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COLLEGE REPORT: Peals wins 3000-meter race at IUPUI Invitational
(High School Sports ~ 02/02/24)
Over the weekend, the University of Southern Indiana track and field teams split up with half of the group heading back to Louisville, Kentucky for the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational and the other making the trip to Indianapolis for the IUPUI Invitational...
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New Dollar Tree store coming soon to Brazil
(Local News ~ 02/02/24)
A new Dollar Tree is under construction at the 600 block of West National Ave and South Chicago Avenue in Brazil. “It’s exciting to see our community grow with new businesses. Expansion in our City makes us vibrant, progressive, and ready which will allow us to be more desirable for future growth within the City of Brazil,” said Janet McClellan, City of Brazil Planning and Zoning Administrator...
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Runaway Ring
(Local News ~ 02/02/24)
In a trying world, it’s nice to see there are still good people. CASE IN POINT Over the weekend, employee Jamie O’Conner, working at Harmony’s Liquor Box, a family-run business, discovered her wedding ring was gone. “The ring had a lot of sentimental value,” Masey Ward said, and her father, Derrick Ward, agreed, adding the ring had fallen off O’Conner’s hand before...
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EDWARD W. MODESITT, Brazil, IN
(Obituary ~ 02/02/24)
Edward W. Modesitt, 85, of Brazil, Indiana, passed away unexpectedly, on January 31, 2024, at his home. Ed was born on January 14, 1939, in Spencer, Indiana, the son of William and Eunice (Crosley) Modesitt. He graduated from Brazil High School with the class of 1957. He worked at Arketex in Brazil and CBS Records, and retired from AET (Hercules) as a machinist...
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Lady Knights come up short in sectional semifinal
(High School Sports ~ 02/02/24)
With two minutes left in the second of Friday night’s Class 3A Owen Valley Sectional semifinal against Northview and No. 6 Indian Creek, the Lady Knights found themselves down by just one point. And while they had seen their nine-point lead erased, Northview was in a spot where it felt like pulling an upset against the heavy favorite was more than possible...
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Lear signs with Indiana Wesleyan University
(High School Sports ~ 02/02/24)
Since the first time he picked up a baseball bat as a youngster, Northview’s Peyton Lear aspired to play at the collegiate level one day. It wasn’t until after the end of his freshman season in 2021 that Lear, who was the starting left fielder that batted at the top or in the middle of the Knights’ sectional championship-winning order, that he proved to himself that continuing his baseball career past high school was a legitimate possibility...
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TOP STORY OF THE DAY - The Emporium - A host for local small businesses PT 2
(Local News ~ 02/02/24)
On Tuesday, the Brazil Times highlighted several small local businesses located inside The Emporium. In this edition, we will focus on those remaining. Almost Anything Imprinting provides several imprinting services. Owner Katie Minaghan has been imprinting for about three years. She explained she needed a home for her business, which was being run out of her parents' basement...
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