A 21-year-old Frankton man was sentenced to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of rape and domestic battery. Gavin Carr was sentenced to a nine-year sentence with three years suspended last Wednesday in Madison Circuit Court Division 3.
BOARD OF WORKS The Elwood Board of Works and Public Safety will have a special meeting on Thursday, June 22 beginning at 6 p.m. at the Municipal Building.
The Indiana Department of Transportation contractor 3D Company announces closure for State Road 128 near Frankton. Beginning on or after Friday, June 30, crews will close State Road 128 in both directions between State Road 13 and State Road 9.
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The Indiana State Police responded to a report of a single vehicle crash on Saturday, June 17 that claimed the life of an Anderson man. According to a press release from the Indiana State Police, the report came at about 1:30 p.m.
Renee Amber Parker, 37, of Elwood, was arrested Wednesday, June 14 for pointing a firearm and intimidation with a deadly weapon. Tyler Ray Hurd, 34, of Elwood, was arrested Thursday, June 15 for battery.
The journalist and columnist David Brooks has written and spoken eloquently about the challenges of the moral life, and life in general. Some years ago he recounted the experience of a woman he met in Ohio who came home one Sunday to find that her husband had killed their children and himself, perhaps one of the most horrific things one can imagine. She recovered from this and devoted her life to serving others, opening a free pharmacy and teaching at Ohio State University and helping women who have suffered violence. Part of her motivation was anger at her husband and not wanting to let him ruin her life. Brooks borrows a phrase from Parker Palmer to describe how some people are broken by life’s tragedies, while others are broken open. Palmer writes about two ways in which the heart can be broken; one where it is shattered and scattered and one where it is “broken open into new capacity, holding more of both our own and the world’s suffering and joy, despair and hope.” Life can be hard, and sometimes we need for our hearts and minds to be broken open in order for us to reach a new level of caring and understanding with which to solve life’s challenges. The problems of life can usually not be solved with the same consciousness which created them.
The Indiana State Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting, a press release from the agency states. The incident occurred Friday during a domestic battery incident.
Chad Kia Warren, 39, of Elwood, was arrested Tuesday, June 6 for possession of methamphetamine and possession of marijuana. Amber Crystal Day, 37, of Summitville, was arrested Thursday, June 8 for criminal trespass and possession of paraphernalia.
INDIANAPOLIS — State health officials are urging Hoosiers to take steps to protect themselves from mosquito bites after West Nile virus (WNV) was detected in mosquitoes for the first time this year.