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Students visit their friends at Woodcrest

ACTS OF LOVE — The happiness is evident as students in Linda Wellman’s first grade class at Southeast Elementary School visit their friends at Woodcrest. The friends made Kindness/Friendship Rocks, Snowman Soup and sang songs during the visit.

Marion's Chronicle-Tribune going to mail delivery, changes to weekend edition

    Starting Tuesday, April 2, the distribution of the Chronicle-Tribune in Grant County will change to same day delivery via the United States Postal Services (USPS).

Eastern Indiana man dies in train-Pickup truck collision

MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — An eastern Indiana man has died after driving his pickup truck into the path of a train.
Delaware County Coroner Rick Howell identified the victim as 34-year-old Graham S. Highley of Yorktown.

Boy, 11, charged after shooting dad, a state trooper

GRANGER, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say an 11-year-old Indiana boy who shot and wounded his state-trooper father has been charged as a juvenile with attempted murder.

17-year-old charged with murder in 2 Portland County deaths

VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — A 17-year-old Indiana boy faces murder charges in the deaths of two teens in what police say an informant told them was a drug deal that turned into a robbery.

Indiana district wants charters of 2 virtual schools revoked

    DALEVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A central Indiana school district wants to revoke the charters of two virtual schools that face a host of concerns about their performance.

Searches resume after tornado kills 23 in Alabama

    BEAUREGARD, Ala. — Rescuers began tearing through the rubble of mobile homes and houses Monday in search of survivors of a powerful tornado that rampaged through southeast Alabama and killed at least 23 people, including children.

Former SE Indiana fire chief accused of stealing funds

    PATRIOT, Ind. (AP) — State police say they've arrested a former southeastern Indiana fire chief on charges alleging he stole more than $28,000 from the fire department's bank accounts over four years.

Martinsville police chief charged with theft, misconduct

    MARTINSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Indiana State Police say a central Indiana police chief has been charged with theft and official misconduct.

Health groups join forces to donate trauma bags

    The Adams County Health Department, in cooperation with AGAW Trauma Systems, will donate bleeding control/mass casualty bags  to all schools — both public and private — in Adams County. See Friday's edition of the Daily Democrat for full story.