Every year, when November rolls around, newspaper columnists feel it’s their duty to decry how much the Christmas season has been extended and how commercialized it’s become. You know the pieces I’m ...

Grace Jarrells was selected as the 2025 Graphic Printing Company Player of the Year for girls soccer. “I honestly never expected it,” Jarrells said. “Its a really great thing to hear and I just hope I ...

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 ...

•Was reminded that JCDC will hold its Christmas open house from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2. •Approved its credit card policy.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

After more than 39 years at Portland Post Office, postmaster Paul Keen has retired. Postal workers celebrated Keen’s ...