Nonprofit RBB Family Thrift Store changes management

RBB Family Thrift Store Board President Shirley Willingham has announced her resignation from the board of directors effective immediately. “I have not been able to keep the store up as I had planned, nor do I have the energy to continue,” Willingham said. “I am turning management over to the board in hopes they can … Read more

Defunct town of Mount Tabor was major commercial hub

In some springs, the White River filled the streets with enough water to launch boats carrying young men and goods toward New Orleans. Others, the Bean Blossom Creek watershed was enough. Each year, men prepared temporary wooden, rectangular boats called flatboats for the trip. They spent two to three months on the White, Wabash, Ohio … Read more

Citizen reports lead to the arrest of alleged local thief

Citizen reports helped the Ellettsville Police Department arrest an alleged serial thief last week. Police began receiving complaints of unlocked vehicles being broken into on Ritter Street, Dewey Drive and Seneca Street on July 9, according to a press release issued by EPD Public Information Officer Tony Bowlen. On the afternoon of July 13, police … Read more

Ellettsville Plan Commission rejects petition to build apartments near Litten Estates

The Ellettsville Plan Commission rejected a petition from Quality Realty & Development to build apartments bordering the Litten Estates subdivision at its July 7 meeting. All members of the commission were present, except for Don Calvert. Since first coming before the commission in April, and after a neighborhood meeting with Litten Estates residents, Ellettsville Planning … Read more

Timing leads to questions of validity for public safety tax

The Indiana Department of Local Government Finance may invalidate Monroe County’s new public safety tax due to a timing conflict. State legislation passed last year that consolidated several local option income tax categories into a single local option income tax replaced the existing code on July 1. “The state did not want the counties to … Read more

Police in pursuit of Peoples State Bank robbery suspect

A suspect in the robbery of the Peoples State Bank at 601 E. Temperance St. on June 30 is still on the loose. According to an Ellettsville Police Department press release, the man entered the bank at 2:10 p.m. and handed a bank employee a note demanding money. He retrieved the note after receiving the … Read more

Stinesville latest to commit to state accounting standards

The Stinesville Town Council adopted a resolution committing to new financial control requirements at its July 5 meeting. All council members and Stinesville Clerk-Treasurer Lois Pursell were present. New rules established by the Indiana State Board of Accounts late last year require that more than one person in every local government statewide be responsible for … Read more

Morgan County Circuit Court sentences paycheck forger

A man who posed as a Comcast employee to cash a fraudulent check in Ellettsville last August was sentenced to two years in jail in Morgan County on June 20. Ohio resident Robert Yontz, 42, asked to purchase two packs of cigarettes with a Comcast paycheck and cash the remainder at the Westside General Store … Read more

Ellettsville Police obtain 2016 Charger, fixes up 2005 Durango

Ellettsville Police Department Deputy Marshal Zachary Michael was recently assigned a new police cruiser, a 2016 Dodge Charger sporting the new police department decals. The new cruiser replaced a 2010 vehicle. Michael will be its sole driver. EPD purchased the car as part of a developmental plan to replace two patrol vehicles each year. Once … Read more