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Child Care Expansion Grants Applications Now Open To Early Education Providers

Indiana’s Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning today announced that $10 million in funding...

City To Develop Shortz Nature Park

The City of Crawfordsville is pleased to announce the future development of a 47-acre nature...

Annual Exhibit Of Sugar Creek Quilters’ Guild

The Mary Bishop Memorial Gallery at the Crawfordsville District Public Library would like to welcome...

Wabash College’s Jake Oostman ’25 Earns “Realizing the Dream” Scholarship

Jake Oostman ’25 was recognized by the Independent Colleges of Indiana with a “Realizing the...

State Steps On Bugs For VW Work

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita announced a lawsuit this week against defendants accused of failing...

ACLU Rips Lawmakers Over Transgender Bill

The Indiana Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union took issue with Indiana lawmakers this...

Saturday Night Festival Entertainment Announced

This year's Saturday night Crawfordsville Strawberry Festival headliner will be hard to beat.  Together since...

Barton Welcomes Scouts

On Thursday, March 16th, 2023, Mayor Todd Barton welcomed scouts, scouters, community leaders and others...

The Lincoln School For Colored Children

EDITOR’S NOTE: In 1881 Crawfordsville School Trustees ordered a school be built at the southwest...

Keeping The Wabash River Clean

This week, I met with a few Purdue University graduate students at the Statehouse. They...