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Shuffleboard club members know when to make a push
Friendship and fun are just two of the perks of being in the Johnson County Shuffleboard Club. Staying active and competing in a game that has been around for centuries are other benefits. Knocking an opponent’s disc out of scoring position and...
Southeastside crash kills Greenwood teen
A Greenwood teen is dead and three others are in stable and grave conditions after their car lost control and crossed over a median late Saturday night into the path of another car. The incident occurred in the 1100 block of S. Madison Ave. on the...
IUPUI brings innovation to Southside
Greenwood campus opening in January promises to be ‘cutting edge’ A new IUPUI campus on County Line Road will feature innovations not available at other colleges. “We’re going to try some real cutting-edge things in...
Big boost in fire service seen
Fire Chief says $650,280 federal grant will enable White River Twp. to hire up to 6 firefighters The White River Township Fire Department will be able to boost its firefighting and ambulance service under a new $650,280 federal grant. The grant from...
Toasting fine arts, spirits
The inaugural WAMMfest attracted about 3,000 people to Craig Park in Greenwood on Saturday, according to Joyce Nies, a member of the Sertoma Club of Greenwood. The 60-member club hosted the fundraising event in partnership with Ray Skillman Discount...
Trojans rise to No. 2 in polls
Move comes after wins over Roncalli, Avon The Center Grove volleyball team rolled through its own invitational tournament Saturday and was rewarded with a move up the polls. The Trojans improved to 4-0 with a 25-19, 15-13, 15-25, 26-24 victory over...
IndyGo Express slow to catch on
Riders feel better promotion could help bus service Pat Becker is a regular rider of IndyGo’s Commuter Express service that uses posh coach buses to zip commuters to and from Greenwood and Downtown Indianapolis. But with ridership lower than...
Center Grove 2nd in volleyball poll
The 4-0 Center Grove High School vollleyball team is second in the Class 4A poll and beat defending state champion Cathedral 25-22, 22-25, 25-21, 25-15 on Tuesday. Coach Deb McClurg said the victory was a big one for the Trojans, even though...
Police investigating missing cooler units
Franklin — Police continued Tuesday to seek clues about what happened to air-conditioning units missing from 15 flood-damaged homes. The thefts occurred in June 2008 or later along streets southeast of U.S. 31 and Ind. 44. City mowing crews...
Acapulco Joe's site reopens
Greenwood — Acapulco Joe’s Mexican Foods, a restaurant founded at the corner of Vermont and Illinois streets in Downtown Indianapolis in 1969, has officially reopened in Greenwood, proprietors said. The new location at Ind. 135 and Main...
Not cool: Thieves hit air-conditioning units at 15 homes
FRANKLIN — City police continued today to seek clues to who committed the thefts of outside air conditioning units from 15 homes. The thefts occurred between June and Aug. 31 along Hemphill and Dunn streets in the neighborhood just south of...
IUPUI Greenwood campus set to open in January
Greenwood — Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis has announced plans to open a satellite campus in Greenwood. The 9,000-square-foot facility will be in the Indiana-American Water Co. building, 555 E. County Line Road, near the...
IUPUI plans to open Greenwood campus
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis has announced plans to open a satellite campus in Greenwood. The 9,000-square-foot facility will be in the Indiana-American Water Co. building, 555 E. County Line Road, near the Greenwood Municipal...
White River Township gets grant to boost fire services
The White River Township Fire Department will boost its firefighting and ambulance service under a new $650,280 federal grant. The grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will enable the department in the Greenwood area of Johnson County...
Restaurateur, race-car owner Jonathan Byrd dies
Jonathan Byrd, a long-time Greenwood restaurant operator and Indianapolis 500 race car owner, died Thursday evening Byrd had suffered a stroke in 2004. “We’re sad about it, but we’re happy now that he’s in a much better...
