Carroll County Commissioners, after a contentious discussion, decided to house the remaining two county ambulances in Delphi and Flora at the Monday night meeting. However the vote was split and came only after commissioner Bill Brown directed George Mears move to utilize the two locations. More...
Due to lack of funding the county ambulance service will look different in 2009 than it has in the past several years. Although the department budget was much larger in the previous four years, the county utilized surplus funds for some of those appropriations. More...
It took a Carroll Circuit Court jury a little more than an hour last Wednesday afternoon to find Larry Farner, 62, of Delphi, guilty, as charged of one count of arson. Farner was arrested after allegedly setting fire to a replica canal boat at the Wabash & Erie Canal Interpretive Center Aug. 31. More...
The joyful faces of children singing, the glow of candles, the sound of carols, and the retelling of the Christmas story are the ingredients for Christmas. More...
After the inauguration of Barack Obama as President, the White House and Congress will both be controlled by Democrats. There's an important question that should be high on every attentive citizen's list of concerns: Will Congress live up to its responsibility to exercise robust oversight over the new administration? More...
Delphi's wrestling team won the Logansport Super Invitational Saturday, defeating five other teams. The Oracles wrestled Peru in round one, winning 48-33. In round two the Oracles faced Hoosier Conference foe Benton Central, winning 54-15. Round three was a rematch for the Oracles against Culver Academies. Again the Oracles were victorious, winning 52-21. More...
A Solstice Service will be held Sunday evening at 5:30 at the Wabash & Erie Canal Center, Delphi. Beverly Seese, Unitarian Universalist seminary student at Meadville Lombard Theological School, will lead a Spiral of Lights service in celebration of the Winter Solstice. The service is intergenerational and participatory. More...
Mr. and Mrs. Raymon Stephens of 419 E. Columbia Street, Flora, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a family dinner on Dec. 7. Stephens and the former Wanda Cropper were married Dec. 10, 1958, in Celina, Tenn. More...
10 YEARS AGO Carroll County officials sworn in during the Dec. 15 ceremony in Carroll Circuit Court were Dennis Randle, Carroll County Sheriff; James Huffer, Carroll County Prosecutor; Marla Milazzo, Clay Township Trustee; Helen Schilling, Deer Creek Township Trustee; and Joann Vianco, Tippecanoe Township Trustee. Carroll Circuit Judge Joseph Carey officiated. More...
Zaelin Goodman, left, a sixth grader, was the winner of Carroll's spelling bee for sixth, seventh, and eighth graders. He correctly spelled the words "paprika" and "mahatma" for the win. Runner-up was eighth grader Gavin Hancock, pictured right. More...
Lee F. Flora, 97, formerly of Delphi, died at 9 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008, at Westminster Village in West Lafayette. Born Aug. 15, 1911, in Rockfield, he was the son of the late Arvel and Jesse Kennedy Flora. His marriage was on Feb. 23, 1935, in Rockfield, to Helen E. Jones, who preceded him in death Nov. 27, 2005. More...
May is elected to Land O'Lakes Ag Executive Council