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Organization key for annual holiday food event

Volunteers are working this week to sort food for the Christmas Basket, Inc.’s annual food give-a-way. The operation is being held at the Carroll White REMC building on US421 south of Delphi in the truck bay. More...

TIF Board decides to pay vendor, not County Council

By Debbie Lowe
Staff writer

The Carroll County Redevelopment Commission (RDC), which captures and controls the bulk of the tax revenue generated in the Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District south of Delphi, decided to deny a $50,000 claim from the County Council to help pay fo More...

Local News

The government tries yet again to regulate tobacco products

Thinking About Health

By Trudy Lieberman,
Rural Health News Service

The Food and Drug Administration just announced it would once again try to regulate tobacco products. More...

Toy/gift drive continues

Comet staff report

There is still time to donate toys and gift items for the Carroll County Christmas for Kids toy/gift drive. More...

Washington Twp.

Teresa Cooksey
Deer Creek 859-2251

Advent Sunday Morning Services continue at Faith Lutheran using parts of the Holden Evening Prayer Service. A lost shepherd named Tom tries to find his way to the manger. More...

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Opinions & Letters

In touch

Midwest Memo

by Alan Shultz

Sometimes a few words tell the whole story. My all-time favorite movie title is “Snakes on a Plane.” The title, four simple words strung together, absolutely tells it all. More...

Political Cartoon

Full Story

The Legislature: It’s time to waste time debating time

Commentary

by Leo Morris

“Does anybody really know what time it is, “Does anybody really care?” —Robert William Lamm, from the “Chicago Transit Authority” album, 1969 More...

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Faith

Christmas chaos

Lessons from the Heart

By Pastor Marilyn Sikes

If I asked you right now, “Are you ready for Christmas?” what comes to mind? Are all the presents purchased? Will they like what I bought? House clean? Decorations up? Remodel the guest room before Grandma comes to stay? More...

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Education

DCHS students donate to libraries in Africa

By Jayne Abbott
Comet staff

Delphi Community High School Interact Club students and their sponsor, 11th grade Language Arts teacher Jacob Mrockiewicz, recently sent nearly 3,000 books to Africa. for the African Library Project (ALP). More...

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Public Records

Superior Court

- Judge Kurtis Fouts

New filings are from public records available in the Carroll County Clerk’s office on the second floor of the courthouse, Delphi. More...

Circuit Court

- Judge Benjamin Diener

New filings are from public records available in the Carroll County Clerk’s office on the second floor of the courthouse, Delphi. More...

Real Estate Transfers

Randle L. Myers, Iris M. Ausban, Mary C. Sparks and Gordon L. Stevens to Nancy E. More...

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$500,000 match offered through Community Foundation

The Carroll County Community Foundation has received a grant of $500,000 as part of Lilly Endowment Inc.’s seventh phase of its Giving Indiana Funds for Tomorrow (GIFT) initiative. More...

DCSC…first the good news…. then the bad news

By Debbie Lowe
Staff writer

The Delphi Community School Board first heard what they considered positive and good news and then heard devastating news at the Monday night meeting. More...

Deer Creek Twp. officials to pay $37,500 for High Bridge repairs

By Debbie Lowe
Staff writer

Deer Creek Township Board members, David Mc- Cain and outgoing member Joe Mayfield, voted unanimously to give Indiana Landmarks $37,500 next year for repairs made to the structure of the Monon High Bridge. More...

Community

Down On The Farm

Indiana Grown seeks to expand local food access in schools

The state’s Indiana Grown program is teaming up with three organizations to provide Indiana school corporations greater access to local foods. More...

2018 crop analysis

Jo Thomas with Purdue Extension, Carroll County, explains the damage to crops in and around Carroll County: “At the beginning of November a large portion of Indiana was impacted by a strong windstorm. More...

FDA authorizes qualified health claim for oils high in Oleic Acid

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the use of two qualified health claims citing that oils high in oleic acid, such as high oleic soybean oil, may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease. More...

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Sports

Cougars off to 3-0 start

By Greg Hoffman
Contributing sportswriter

The “cardiac kids” won their third straight game Friday night at Caston, 40-37, to start the 2018-19 season 3-0. The last 3-0 start for a Carroll team was the 2008-09 season when that team won its first 10 games en route to a 19-5 season. More...

Oracles endure two tough road games

By John Dunn
Contributing sportswriter

Delphi could not sustain its momentum in the 2nd half in a pair of losses at Benton Central 55-43 on Friday and at Clinton Prairie 64-49 on Saturday. Garrett Tomson led three Oracles in double-figures with 16 points, while Jordan Roth added 12 More...

Delphi drops to Rensselaer

By Clay Maxfield
Contributing sportswriter

After a big win against Faith Christian in the week prior, Delphi was at Rensselaer to face off against the Bombers, a team that had won five games up until that point. More...

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