The Harlem Wizards are coming to Salem on Monday, Nov. 11 for a game at 7:00 at Salem High School’s Brooks Memorial Gymnasium.
Ticket are available for pe-sale K-12 ($8) At door ($10); Pre-sale Adult ($10) at door ($12) and Courtside ($25) includes folding chair 1st row, meet and greet with players along with a Concession voucher
Tickets can be purchased at HS athletic office or from any varsity athlete.
It is being hosted by Salem HS Athletics.
Indiana Excise Police arrested a Pierceton man today for displaying a gun while driving on US 30 in Ft. Wayne.
Five from Pekin have been arrested at a Meth Bust at a home just five houses down from Newlon’s Grocery in Pekin.
Deputy Sheriff Roger Newlon and Pekin Town Marshall Jeff Thomas are currently on the scene of the meth lab, located at 291 State Road 60, Pekin.
According to Washington County Sheriff Claude Combs, five adults so far have been taken into custody.
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The Hoosier National Forest staff have six possible prescribed burns planned for this fall.
Days available to accomplish these burns are always limited by weather and available personnel. Some of the areas may be burned while other areas may not.
Prescribed burning achieves a variety of objectives in restoring forest communities. Some areas are burned to improve oak and hickory regeneration, while others are burned to increase native grasses and keep the areas open for wildlife.
The prescribed burns could occur between the end of October and April 15 as weather and conditions are favorable.
According to Terry Severson, Hoosier Fire Management Officer, each year approximately 2,500 to 3,000 acres are prepared to be burned as weather permits. Last year Hoosier fire-fighters were able to burn only about half of the planned areas due to usually wet conditions.
Severson said in past years the Hoosier’s prescribed burns have been in the fall and in the spring. “This year we will be more opportunistic with our prescribed burning. If we have a stretch of mild winter days when the conditions are right, we could conceivably burn in December or January.”
Each of the areas will be closed to the public the day of the burn and after the burn until the area is considered safe. When there are significant numbers of burning snags, in some cases the areas may be closed for several days for public safety. Signs will be posted along the fire line and any logical entry points into the area.
Hunters are asked to used caution and pay particular attention if any signs are posted or if they plan to hunt areas planned for prescribed burns. In general Severson said fire-fighters avoid the larger burns during the firearm deer season but the two small pond areas might be burned during those weeks.
Though more areas will be planned for the spring, areas proposed to be prescribed burned this fall include:
Crawford County: •U-38 – 472-acre area south of Birdseye. (Will affect portions of the Birdseye Trail south of Mitchell Creek Road).
Jackson County: • Scott and Maines Pond – two separate units (16 and 44 acres each. One area north of Houston and one is west of Spurgeon’s Corner.
Orange County: • Roland-Moffat – the bottomland fields of this wetland area (335 acres) near Roland.
Beginning Wednesday, November 14, St.Vincent Salem Hospital Orthopedic Surgeon Waqar Aziz, MD, will offer a comprehensive hand clinic on
Thursday mornings. The clinic includes a dedicated occupational hand therapist who will be available for consultation during clinic hours. If patients require braces or splints for their issue, they can be made the same day for added patient convenience.
Types of issues/injuries treated include:
• All Wrist Disorders
• General Elbow Problems
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Numbness and/or pain in hand or elbow
• Arthritis
• Small Joint Reconstructions
• Wrist Arthroscopy
• Ganglion Cysts
• Tennis Elbow
• Tendonitis
Dr. Aziz is a Senior Fellow in Hand and Microsurgery after completing six years of hand, elbow and shoulder training at the world-renowned Kleinert Kutz Hand Center in Louisville, Kentucky and is also a Fellow in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery through the University of Vienna Medical Academy.
To schedule an appointment, or for more information, call 883-8525.
A Hardinsburg woman was killed this morning in a fatal accident on US 150 near Fredericksburg.
Pronounced dead at the scene was Alisha Riggs, 27, Hardinsburg.
According to the Indiana State Police, this morning at approximately 7:00 am, troopers from the Indiana State Police Post at Sellersburg and deputies from the Washington County Sheriff’s Department responded to a serious crash on U.S. Highway #150 just west of North Road near Fredericksburg.
The preliminary investigation revealed a 2005 Mercury Sable being driven by Jeremy Hall, 33, from French Lick, IN, was travelling west bound when he passed a vehicle.
When he pulled into the east bound lanes to pass, he struck a 1999 Ford passenger car head-on, that was being driven by Riggs, 27, from Hardinsburg, IN.
Riggs was pronounced dead at the scene and Jeremy Hall was transported by air ambulance to the University Hospital in Louisville, KY with serious injuries.
It is unknown at this time if seat belts were in use by the drivers.
A crash reconstruction team from the Indiana State Police Post at Sellersburg is reconstructing the crash scene.
