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~ Church News - June 30, 2023~
(Local News ~ 06/30/23)
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Join us on July 2 at 10:30 a.m. for Sunday Morning Worship. The Rev. Dr. Quentin Madden will present his sermon titled “Freedom” based on the text Psalm 32. You may come to the in-person service or view the livestream on Facebook or listen to the broadcast in the church parking lot on 88.9 FM...
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Sounding the sirens
(Local News ~ 06/30/23)
Summer is officially here, with that comes hot weather and a chance for severe storms. Although peak severe weather occurs during the spring months of March, April, and May, Clay County was under a tornado watch just this week. Tornadoes touched down, and softball size hail was reported throughout Indiana. Sirens to alert residents of a possible tornado were set in Clay County...
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Thursday afternoon severe storm hits Clay County - Damages seem everywhere in the aftermath
(Local News ~ 06/30/23)
Weather sirens roared into life in Brazil shortly after 2:30 and again before 3 p.m. as a strange-looking wall of clouds arrived, followed by high winds and pounding rain. Moving at an estimated 75MPH, according to weather forecasters, the storm front was fierce and quick...
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July 4th Closings
(Local News ~ 06/30/23)
The Clay County Commissioners have announced to celebrate and honor our great Nation, all Clay County offices and departments will be closed on Tuesday, July 4th. Offices to be closed are the Courthouse, Highway Department, Health Department, Extension Office, WIC, Community Corrections, and Soil and Water Conservation Office...
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Pocket park coming soon
(Local News ~ 06/30/23)
There will soon be another park in Brazil. This area will be a pocket park or a mini-park. The location is on Turner Street, near East Side Elementary School. “What we got up there is just a little over an acre, and what we plan on doing, we’ll have a bathroom facility up there, and we’ll be wanting to put a 25 x 45 shelter,” explains Marv Moon, superintendent of Brazil City Parks at the City of Brazil...
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88th annual 4th of July Celebration
(Local News ~ 06/30/23)
The Rotary Club of Brazil, Indiana, is holding its 88th annual 4th of July celebration at Forest Park now through the fourth. The setup for one of Indiana's most prominent 4th of July celebrations has already begun. Trucks, trailers, and rides have already arrived and have been assembled for the festival. ...
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Celebrating Independence Day
(Local News ~ 06/30/23)
Local nursing homes and assisted living are getting ready to celebrate Independence Day—Cloverleaf Healthcare, located on S Crawford St, Knightsville, and Villas of Holly Brook, located on West US-40, are helping their residents celebrate the 4th of July by making them feel at home...
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Patriotic favorites on tap for Brazil Concert Band
(Local News ~ 06/30/23)
The Brazil Concert Band, directed by Matthew Huber, will present “Patriotic Favorites” at the special time of 7:30 p.m. this Sunday, July 2 in Forest Park, rain or shine. Among this week’s lineup are several marches by John Philip Sousa, including “Sabre and Spurs,” “George Washington Bicentennial March,” “The Invincible Eagle,” “U.S. Field Artillery,” “Hail to the Spirit of Liberty,” “The Gallant Seventh” and “The Stars and Stripes Forever.”...
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Some local Revolutionary War vets accounted
(Local News ~ 06/30/23)
Though Clay County’s founding can date back to 1825, a trio of its early pioneers has been documented as having served at later points in the Revolutionary War, according to a document from the Clay County Genealogical Society. The document lists a Michael Crooks, a Samuel Sampson and a John Yocum as having enlisted in the Continental Army...
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Private John Yocum
(Local News ~ 06/30/23)
Independence Day is a time to commemorate the signing of the Declaration of Independence of the United States on July 4, 1776. The Founding Fathers of the Second Continental Congress declared the Thirteen Colonies were no longer subject to King George III and Britain...
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Grant wins third straight Firecracker 5k Glow Run championship
(High School Sports ~ 06/30/23)
On Thursday afternoon, a 15-minute storm that blew through the Wabash Valley, including Clay County, caused mass destruction, tearing down power lines and sending thousands of citizens into the dark without power or internet for multiple days. Forest Park Golf Course, the site of the annual Brazil YMCA’s Firecracker 5k Glow Run, was put in doubt. But several patrons spent their Friday mornings helping clean up the fallen trees and limbs, allowing the show to go on without a hitch...
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