Local News

A selection of fireworks at Lit Fireworks in Greenfield to help celebrate the Fourth of July. Sunday, July 3, 2022.

HANCOCK COUNTY – Planning authorities support more proposed semitractor-trailer storage on the county’s west side where industrial development continues to spread.

HANCOCK COUNTY — After county citizens in a jury trial could not determine his innocence or guilt in a Level 1 felony rape case, a McCordsville man had a plea agreement accepted in Hancock County Circuit Court late last week.

FOUNTAINTOWN — A Fountaintown couple knows their little girl Brynnley is smiling down on them from heaven, watching as they work diligently to help other families struggling with the same type of rare brain cancer that took her life last year.

HANCOCK COUNTY — Two county seniors have been named to the eight-member statewide VOICE Youth Ambassador program, a group of teens whose goal is to educate and advocate other teens to live a tobacco-free lifestyle.

MAXWELL – Hancock County officials decided a grain elevator can replace a grain bin that collapsed earlier this year after an initial determination that the property’s zoning designation prevented it from doing so.

HANCOCK COUNTY — A Greenwood woman facing up to 16 years in prison for felony drug and neglect charges will not serve any time following a sentencing hearing this week.

MAXWELL – Maxwell Intermediate School recently announced honor students for the second semester of the 2021-2022 school year.

FORTVILLE – Fortville Town Council is slated to consider zoning approval for two proposed apartment buildings at its next meeting, which is at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 5 at the Fortville Community Center, 400 W. Church St., Fortville.

GREENFIELD – Three entrepreneurs have breathed new life into space left by a former coffee shop downtown.