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High School Roundup: Homestead comes back to beat South Side in sectional finals VICTORIA JACOBSEN | The Journal Gazette South Side held Homestead to just nine points in the first half, but the Spartans shut down the Archers in the third quarter and did just enough to win 33-31 and claim the Class 4A Columbia City sectional title on Saturday night, Homesteads third straight sectional title and seventh in eight years.  Junior Ayanna Patterson scored 21 of her teams points, and the Spartans (18-...

The countys numbers surged over the past two weeks. As of Jan. 20, Delaware County showed a total of 8,982 confirmed cases and 134 deaths.

Court hears trafficking, domestic charges Perreira GREENVILLE — Three people appeared in Darke County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday. Judge Jonathan P. Hein presided. Jacob P. Ritchie, 29, of New Madison, appeared in court for a change of plea. Ritchie pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated trafficking of drugs, a fourth-degree felony. Possible, but not mandatory, sentences include 16 months incarceration and a $2,500 fine. On this case, a license suspension is a mandatory requirement of s...

The state health department updated Indiana's color-coded map again on Jan. 20 to show how COVID-19 is spreading.

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Courtesy-Indiana DNR INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Conservation Officer Dave Moss was recently selected as the 2020 District 6 Indiana Conservation Officer of the Year. He has been a DNR officer since 2009 and serves as an emergency vehicle operator instructor, CPR instructor, field training officer, sonar operator, and public relations officer. Moss is assigned to Bartholomew County and DNR District 6, which also covers Johnson, Brown, Shelby, Hendricks, ...

“Soil is one of our most valuable resources,” said Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch. “I commend our State Soil Conservation Board for continuing this award, even through this difficult year. I want to congratulate our conservation districts and soil health organizations for their awards, and I am looking forward to seeing the work they continue to do to conserve our natural resources.” The Clean Water Indiana program is administered by the state’s conservation board. The program provides fina...

Now, the riddle was who wanted the popular young man dead? Detectives began combing through every aspect of Briar’s life, friends, family, feuds. But the quest for the killers wasn’t going to be anything like the quest for the Holy Grail. Briar had been seeking visitation rights for the child he had with Fort Recovery (Ohio) High School softball coach Esther Stephen, 29. Shea Briar wanted more time with the child he shared with Stephen. Photo by HANDOUT /GOFUNDME According to court docum...

Forty-six other counties were in the next-riskiest orange rating of the four-level system, which is updated weekly.

INDIANAPOLIS — Nearly half of Indiana counties were rated with the highest risk level of coronavirus spread in Wednesday’s state update after state officials corrected a flaw in Indiana’s reporting. The Indiana State Department of Health tracking map labeled 45 of the state’s 92 counties the most dangerous red category, up 21 from a week earlier. Forty-six other counties, including Knox County, were in the next-riskiest orange rating of the four-level system, which is update...