Cass Y starting softball league
The Cass County Family YMCA is beginning a co-ed softball league that will start in early June.
Games will be played on Sunday afternoons at Riverside Park.
For more information, call Dave Hardin at (574) 753-5141.
Meeting slated on application
A public meeting is planned to allow for input regarding the recovery act grant that the Cass County Sheriff’s Department is seeking.
The meeting will take place at 3:30 p.m. May 15 on the second floor of the sheriff’s department at 100 Court Park in Logansport.
Tickets on sale for chicken bash
WALTON — Lewis Cass Junior-Senior High School is hosting a Happy Burger chicken bash and choir concert on May 15.
Dinner is from 4:30 to 7 p.m. and the concert begins at 7 p.m.
The meal includes broasted chicken, baked potato, cole slaw, roll, butter, cookie and beverage. Carry-out will be available.
All meals are presale only. Tickets will be sold until May 7 when all money must be turned in so chicken can be ordered.
Concert tickets will be available at the door.
Prices are $10 for adult combo, which includes dinner and concert; $8 for adult dinner only; and $5.50 for a child combo, for ages kindergarten through 8 years of age, which includes dinner and concert.
The cost for child dinner only is $4 and concert only is $4.
Children under school age get into the concert for free.
State police issue 1,419 citations
Lafayette — Indiana State Police at the Lafayette Post recently released statistics for March.
Troopers issued 1,419 traffic citations and wrote 1,272 traffic warnings. Troopers also arrested 29 alleged drunk drivers and made 160 criminal arrests.
With spring weather approaching, farmers will be out on the roads moving machinery from field to field. Farm machinery only travels at 15 to 25 miles per hour. State police want motorists to be sure to give themselves plenty of room to slow down or even stop for machinery turning into fields. Also, motorists need to give them extra room to maneuver around corners and into driveways.
Coffee with mayor set for Saturday
Mayor Mike Fincher will be holding his monthly “Coffee with the Mayor” at 10 a.m. Saturday.
This month he will be at Tommy P’s Boardwalk Café at 501 E. Broadway. The public is welcome to join him.
Booths available for rummage sale
ROYAL CENTER — The Pioneer Elementary PTO is still renting out booths for a schoolwide rummage sale.
The sale is planned from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in the elementary school gym.
Booth rental is $20 and each participant will receive a 12x12 booth with one table and two chairs. Booths will be rented out on a first-come basis.
To rent a booth or for more information, call Teresa Montgomery at (574) 722-1381.
Local News
Area briefs April 29
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- Daddy/Daughter Valentine Dance
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Victory worth celebrating: United Way raises more than $600,000 for area organizations
Joe Johnson stood at the front of the room where a “small army” of community leaders had just been recognized for their work in raising more than $600,000 for United Way of Cass County. “Woah,” said the incoming campaign chairman. “This is scary.”
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Accused rapist charged with felony in Arizona
A Logansport man out on bail on multiple sex-related charges was arrested last week in Arizona after police say he tried to attack his dad with a pair of kitchen knives.
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Jurors: Galveston man not guilty of molest
A jury took only an hour Wednesday to decide that a Galveston man was not guilty of molesting a 9-year-old girl a decade ago.
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Sen. Head to run for re-election
State Sen. Randy Head announced Wednesday he will seek re-election.
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Retired Navy chief, former judge announce bids for local office
A former Cass Superior Court judge and a retired senior chief with the Navy announced their candidacies for local seats Wednesday.
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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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