Authorities say mom locked kids in home
Greenwood — A Greenwood woman is facing felony charges, accused of locking four children in an apartment Wednesday while she went to work. Carmen Xique-Ortega, 23, of the 1000 block of North Paz Drive, was arrested on preliminary charges of...
Cops: Greenwood woman locked kids in apartment
A Greenwood woman faces felony charges on allegations she locked four children in an apartment on Wednesday while she was away at work. Carmen Xique-Ortega, 23, 1034 North Paz Drive, was arrested and faces preliminary charges of neglect of a...
Johnson County girl to make Broadway debut
A 10-year-old Beef&Boards Dinner Theatre actress will soon make her Broadway debut. Kara Oates of White River Township will be one of 12 ballerina girls in the Broadway show “Billy Elliot.” The 2009 Tony Award winning musical written by Elton...
Details of Greenwood/township merger plan emerge
Greenwood, White River Twp. would be split into 2 tax districts A meeting next month of the Greenwood City Council and the White River Township Board will offer the first glimpse of a plan to merger Greenwood and the township into one city. A...
Know your CGHS history? Take this anniversary quiz
Center Grove High School is marking its 125th anniversary this year, CGHS social studies teacher John Frank put together a 20-question quiz about the school: 1.) The first graduating class of CGHS (1888) had _ members. The CGHS Class of 2009 had _...
Center Grove hires 2 new principals with ties to district
The Center Grove School Board recently approved hiring two new principals. Linda Bayne is the interim principal of West Grove Elementary. Bayne previously was principal at Sugar Grove. She retired in 2008 and has worked for the district as a...
'Country girl' had solid foundation
Name: April Maulden. Grade/subject at what school: Second-grade teacher at Pleasant Grove Elementary, Center Grove. Number of years teaching : Six. Work e-mail: mauldena@center grove.k12.in.us Background/schooling : Greenwood High School class of...
Strong storms deliver punch to Johnson County
Drivers have a hard time negotiating flooded roads; lightning strikes touch off fires at homes throughout county Heavy rains and lightning hit Greenwood hard when storms swept through Central Indiana on Tuesday. Police and fire officials kept busy...
Property tax bills delayed for Johnson County
Leaders hope budget stays in black; auditor finds funds to cover payroll Cash is getting thin as Johnson County officials anticipate another delay in mailing property tax bills. The bills are expected to be sent out by the end of August — more...
Births
Community South Reported July 20 Boy — VanArsdale, Aaron and Jessica. Twin boys — Quill, Brian and Candace. Reported July 21 Girls — Armin, Ryan and Monica; Pasch, Marcia. Reported July 22 Girl — Corn, Jeremy, and Cseszko,...
Petersime learning the ropes in Orioles' system
Former Center Grove pitcher Zach Petersime is beginning his professional baseball career at the lowest level, but he’s having some success. Petersime signed with the Baltimore Orioles after being selected in the 45th round of the 2008 major...
Golfer drives home a message of faith
Two-time Masters champion Bernhard Langer was the featured speaker Tuesday at a Fellowship of Christian Athletes breakfast at The Gathering Place in Greenwood. Langer, 51, who now plays on the Champions tour, is in Indiana for this week’s U.S....
Elias makes 2 1/2 tackles in All-Star game
Three local players participated in the Grange Insurance Indiana Football North-South All-Star Football Classic at North Central High School last Friday. Center Grove’s Anthony Elias, a four-year starter for the Trojans and a University of...
Some fun at the Johnson County Fair will start today
Parade and racing at the fairgrounds will be early start While temperatures predicted for this weekend aren’t exactly fairlike — is it autumn already? — Johnson County Fair officials are prepared for packed midways and bustling...
Committee will explore options to ease overcrowding at Johnson County's justice complex
Justice-complex expansion report due on Aug. 10 Johnson County officials agree something has to be done to address the crowding issue at the county’s justice complex. The question is: What? A study committee was formed this week to explore the...
