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Triton upsets Knox in NSC battle

Published Saturday, October 6, 2018

Sometimes it’s hard to believe Triton is the same team it was in 2016.

Ancilla College hosts Marshall County Promise

Published Saturday, October 6, 2018

Ancilla College was taken over by kindergarteners and first graders as over 1400 students visited the campus for the Marshall County Promise “Walk into My Future” program.

North Judson man gets max sentence in stabbing death

Published Thursday, October 4, 2018

A Starke County judge sentenced a North Judson man to the maximum sentence behind bars on Wednesday for stabbing another man to death in 2017.

Prosecutors: 2 men held in connection with Knox rape case

Published Tuesday, October 2, 2018

A Knox man was being held on half-million dollars surety bond late Sunday on a charge he raped a woman inside his home in late September.

Culver Lion’s Club Donates dictionaries to third grade class; facilitates students’ love of learning

Published Sunday, September 30, 2018

On the afternoon of Thursday Sept 20, Valarie Cultice’s third grade class filed into the Culver Elementary School Library and sat down to receive their Student’s Dictionary donated by the Culver Lion’s Club.

Seniors victorious in KHS Powderpuff

Published Sunday, September 30, 2018

Powder-puff Football is just one of the annual Homecoming festivities that is held at Knox High School.

This year’s Powder-puff winner is the Class of 2019 Seniors.

Public invited to ‘The Experience of War’ on Tuesday

Published Friday, September 28, 2018

The public is invited to attend "The Experience of War," a special presentation by New York Times best-selling author Andrew Carroll at the Legion Memorial Building on the campus of Culver Academies, Culver. Carroll's presentation will be conducted at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2.

HVRM Fall Train Excursions

Published Monday, September 24, 2018

The Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum (HVRM) in North Judson, is offering a variety of train rides so everyone can take in the sights, sounds and smells of the autumn season. These excursions will travel through rural farm country and along wooded areas before returning to the depot.

October BaboonFest offers public rare opportunity to visit baboon sanctuary

Published Sunday, September 23, 2018

The employees of Peaceable Primate Sanctuary are getting excited about the third annual BaboonFest Oct. 14. If the residents are anxious they are hiding it really well.
Peaceable Primate Sanctuary is a retirement home of sorts for baboons and recently a new building for macaques.

Winamac air attack key to victory over Culver

Published Sunday, September 23, 2018

It was a tale of two halves in Winamac’s 41-24 win over Culver.

Winamac was missing five senior starters for this game, forcing some personnel changes. Senior starter Jeb Smith moved to receiver, and freshman Russell Compton got the start at quarterback.