Portland City Council approved a road use ordinance on first reading and heard an update on the city’s sidewalk replacement/installation program during their regular meeting.

First it was cutting the lead in half in the top of the second inning. Then Caden Grisez escaped jams in the bottom of the ...

Cody DeHoff and Dawson Goldsworthy rounded out the Patriots’ score with a 44 and 45, respectively. DeHoff’s highlight came on the sixth with a birdie, while Goldsworthy made par on the sixth and ninth ...

A major capital improvement project for Jay County Junior-Senior High School took another step forward Monday. Jay School ...

Also Monday, council approved a $406,103.85 bill from Caldwell Tanks for work completed on the second water tower in the village. Diller pointed out the tower is nearly complete, with electrical and ...

Donald Cooke Sr. age 77, a resident of Portland, passed away Saturday, May 31, 2025, at Silver Birch Assisted Living in Muncie. Donald was born Aug. 27, 1947, in Southampton, Virginia, the son of ...

Stockholm gets a bad rap from “Stockholm Syndrome.” Let’s just call it what it is: Cluelessness.

Fort Recovery High School seniors received a variety of awards and scholarships at the end of the school year. Kennedy Muhlenkamp earned the title of valedictorian, and Anna Roessner received the ...

Esther Crandall (Hannah), Inara Sanderson (Ellie Blake) and Ali McGraw (Gretchen) brace themselves during “Freaky Friday” ...

As an honorably discharged veteran of deployed U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Pacific Fleet service, I returned home to east central Indiana a few months before my August 1989 discharge date in May 1989.

PENNVILLE — The AgBest Express Rockets won a pair of games 4-1 in the Pennville Soccer League’s Space Division on Saturday as Anniston Hammond and Natan Perez combined for the eight goals. In the win ...

Jay County Public Library’s super summer reading challenge starts this week. Reading logs are available at the library for all ages. They include a superhero-themed task to complete. Once finished, ...