Archive for February 2023
Best Equipment Co. Announces New Headquarters in Noblesville
Best Equipment Company has announced plans to build a new 35,000-square-foot headquarters in the City of Noblesville. Family owned and operated since 1917, Best Equipment is relocating its headquarters from Lawrence, Ind. “Best Equipment’s decision to relocate their corporate headquarters to Noblesville continues our strategy to grow our economic base through corporate relocations in our…
Read MoreProm Night Train, Valentine Ballet, Heart Hike, Goddess Brunch, More This Weekend
A home show, a sweetheart ballet, Prom Night Train, Heart Hike, plays and more can be found in our list of more than 25 things to do this weekend and beyond: 1. Visit the Suburban Indy Home & Outdoor Living Show beginning at 10 a.m. today, Saturday and Sunday at Grand Park Event Center in…
Read MoreEmbracing Black Culture Features Fall Creek Junior High Artists and Local Fiber Artist
Fall Creek Junior High art students, under the guidance of art department chair Michelle Feeney, have developed their own self-portraits inspired by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat’s unique style. These self-portraits are on display in the Fishers Arts Council Gallery at the Collaboration Hub at the Hamilton County Community Foundation this February. The students captured themselves…
Read MoreApplications Available for Indiana Court of Appeals
Chief Justice Loretta Rush announced yesterday that the Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission will begin accepting applications for a vacancy on the Court of Appeals. The position on the state’s second highest court will become available when Judge Margret Robb retires this summer. The chief justice encourages eligible Indiana judges and lawyers to consider applying. Applications…
Read MoreLeft to My Own Devices
Mary Ellen and I compete against each other every evening as we watch Jeopardy! I usually win because she is also playing Sudoku and is only listening to the show. She doesn’t realize the closed captions come up on the screen to reveal the answer before contestants buzz in. So, when I hear a clue…
Read MoreMeeting Notice: Noblesville Council Public Safety Committee 03/14/2023
The Noblesville Council Public Safety Committee Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023 has been changed to Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at 1:30 p.m. in the Council conference room at City Hall, 16 South 10th St.
Read MoreNew Book About ‘65 Palm Sunday Tornadoes Now Available Online
A new book covering Indiana’s worst natural disaster — The 1965 Palm Sunday Tornadoes in Indiana — is now available from national publisher The History Press. The book was written and compiled by Tipton-based author Janis Thornton. The tornadoes that devastated much of Indiana were part of a collective rampage that ripped through six Midwestern…
Read MorePhilip Barkley
March 22, 1935-February 4, 2023 Philip Barkley, age 87, passed away at his home in Sheridan, Indiana on Saturday morning, Feb. 4, 2023. Born March 22, 1935, in Tipton, Indiana, he was the son of the late Theodore M. and Elizabeth F. (Skelton) Barkley. He was a 1954 graduate of Kokomo High School, and worked…
Read MoreSERVPRO is Urging Property Owners in Noblesville to Focus on Disaster Readiness
Since Fall 2022, the United States has experienced extreme weather from coast to coast ranging from major rain and flood events to hurricanes and tornadoes to extreme freezing conditions including a “once in a generation blizzard.” As catastrophic weather events impact property owners more frequently, it magnifies the need for disaster readiness ahead of this…
Read MoreCommittee Scales Down Pregnancy Child Support Proposal
By Leslie Bonilla Muñiz House lawmakers on Wednesday approved a scaled-back version of a bill that originally would’ve let expectant mothers claim child support beginning at conception — in the wake of Indiana’s much-litigated abortion ban. Instead, the House Judiciary Committee stripped the bill and replaced it with language allowing courts to make fathers pay…
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