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Housing aid bill faces veto
WASHINGTON - Democrats' plans to help hundreds of thousands of homeowners struggling with rising subprime mortgage rates and plummeting house values could be sidetracked by President Bush's threatened veto and the backing of many congressional Republicans. Opponents...
Commissioners OK paving funds
BROWNSTOWN - Meeting Tuesday, Jackson County Board of Comissioners approved addi-tional appropriations of just more than $1 million for contract paving pro-grams for this year. County highway de-partment superintendent Mike Garris said he is holding...
Food drive set for Saturday
National Association of Letter Carriers' Annual Food Drive-Stamp Out Hunger-Saturday is set this weekend. If you would like to help, put unopened, unused, non-perishable food items in a bag and place it by your mailbox. Your letter carrier will...
Answers sought in death
Carrie Anne Ponder-Jackson's family doesn't have many questions about why she died almost two years ago. They do have questions, however, about why she was found dead of a methamphetamine overdose in a rural part of northeastern Jackson County. "She...
Residents share worries with police chief
Seymour Police Chief Bill Abbott was surprised and encouraged by the number of people who attended a town hall meeting he organized Wednesday night to discuss how to make the city safer. Around 20 residents filled the Community Center in downtown Seymour...
Bookstores, museum sue over new porn law
Indianapolis Museum of Art is teaming with bookstores, publishers and the ACLU of Indiana to sue over a new law that will require retailers to register with the state and pay a fee if they want to sell sexually explicit material. Their complaint names...
Drug drop-off program set
Jackson County residents may drop off unnecessary or out-of-date drugs during the semi-annual Drug Drop-Off on May 16 and May 17 under supervision of law-enforcement officers. Jackson County Solid Waste Management District, Jackson County Public Library,...
2.41 inches of rain fall on Seymour
Seymour received 2.41 inches of rain Wednesday, swelling area rivers, creeks and ditches. But the East Fork of the White River isn't expected to flood as a result, National Weather Service Observer Ruth Everhart of Rockford said this morning. The river...
Wreck leaves 4 in hopsital
Four passengers in a vehicle that flipped four times in Hamilton Township on Tuesday afternoon were hospitalized for evaluation, police say. According to a report from Jackson County Officer Dustin Steward, 18-year-old Brian Embry was driving a 2002...
Youth go to polls
"I'm really excited to be here." The words on 20-year-old Matt Trimpe's T-shirt summed up the feelings of many young voters in this year's primary election. Standing Tuesday night in the courthouse lobby in Brownstown, Trimpe anxiously awaited voting...
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