On Sunday, July 20, the Grant County Sheriff’s Office and the Marion Police Department announced the arrest of five men for child solicitation. According to a press release posted to the Sheriff’s Office Facebook page, four men traveled from outside counties with the intent to engage in sexual activity with a person they believed to be a 13-year-old girl.
HAMILTON COUNTY — Thomas Anderson Jr., the man arrested in the 1992 murder of Tony Bledsoe, of Arcadia, appeared in court last week for a pretrial conference. During the pretrial conference, it was revealed that the prosecutor had previously taken the investigation to a grand jury, which did not return an indictment.
2012 Alexandria-Monroe High School graduate, Aubree Parnell, and partner, Josh Hanson, are launching a fund raising and awareness event to support their son, Beau, support research, and educate the community about the rare genetic disorder, CASK.
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Elwood residents now have more options when it comes to attending city and local government meetings, thanks to the enactment of a new Indiana state law that requires most state and city governing bodies to livestream their public meetings.
The 2025 Madison County 4-H Fair Queen will be corned Sunday, July 13 at the 4-H Exhibit Hall at the Madison County 4-H Fairgrounds in Alexandria. The contest will begin at 7 p.m.
More than 30 people braved the intense heat last Thursday to attend the annual Hometown Heroes Banner Dedication Ceremony at Callaway Park. The ceremony is sponsored by the Elwood Chamber of Commerce, and was established in 2020.
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI — Thousands of members of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the United States of America and guests have gathered in Kansas City, Missouri, from June 29 to July 2 for the BPO Elks National Convention. During the convention, Philip Bradley Nichols, of Tipton, was installed as District Deputy for the BPO Elks for lodges in the East Central District of the Indiana Elks Association, Inc. and will serve a one-year term.
Alexandria police responded to a domestic issue involving a sixteen-year-old victim and her 39-year-old father, Marvin E. Garmon, resulting in Garmon’s arrest.