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Black Hawk up
About 80 Jay County Junior-Senior High School students who are involved in the JROTC program and some school staff had the opportunity to fly in a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk military helicopter Wednesday. Students were taken on about a 10-minute flight in the helicopter out of the Indiana National Guard …
Top-20 performance
Jay County High School freshman Abby Fifer runs in the sectional meet on Saturday. Fifer finished 14th to help clinch a regional berth. (The Commercial Review/Andrew Balko)
Getting it over
Jay County High School junior Elizabeth Barnett sends a free ball over during the IHSAA Class 3A Sectional 24 championship match at New Castle on Saturday. Barnett had six kills and 12 digs in the four-set loss. (The Commercial Review/Andrew Balko)
Slinging Smarties
Makinsey Murphy, second runner-up of the 2024 Miss Jay County Fair Queen Pageant, tosses candy to paradegoers Saturday morning along Union Street (Indiana 1) in Pennville. The parade marked the beginning of Pennville Pumpkin Festival in the park.
Fall fun
Bristol Bruggeman, 6, paints a pumpkin Thursday at Jay County Public Library during its Fall into Fun event. The partnership with Jay County Farm Bureau offered pumpkin picking and painting, fall crafts, wagon rides, outdoor games and inflatables, as well as hot chocolate, apple cider and other snacks. (The Commercial …
Project continues
Construction crews work on the east side of Meridian Street (U.S. 27) at its intersection with Washington Street in Portland on Thursday morning. The work is part of an ongoing Indiana Department of Transportation project that involves paving U.S. 27 through the city, upgrading sidewalk ramps and installing new traffic …
S’more fun
Brooklyn Herriford, 6, gets her marshmallow topped off at the smores table during the Bryant Chili and Fun Night Saturday sponsored by the Town of Bryant and the Jay County Trails Club.
Artistic evening
Delores Hart sketches out a design of the pond Friday afternoon at Hudson Family Park in Portland. The Alcove Artists’ Collective members spent their evening painting at the park. (The Commercial Review/Bailey Cline)
Recovery royalty
Fort Recovery High School crowned Gavin Evers and Anna Roessner as its homecoming king and queen prior to the football game against Parkway on Friday. Evers made up for a poor kickoff by jumping on the ball and recovering it for the Indians after an offensive touch to help them …
Clinic cheer
Harper Wendel cheers during halftime of Friday night’s Jay County High School football game against the Lapel Bulldogs. She was one of 98 girls who attended the JCHS cheerleading clinic this week and then joined the Patriot cheerleaders on the track at halftime Friday. For more on the game, see …
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