 3 Danielle Dunnichay-Noone — Democrat Elwood City Council District 4 John Wright — Democrat Elwood City Council District 5 Jim Watters — Democrat Elwood City Mayor Ricky Payne — Republican Elwood City Council at Large David Abernathy — Republican Stephen Arnold — Republican Elwood City Council District 3 Linda Moore — Republican .
ALEXANDRIA – Jane (Hurst) Brotherton, 90, entered peace and rest from Bethany Pointe Health Campus in Anderson on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, following an extended illness.