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‘Bring your dancing shoes’
Jay County Fairgrounds is hosting its first adult prom dance from 6 to 10 p.m. March 16.
Sewer rates set to go up again
Portland City Council on Monday approved up to a 36% sewer rate increase on first reading.
FR moving forward with water plant engineering
Fort Recovery Village Council agreed Monday to move forward with PMG Consulting and Shoaf Consulting for engineering work in connection with switching the village’s water plant to a reverse osmosis facility. Marvin Gnagy, owner of PMG Consulting, and Rob Shoaf, owner of Shoaf Consulting, will provide a proposal for design …
Choir wins spirit award
Jay County High School’s co-ed show choir received the Fr. Fred Link Franciscan Spirit Award on Saturday at the 50th annual Luers Show Choir Invitational in Fort Wayne.
Issues update
State Sen. Travis Holdman and State Rep. J.D. Prescott responded to questions regarding legislation on those issues during a Third House Session on Saturday at John Jay Center for Learning in Portland and updated those in attendance on legislation that is moving through the Indiana Statehouse as the end of …
Grants awarded
The Portland Foundation this week announced winter grants totaling $342,716 and Teacher Creativity Mini Grants of more than $3,000.
Evansville firm applied for landfill permit
Thirty-five years ago this week, a southern Indiana firm took a step toward potentially establishing a landfill in Jay County.
Bids opened
Both offers came in at more than $13.5 million as Portland Board of Works on Thursday opened bids for a portion of the city’s work that is required as part of its agreed order Indiana Department of Environmental Management.
Tool targets property fraud
There’s a free tool available to Indiana residents to help combat property fraud.
Officer fired, accused of sexual acts with inmate
John Richard Norris, 32, was charged in Jay Circuit Court on Feb. 21 with a Level 5 felony for sexual misconduct. According to documents filed in connection with the case, Norris allegedly “did knowingly or intentionally engage in sexual intercourse or other sexual conduct” with an inmate. Norris was arrested …
Magic surprise
Mobley, an Indianapolis magician, will seek to baffle a local audience with his “Sleight of Mind” act this weekend as he takes to the stage at 3 p.m. Saturday in Hall-Moser Theatre on the Jay County Campus of Arts Place.
Charges filed; program moving
Jay County prosecutor Wes Schemenaur said Tuesday that charges have been filed against a juvenile after the incident Friday in Jay School Corporation’s Alternate Placement Program at General Shanks in Portland.
Fort Recovery Local Schools applying for grant
Fort Recovery School Board authorized superintendent Tony Stahl on Monday to prepare and submit a $20,000 grant application to Safe Routes to School Funding as well as enter into a right-of-way agreement with the village as part of its portion of the grant application and potential construction plans.
Advisory board created for Jay County Country Living
Jay County Commissioners approved an ordinance Monday creating an advisory board of directors for the county’s residential facility.
Elliott resigns
Following Monday's Dunkirk City Council meeting, Mayor Jack Robbins shared that clerk-treasurer Tina Elliott has turned in her resignation.
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