Children could not wait for summer to play on the canal boat replica at the Wabash & Erie Canal Park on N. Washington St. in Delphi. The boat was initially built roughly a year ago and was used throughout the summer. It was burned and destroyed by an arson fire the end of August, rendering it useless. More...
Carroll County's only Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district, which is the land which Indiana Packers owns, was established in 1992 according to Carroll County Redevelopment Commission Attorney Barry Emerson. More...
What the state legislators might do about turning the recommendations contained in the Kernan-Shepard report into law has put a scare into township trustees. Their fears are about the future of the trustee offices and the tax money collected from property owners in the township. One area of concern to them is area fire departments. More...
Area IV Agency on Aging and Community Action Programs received a $1,500 special grant from the Vectren Foundation to assist elderly clients, served by Vectren who reside in Carroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe or White counties, with gas-related energy expenses. More...
EXTENDED FAMILY is meeting is a new location at Woodbridge Health Campus, across from Fisher Funeral Home in Logansport. Those attending should enter on the west side, the assisted living door. Mary Cutler will give a presentation on wildflowers entitled "A Walk Through the Wild Flower Year" at the Feb. More...
Shortly before the turn of the year, I got a look at some polling numbers that brought me up short. They suggest a problem with our representative democracy. Two-thirds of the Americans surveyed don't believe members of Congress care what people like them think. Who do members of Congress listen to most closely? Just over half the people in the poll said: lobbyists. More...
The 1st annual Delphi Alumni "Basketball Legends of Delphi" extravaganza will be held on Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Delphi Community High School Gym for all Delphi alumni (men and women) who graduated in 1998 and earlier. The event will be held prior to the Delphi boys' basketball home contest against Rensselaer, which has a 6:30 pm JV tip-off. More...
The nature of salvation is one of the great controversies among sincere Christians. Please allow me to state my understanding of salvation. Salvation is eternal. If a person knows one verse of the New Testament, that verse may well be John 3:16. John wrote of our "eternal" or "everlasting" life. More...
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Girton of 2985N. 1275W., Delphi, will celebrate their 50th anniversary on Feb. 14. A special celebration is planned this month. Girton and the former Janice Brewer were married Feb. 14, 1959, at St. More...
10 YEARS AGO The Delphi Chamber of Commerce hosted an awards banquet honoring its recipients of the Samuel Milroy Award, Making A Difference Award, and Community Appearance Award. This year's recipient of the Samuel Milroy Award was Delphi businessman, Jack Wroten. More...
Carroll County students recently served as pages for Senator Brandt Hershman. They were: CALEB BOWLIN, 14, son of John and Shelley Bowlin, GRACE HAMPTON, 14, daughter of John and Enice Hampton, and BROOKE BEALE, 13, daughter of Mike and Jonella Beale, all of Delphi; KYLIE WAGONER, 13, More...
William B. "Brad" Henderson, 45, of Delphi died unexpectedly at 11:58 p.m. Monday, Feb. 2, 2009, at Clarian Arnett Hospital in Lafayette. Born March 14, 1963, in Logansport, he was the son of William "Bill" and Carolyn Brugh Henderson of Delphi. He graduated from Lapel High School in 1981. His marriage was on Dec. 3, 1983, in Anderson to Jama S. Harper, who survives. More...
In an effort to help our readers understand what government meetings are happening when and where, the Comet will now print upcoming meetings on a weekly basis. Wednesday, Feb. 4 Carroll School Board: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. More...
Convicted boat-burner to appeal