By Steve Clark - Thursday, January 3, 2019 7:43 AM
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As Chris Newton’s tenure as sheriff of the Huntington County Sheriff’s Department begins, he describes the department as a “well-oiled machine.”
He credits that to his predecessor, Terry Stoffel, whom he served under for eight years as the department’s chief deputy. Stoffel was a mentor to him during that time, shares Newton, and his tutelage prepared him for the opportunity to succeed him.
By Rebecca Sandlin - Monday, December 31, 2018 12:25 PM
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A move by Pathfinder Services Creative Abilities has led to not only new digs, but a new market – and new friendships.
The art studio, the clients of which are artists with primarily developmental disabilities, moved from its former home on Theater Avenue after the lease ran out on its building Nov. 1, and landed at Café of Hope, a ministry of Life Church, located at 900 E. State St., Huntington. Those with Creative Abilities, Café of Hope and Life Church say it’s a partnership made in heaven.
By Rebecca Sandlin - Thursday, December 27, 2018 8:03 AM
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Over the past several decades, Bob Crispen has literally put the rubber to the road in helping people – namely, children in need of specialized medical services.
Recently he reached a milestone and his personal goal, making his 365th trip chauffeuring kids and their families to a Shriners Hospital for Children.
On Dec. 3 he surpassed that goal with trip No. 367 – one for each day of a leap year plus an extra for good measure.
Monday, December 24, 2018 2:33 PM
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As the season drew to a close for the Huntington North High School girls’ swim team this past February, Alayna Stroup had reason to smile. The sophomore had qualified for the second day of competition at the formidable Warsaw Sectional. Competing in the 100-yard backstroke for the Lady Vikings, she achieved a clocking of 1:13.51.
It was her fastest time ever.
By REBECCA SANDLIN - Monday, December 17, 2018 7:12 AM
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A recently-opened residential ministry – modeled after one already in operation in Huntington – is already near capacity, as young women struggling to overcome the throes of opioid addiction find their recovery grounded in faith.
By Rebecca Sandlin - Monday, December 10, 2018 7:59 AM
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With the 175th anniversary of SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church coming up in 2019, the leadership of the church thought it would be a good time to update the interior and bring it back to much of its former glory.
By Rebecca Sandlin - Thursday, December 6, 2018 8:00 AM
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When the 16th annual Shop with a Cop night gets underway on Tuesday, Dec. 18, Huntington County Sheriff Terry Stoffel will have extra manpower to help underprivileged kids shop for Christmas. Now, he just needs some donations.
By Steve Clark - Monday, November 26, 2018 8:00 AM
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Tatjana Pasalic Karr once played in a poker tournament where there was a lot more at stake than money.
Karr currently works for Joseph Decuis, in Roanoke, but before that, she covered poker events all over the world, working for poker tours and media outlets.
By Rebecca Sandlin - Wednesday, November 21, 2018 7:44 AM
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Members of the newly launched USS Indiana will enjoy some northern Hoosier hospitality when they dine on hand-breaded tenderloins from Huntington’s Nick’s Kitchen, compliments of Huntington County’s commissioners.
A ceremony marking the Virginia-class nuclear submarine’s entry into active service in the U.S. Navy was held Sept. 29, in Port Canaveral, FL, and each of the Hoosier state’s 92 counties sponsored its commission.
By Katelynn Farley - Monday, November 19, 2018 7:59 AM
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It’s 5:30 a.m. The alarm blares. Emily Freise blindly paws at her clock until it finally becomes silent. She climbs down from her bunk and gets dressed. Horse figurines of all shapes and sizes fill the shelves that line her walls.
Her chores for the day begin.
By Rebecca Sandlin - Thursday, November 15, 2018 8:42 AM
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An idea that grew out of a Huntington County Leadership Academy think tank is taking aim at filling empty buildings in Huntington and throughout the county.
Simply called the “Huntington County Vacant Buildings Committee,” the group is looking for commercial buildings that are without occupants, with the idea of connecting them with businesses that are seeking a spot to land.
The group is made up of three Leadership Academy graduates, Dessie Krumanaker, Malcolm McBryde and Terry Miller, who came together during the 2018 academy in March.
By Steve Clark - Thursday, November 8, 2018 8:29 AM
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The Parkview Huntington Family YMCA celebrates its 10th anniversary today, Thursday, Nov. 8.
While the facility has been around for a decade now, there are still some items in it that trace their origins back to the establishment that it replaced, the Huntington YMCA.
Among those items? The spin bikes.
“Those have been holdovers from the old Y,” notes Ben Davis, CEO and executive director of the Parkview Huntington Family YMCA. “So, we have spin bikes that are more than 10 years old – which is way longer than their anticipated lifespan.”
By Steve Clark - Monday, October 22, 2018 8:23 AM
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Jon Anderson’s favorite projects are the ones that almost don’t happen.
Anderson is the president and chief executive officer of AP Development LLC, an Indianapolis-based real estate development company that is overseeing the rehabilitation of Huntington’s UB Block. It’s a project that qualifies as one of Anderson’s favorites because it has saved historic buildings for which demolition loomed.
Monday, October 15, 2018 7:54 AM
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Indiana Extension Homemakers Week is Oct. 15 to 19 and a display was used during September to highlight the local homemakers’ activities for Huntington County at the Huntington Branch of the Huntington City-Township Public Library.
This month members of the Huntington County Extension Homemakers will read books to the preschoolers at Head Start. The organization reads to the children four times a year. In preparation for the event, the extension homemakers made 72 book bags to give to the children at the first reading to keep their books in.
By Rebecca Sandlin - Thursday, October 4, 2018 8:04 AM
The Huntington County Humane Shelter says animal abandonment is on the rise in the county, sometimes with dangerous or even fatal consequences.
“Abandoning animals at the shelter is a very big problem, and a lot of people don’t realize that the majority of them do not stay there,” says Huntington Animal Control Officer Jean Wilson. “If they do not bring them in during our business hours when we ask them to and they just leave them on the property, we can’t guarantee that they are safe.”