All Saints holding blood drive Friday
Battle of the Badges blood drive will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10, in the All Saints Elementary Annex Building, 121 Eel River Avenue.
To schedule a donation, call (800) GIVE-LIFE. Walk-ins will be welcome.
The event is dedicated to city police, EMS, sheriff, fire and state police personnel.
Four arrested on arson charges
ROCHESTER — Four teenagers, including two juveniles, have been arrested in connection with a fire last month in Akron.
Trevor A. Williams, 18, Akron, and Brady L. Shephard, 18, Mentone, have been arrested on charges of arson, according to a news release from the Fulton County Sheriff’s Department. The case has also been forwarded to the county probation department for additional arson charges against two 17-year-old male juveniles.
The fire, which occured on Sept. 18, destroyed a structure full of hay at a farm at 7794 E. Division Road in Akron. The estimate loss was $350,000.
The investigation by the sheriff’s department determined the fire was intentionally set, according to the release.
State police study targets crash factors
LAFAYETTE — The Indiana State Police have released the findings of a recent study into factors that lead to crashes.
The study revealed three steps to reduce crashes include:
• Reducing the most common causational crash factors, which includes following too closely, failure to yield the right of way, distracted drivers, unsafe lane movement and speeding.
• Educating the public on those crash causes through use of various media outlets, programs for community groups and driver’s education classes.
• Engineering factors that might play a role in causing crashes will be identified and reported to the Indiana Department of Transportation or local highway department.
Troopers will be utilizing both marked and unmarked police vehicles as well as the motorcycle patrols and the newly purchased high-performance Mustangs in their enforcement efforts.
Auxiliary offering scrapbook session
WINAMAC — The Pulaski Memorial Hospital Auxiliary is hosting a “Creative Memories” scrap booking sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, in the hospital front lobby.
Merchandise will include traditional scrap booking supplies and a variety of computer software to create projects with digital pre-designed pages and story books.
Local News
Area briefs
<b>Oct. 5, 2008</b>
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Snowless savings: Warm weather lowers expenses
The unseasonably warm temperatures have allowed state and local road crews to perform roadwork usually conducted in the fall, lowered Logansport Municipal Utilities electric usage and saved all departments overtime pay for employees.
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Logansport sees jump in grad rate
Logansport High School saw its graduation rate jump four percentage points in numbers released this week by the Indiana Department of Education.
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Officials break ground on $1.1M Eel River Run
Contractors are set to begin work on the mile-long Eel River Run trail in downtown Logansport — the result of more than eight years of planning.
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Fifth candidate files for county council
A longtime Logansport Municipal Utilities worker and former business owner is the first Democrat to file for county office in the coming primary election.
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Indy on top of its game: Super Bowl host city earns rave reviews
If praise and adulation could put points on the scoreboard, then Indianapolis had a blowout victory hosting its first Super Bowl.
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$200K in back taxes owed on Logan mall
The owners of Logansport Mall owe more than $200,000 in back taxes on the building and the land it sits on, Cass County property records show.
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Logan to pay $21K in benefits payments
The Logansport City Council gave preliminary approval Monday to pay more than $20,000 for seven years of owed retirement payments for a city employee.
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Two candidates file bids for county council
Two Republicans filed their candidacies for at-large Cass County Council seats Monday.
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A scientific fellow
Andrew Bever grew up on a sheep farm in Forest, about 40 miles south of Logansport, with a mind that looked at the world more deeply than what’s on the surface.
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Fed-Mogul says hiring on track
Nearly three months after announcing it would add 94 new jobs, Federal-Mogul in Logansport has filled about one-third of the positions.
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