Fort Recovery Village Council authorized village administration Monday to apply for grant dollars through the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Hopes are to secure $500,000 from the grant program to ...

•Jay County is no stranger to postseason success as it won the first IHSAA sectional tournament in 2024, was the regional runner-up, placed sixth at state and finished third at team state. •The ...

The Portland Foundation announced Monday in a news release that it is awarding a $50,000 grant to United Way of Jay County to help address food insecurity while Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

Christina A. Hicks, age 41, of Portland passed away on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025, in IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie. She was born in Indianapolis on Dec. 16, 1983, the daughter of Edward and ...

The Portland Foundation will hold an open house from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, at John Jay Center for Learning, 101 S. Meridian St., Portland, to celebrate executive director Doug Inman’s 30 years ...

I have bad luck in Las Vegas. I’m not talking about gambling, either. When I visited Sin City last year for a trade show, I missed Baby Schanz cutting her first teeth. I was dev ...

The Portland Foundation announced Monday in a news release that it is awarding a $50,000 grant to United Way of Jay County to help address food insecurity while Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

Portland City Council approved an economic development agreement Monday with Harmony Cafe and Studio. Jay County Development Corporation executive director Ceann Bales presented the details of the ...

Local businesses and nonprofits have plans to help in the interim.

Lana Kay (Armstrong) Johnson, 80, passed away at her home in Greenfield on Oct. 22, 2025. She was born on Sept. 6, 1945, in Blackford County to the late Gail and Mary M. Armstrong. Lana married her ...

The memorable moment came after Mississinewa (10-1) completely controlled the game, scoring on each of its first four possessions before Seth Yoder was wide right on a 39-yard field goal attempt to ...

FRHS faced an early fourth-and-3, but Alex Gaerke found Brody Barga for a 10-yard pass to keep the drive alive. The Indians continued to march down the field before Breaker Jutte punched in a 1-yard ...