Tomorrow night’s Aces football game in Lawrenceville has caused parent-teacher conferences to be moved from tomorrow evening to next Tuesday. Superintendent Dr. Chuck Bleyer explained the change at Monday night’s school board meeting…
Bleyer said this year’s change may lead to future changes in the way parent teacher conferences are scheduled…
District #348 schools will not be in session on Monday, November 4th and Tuesday, November 5th. The state mandates school be closed on Election Day.
Mark Seaton is the new director of the Wabash County Emergency Management Agency. At their meeting on Monday, Wabash County Commissioners selected Seaton from 4 applicants according to board chairman Scott West…
Seaton takes over for Mark Majors who resigned as WEMA director earlier this month after leading the agency since March of 2023 when he took over following the death of Gerald Brooks.
October 2024
Today is the first day to bid on a Mt. Carmel river camp. 14 river camps are being sold by the city along with a lot on Cherry Street. The river camps have a $2,000 minimum bid while the lot at 615 Cherry Street has a minimum bid of $15,000. Mayor Joe Judge said two of the 14 river camps do not have river access. The online auction continues through October 29th.
It’ll be 2025 before Wabash County taxpayers receive their 2023 payable in 2024 real estate taxes. County treasurer Angela Broster reported to the county board yesterday that as Wabash County transitions to a new tax system, unavoidable delays have occurred…
Broster said prepayments can be made in her office at the courthouse during regular hours. And those prepayments have spiked recently with $200,000 being taken in by the treasurer’s office bringing the total prepayments to $368,000 this year. She said you’re able to pre-pay up to the amount of what your property taxes were last year. An estimation of what your taxes will be can be obtained by contacting the treasurer’s office.
On October 20, 2024, at 10:14 p.m. Gibson County Central Dispatch received a 911 report of a disturbance that had occurred in the 200 block of South Mary Ann Drive in Patoka. Upon arriving officers on scene began an investigation into the incident. During the investigation Deputy Wyatt Hunt spoke with all parties involved in the incident and observed physical evidence that a battery had occurred. At that point Deputy Hunt placed 47 year old James Stocker of Patoka into custody and transported him to the Gibson County Jail where he was charged with Domestic Battery and Resisting Law Enforcement.
Assisting Deputy Hunt in his investigation were Deputies Eric Powell, Levi Sims, and Sgt. Loren Barchett. Also assisting in the investigation was Indiana State Trooper Tanner Hurley.
All criminal defendants are to be presumed innocent until, and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
At the October 2024 Allendale School Board meeting held in the Library of Allendale School, the board:
Approved the Annual Financial Report from Kemper CPA Group in Vincennes, Indiana. The district scored a 4.0 Financial Profile Designation, which is a perfect score. It is also the first time since FY2007 that the district has received this score.
Approved the Administrator and Teacher Salary and Benefits report to be placed on the school website for 2024-2025.
Approved to abate $10,000 from the Capital Projects Fund to the Debt Service Fund.
Voted to not send any members to the IASB conference in Chicago next month.
Approved to discard obsolete/excess equipment as presented.
1st Quarter 2024
