Archive - Apr 19, 2012 - News Article
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announced this week that Ind. 114 is scheduled to be closed Tuesday, weather permitting, to accommodate replacement of the bridge over the west fork of Clear Creek, between CR 200 W. and South Washington Road, approximately 12 miles east of North Manchester.
The official detour is from Ind. 5 to Ind. 14 to Ind. 9.
The bridge requires rehabilitation for continued safety to the traveling public, according to INDOT.Â
Work is scheduled to be complete by the end of August.Â
COLUMBIA CITY — The Troy Alternative Center for Learning has been in contract negotiations with Whitley County Consolidated Schools (WWCS) to extend the agreement already in place.
O’Connor said the center is an alternative and sometimes a last chance for many students, who are facing either expulsion or are simply not succeeding in a typical classroom environment.
“As we’ve looked at the data, we’ve seen the program has been successful for us,†O’Connor said. “This placement is ideal for students in need of additional social considerations.â€
COLUMBIA CITY — Whitley County’s county seat continues to display its passion for trunks, leaves, limbs and branches, having garnered nearly two decades of recognition as a safe haven for all things “hardwood.â€
“This is our 18th straight year as a Tree City,†said Mayor Ryan Daniel Wednesday, referring to the announcement by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources proclaiming Columbia City as one of 67 towns in the Hoosier State to be designated a Tree City.
The IDNR reported that among the awarded cities, Indiana’s Tree Cities planted 15,423 trees in 2011.
COLUMBIA CITY — According to Whitley County Consolidated Schools Superintendent Dr. Pat O’Connor, third-grade IREAD test results are in.
Preliminary data indicates that 92 percent of third-grade students in the district passed the test.
“We are very, very pleased with these results,†O’Connor said.
O’Connor said the district will send out letters to let all parents to know whether a student failed or passed.
Those that passed will of course move on to the next grade-level, barring the completion of other requirements to do so.
COLUMBIA CITY — A law passed by the Indiana Legislature last July was allegedly broken in Adams County this week, causing the deaths of two small children in a vehicle-buggy accident that also seriously injured four others.
According to news reports, police accuse a 21-year-old Bluffton man of texting and driving, a crime in Indiana punishable with a $500 fine as of last summer.
According to local law enforcement, using a cell phone to create and send a text message while behind the wheel requires too much attention that should be spent on the road.
WARSAW — Police from Kosciusko and Wabash counties are investigating an early Thursday morning robbery and auto thefts that occurred in Kosciusko and Wabash counties overnight.
Sheriff’s deputies from Kosciusko County responded to the McClure Oil gas station in Silver Lake at 1:30 a.m. today after receiving a 911 call on a possible robbery. As officers were en route to the location, a deputy located an unoccupied vehicle near a county road intersection.
Police were told a vehicle matching the same description had apparently fled the robbery scene with two males suspects.
COLUMBIA CITY — Trombone in hand, Foster Eber, a 17-year-old junior at Columbia City High School, is looking forward to playing and marching in the next Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Foster said the reason he auditioned came when his family was watching the parade last year on TV.
“We were watching a band, and were saying, ‘There’s probably some family in Kansas going there’s my kid on TV,’†said Foster.
During the parade, Foster heard someone on the television say the kids in the band were in high school, and they auditioned to play and march.
