What do Whitley County residents think the phrase “Think Outside the Buck” means in terms of giving dollars to their community? They would like the community to consider this and submit their best logo design. Designs must be original and be submitted no later than July 13.

… Rep. John Bartlett added, “No one has explained to me how we can justify giving $750 million to grown men to play a boy’s game at Lucas Oil Stadium and Conseco Fieldhouse and yet we can’t fund education.”

The 2009 Major League Girls champs are the girls from the Egolf’s IGA team.

Phyllis P Miller, age 90, a lifelong resident of rural Columbia City, Indiana died Wednesday, July 1, 2009 in her residence surrounded by her loving family.

4-times the legal limit, drunks on (or off bar stools), couple drops baby on road, papers served on overdue library book and even just a simple lock out kept police busy in the past week or so.

The 2009 Turtle Days Festival Committee would like to thank everyone who helped make this year’s Turtle Days Festival a huge success, especially our sponsors. They included:

Whitley County Amateur Radio Operators or “Hams” will join with thousands of other Hams who will be showing off their emergency capabilities this weekend.

Old Settlers Days begins this week in Columbia city and runs through Saturday.

A summer tennis camp was recently held at the Churubusco Community Park as a kick-off to a week of activities and events for the annual Turtle Days Festival, June 17-20.