This investigation is continuing with the findings in the crash being forwarded to the Washington County Prosecutor’s Office for determination of possible criminal charges.
Assisting Agencies were the Washington County EMS, Washington County Coroner’s Office and the Posey Township Volunteer Fire Department.
The East Oolitic community is honoring former Lt. Governor and current President and Chief Executive Officer of Radius Indiana Becky Skillman Saturday.
A breakfast will be served in Skillman’s honor beginning at 7 a.m.until 10 a.m. at the East Oolitic Community Center at 310 Denson Street.
The breakfast will include biscuits and gravy, link sausages, pancakes, scrambled eggs, milk, juice and coffee.
Tickets are $5 for adults, children six and under eat free. Tickets can be purchased that morning or in advance from Community Treasurer Tug Beal by calling 276-5992.
Skillman will address the crowd.
The Oolitic Town Hall and the Clerk-Treasures Office will be closed Tuesday for Election Day.
The office will reopen on Wednesday at 8 a.m.
Although no offices are up for election this year, the closing is consistent with the town’s practice of closing on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, which in three out of every four years in Indiana is election day and many government offices typically are closed.
Five people from Jennings County were arrested Sunday for allegedly throwing eggs off the I-65 overpass onto County Road 700 North and at other locations in Seymour.
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office says 19-year-old Sean D. Maxwell and four juveniles, ages 13 to 17, were arrested on four counts of criminal mischief and one count of overpass mischief. One juvenile was also charged with possession of drug paraphernalia.
Officials say when officers were on their way to the area, it was reported that a car had left the area at a high rate of speed traveling east on U.S. 31. They were unable to find the car at that time.
While officers were still in the area, Seymour Police received a report that some people were throwing eggs from the same car in the area of Community Drive near Seymour High School. There were two more reports of eggs being thrown from the car at Third and O’Brien Streets in Seymour and the vehicle was traveling going north.
Jackson County Reserve Officer Greg Murphy later found the car had returned to the area sitting in a farm lane just west of the overpass on County Road 700 North (Enos Road). Seymour Police arrived and found cartons of eggs inside the car along with drug paraphernalia.
21 Indiana state parks will close temporarily to allow for controlled deer reductions in the coming weeks.
The dates for the temporary closings are Nov. 18 and 19, and Dec. 2 and 3.
The state parks affected are Brown County, Chain O’Lakes, Charlestown, Clifty Falls, Fort Harrison, Harmonie, Indiana Dunes, Lincoln, McCormick’s Creek, Ouabache, Pokagon, Potato Creek, Prophetstown, Shades, Shakamak, Spring Mill, Summit Lake, Tippecanoe, Turkey Run, Versailles, and Whitewater Memorial. These state parks will close to the general public the evening before each of the two efforts and reopen the morning after each two-day reduction.
Only individuals drawn last September and those listed on their applications may participate at Brown County, Chain O’Lakes, Charlestown, Clifty Falls, Harmonie, Lincoln, McCormick’s Creek, Ouabache, Pokagon, Potato Creek, Prophetstown, Shades, Shakamak, Summit Lake, Tippecanoe, Versailles and Whitewater Memorial. There will be no standby drawings at those parks.
For Fort Harrison (archery hunt) and Indiana Dunes, Spring Mill and Turkey Run (firearms hunts), a public standby drawing to fill spots left vacant will take place on property each morning of the reduction.
Indiana Dunes State Park will conduct daily standby drawings at 8 a.m. CST. Potential standby participants can apply on site between 7 and 7:45 a.m. CST but cannot enter the park before 7 a.m.
Turkey Run, Spring Mill, and Fort Harrison will conduct daily standby drawings at 8:30 a.m. EST. Potential standby participants can apply onsite between 7:30 a.m. and 8:15 a.m. EST but cannot enter the park before 7:30 a.m.
Eligibility for daily onsite standby drawings is limited to Indiana residents who are 18 years of age by Nov. 18, and have any valid license to take deer in Indiana. Indiana residents who possess an Indiana lifetime license to take deer are also eligible. Participants must wear a hunter orange hat or cap and vest, coat, jacket or coveralls at all times while on the property.
To participate in the standby drawings, individuals must present a photo ID and their valid filled or unfilled license to take deer. Applications can include up to three individuals. The number of participants drawn will be based on the number of unclaimed spots for each day; it is not a first-come, first-served process. The need for stand-in hunters tends to increase with each hunt day.
Questions about participating in the standby drawings should be directed to the property of interest.
DNR biologists evaluate which parks require a reduction each year based on habitat recovery and previous harvest rates at each park. The state parks are home to more than 32 state-endangered plants and numerous significant natural communities. The reductions help control browsing by deer to a level that helps maintain habitat throughout the state parks for all plants and animals.
Information on 2014 state park deer reductions, including online applications, will be available next summer at dnr.IN.gov/fishwild. The application deadline is usually the end of August.
