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Danville government offices plan a December move
By mid-December, Danville residents will find that their town government has moved. Town Manager Gary Eakin said renovations of the former Danville Middle School building are to be completed by the end of this month. Then, after a few last-minute...
Danville High band to host Holiday Melodies event Saturday
Danville High School band members will host a Holiday Melodies program at 6 p.m. Saturday in the high school auditorium, 100 Warrior Way. The event will include a silent auction and dessert bar. Danville native, Levi Riggs, and his band will perform...
Westside domestic-violence resource center finds success
Beacon of Hope has helped 22 women find shelter since opening in July Three months after opening its doors and taking its first crisis calls, the Beacon of Hope Center for Women has exceeded all of its founder’s expectations. In its first week,...
Community Awards given in Danville
The Greater Danville Chamber of Commerce has announced the winners of its annual Community Awards. Each year, the chamber gives awards to one winner in each of the six categories; public servant, senior citizen, community servant, chamber member,...
Murder mystery to christen theater group's new digs north of Danville
The curtain has gone up for the first time in the Longstreet Playhouse. After years of yearning for a stage to call their own, the performers of the Hendricks Civic Theatre finally have a home. And it is in an 1890s-vintage country church building...
Danville Fire Department gets grant to ease its staffing shortage
Danville’s job-sharing proposal catches attention; plan will fill 9 positions from a part-time pool Danville Fire Chief Mark Morgan admits his department has been so understaffed it had left him uneasy about the safety of residents he was...
Murder mystery to christen theater group's new digs
The curtain has gone up for the first time in the Longstreet Playhouse. After years of yearning for a stage to call their own, the performers of the Hendricks Civic Theatre finally have a home. And it is in an 1890s-vintage country church building...
Grant eases fire crew shortage
Danville’s job-sharing proposal catches attention; 5-year plan will fill 9 positions from a part-time pool Danville Fire Chief Mark Morgan admits his department has been so understaffed it had left him uneasy about the safety of residents he...
Hendricks Civic Theatre to christen new home near Danville tonight
After years of yearning for a stage to call their own, the performers of the Hendricks Civic Theatre finally have a home. The curtain goes up tonight on the first show in the 1890’s-vintage country church building north of Danville that has...
Danville to hold hearing tonight on new storm-water sewer fee
The Danville Town Council will hold a public hearing tonight on a new fee to be charged to homeowners and business owners in town to finance new storm-water sewers and other flood-control efforts. The fee is proposed to be $4 a month next year,...
Danville students blend Seuss and Shakespeare
Danville High School will present two showings this weekend of “The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet,” a whimsical Dr. Seuss reinvention of Shakespeare’s tragic love story. Both showings, at 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, will...
Judge sentences Warnock to 55 years
DANVILLE — A Hendricks County judge today sentenced Joseph Warnock to a 55-year prison sentence for the murder of his estranged wife. Judge Robert Freese accepted a plea agreement that Warnock’s attorneys reached with prosecutors in...
Cypress Manor expenses at issue
Economy forces Commissioners to mull options Armed with compassion and concern, volunteers and supporters told the Hendricks County Commissioners recently that the historic county home in Danville should remain open. Now, the commissioners face tough...
Scary or nice, Beasley's Orchard maze offers good time
That howling you hear isn’t really a scary beast loose in Hendricks County. It’s just the ghosts that try to frighten passers-by in the corn maze at Beasley’s Orchard. For the seventh season, the family-owned apple orchard east of...
Friday parade to kick off Danville HS homecoming
DANVILLE — Danville High School will welcome its alumni Friday as students and educators celebrate homecoming night with a parade, free gifts and a football game. The night kicks off at 5:30 with a homecoming parade beginning at the Hendricks...
Danville wins grant to hire firefighters
DANVILLE — The Danville Fire Department has a little more spending money today to hire more firefighters. The department received an $883,473 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grant to be used expressly for more staff. The...
Group may review domestic violence
Danville — In a year with several assaults and murders stemming from domestic violence, two organizations with similar goals are forming in Hendricks County to probe the causes and response to family violence and deaths. The Hendricks County...
Hendricks Co. team to investigate domestic violence
DANVILLE — In a year with several assaults and murders stemming from domestic violence, two organizations with similar goals are forming in Hendricks County to probe the causes and response to family violence and deaths. The Hendricks County...
Prosecutor defends plea deal for man who killed wife
Joseph Warnock faces 55 years, but sentence could be cut in half DANVILLE, Ind. — Intoxicated by drugs and alcohol on a Sunday night in June, Joseph Warnock used a 12-inch knife to stab and slash his wife more than 50 times in front of their...
Brownsburg man admits killing wife
DANVILLE — A Brownsburg man pleaded guilty to murder today in a Hendricks County court on a charge he stabbed his wife to death in front of their two daughters. Joseph L. Warnock, 41, a former tanning bed salesman, was also charged with home...
5 area bands scheduled to perform in benefit concert
Five metro-area bands will be working Saturday for a Labor Day Weekend concert to raise money that helps Danville youths play sports — and remember three area youths who died. The concert will be from 5 to 11 p.m. Saturday at the amphitheater...
Danville firm bids lowest on landmark demolition project
A Hendricks County demolition company has learned it submitted the lowest bid in a national competition to knock down the “Big E,” the landmark Executive Inn Rivermont on the Ohio River in Owensboro, Ky. The sprawling hotel and convention...
Town hall event to focus on health care, other topics
Danville — U.S. Rep. Steve Buyer, R-Monticello, has scheduled a town hall meeting tonight on health-care legislation, spending and other federal issues. The session will be from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Hendricks County 4-H Fairgrounds...
Danville Town Hall taking shape
$1.6 million project prepares historic landmark to house government offices Danville’s town government will pack up and move by the end of this year to one of the oldest landmark buildings in Hendricks County. For a token $1 payment, the Town...
Beacon of Hope women's center ready to help
The Beacon of Hope Center for Women has had its share of amazing circumstances in the past two years to turn a simple suggestion into a domestic violence resource. The faith-based, nonprofit center began taking crisis calls and offering aid to...
September trial set in driveway slaying
Danville Trial is scheduled in September for John Gary Cooper, Avon, who is facing a murder charge in the death of another Avon man whom he suspected of having an affair with his wife. Cooper, 58, is charged in Hendricks Superior Court 3 with one...
Deputy hurt in crash; teen held after chase
Danville A Hendricks County sheriff’s deputy was injured in a crash during a high-speed pursuit early Wednesday near Danville. Sheriff’s Department officials said Deputy Brandon Adams crashed while chasing a car driven by Joshua Russo,...
First and foremost, Boles gets his DQ fix
Every year, judge finds his way to the head of the line on opening day Granted, the dash to the Danville Dairy Queen isn’t high on everyone’s list of events heralding the coming of spring. Punxsutawney Phil has that concession cornered....
Crime reports, fear close Danville skatepark
DANVILLE— The skate boarding area in Danville’s Ellis Park has been closed and the equipment will be sold because of a history of problems with behavior including reports of physical assaults. A series of incidents included the...
School official, wife charged in incident
Danville — Disorderly conduct charges were filed Monday in Hendricks Superior Court against Plainfield School Board member Mark J. Todisco and his wife, Linda. Both are accused of threatening police officers who were arresting their son....
