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September 7, 1895, was surely a day of celebration when the Pulaski County Board of Commissioners officially took custody of the current Pulaski County Courthouse property from the architects and builders. Now, 130 years later, the Pulaski County community is celebrating once again with the...
The regular county council meeting on Sept. 8 was recessed so a public hearing could be held on the proposed 2026 Pulaski County budget. Auditor Teresa Bryant said that the total 2026 budget for Pulaski County is $26,738,507. Grants make up approximately $5 million of this budget. The line item...
The town hall that was scheduled to be held on Saturday, Sept. 6 was canceled due to concerns with an email that was sent to several elected officials on Friday, Sept. 5. According to the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office, the email stated that certain elected officials would be injured or killed in...
Elementary principal Shawn Walsh and middle and high school principal Mike Carlson shared updates on the successful start to the year and outlined goals for the coming months during a regular school board meeting on Sept. 4. Principal Walsh said that the elementary students and teachers have...
A group of passionate alumni and Medaryville community members have formed a group, the Friends of the Medaryville Gymnasium, with a mission to preserve and rehabilitate the historic Medaryville High School gymnasium building to its former glory. The building has been most recently used as the...
A proposed merger between the building and zoning department and the community development commission (CDC), introduced at last month's joint session by Don Street, President of the Board of Commissioners, was met with disapproval from Commissioner Jenny Knebel. Further discussion on the topic...
At the Sept. 2 regular commissioners meeting, it was suggested by President Don Street that they look into potentially privatizing the Pulaski County Recycling and Transfer Station. President Street said that he emailed Auditor Teresa Bryant and she provided the station’s financial information from...
The Medaryville Town Council addressed a couple of different items before discussing the 2026 budget during a special session on Aug. 25. The first topic the board addressed were the vacant lots next to the former Pizza King property (417 E. Main St.). President Ashlee Salyer said that the town has...
The iconic bronze statue "The Teacher" is marking 23 years on the county courthouse lawn this next week. The sculpture of a Native American father teaching his son how to spear fish in the Tippecanoe River was created to honor the native Potawatomi and Miami tribes, who were the first people in the...
At the county council meeting on August 11, questions were asked during public comment about the money that was to be received by the county for the negotiation, execution and implementation of the economic development, decommissioning, road use and drainage repair agreements between the...