subscribe: Posts | Comments

RECENT FROM Human Interest

Dad Who Sewed Son’s...

Dad Who Sewed Son’s Butt Shut Takes Plea Deal

A Waukegan, Ill., man avoided prison time for a January 2008 do-it-yourself surgical procedure in which he...

RECENT FROM Business

IIB: Carbon Motors Not Gi...

IIB: Carbon Motors Not Giving Up

Inside Indiana Business …  Despite being rejected for a federal loan the company says it needed to...

RECENT FROM Politics

Politicians line up for p...

Politicians line up for praise

When it was first reported that Goodwill was going to build a new store near Wallmart in Connersville,...

Urban ignores Indiana rules – r...

Breaking a tie vote by City Council is part of the duties of a City mayor. “That’s why you make the big...

Urban ignores Indiana rules – refuses to vote
posted on: Mar 23, 2012 | author: towncow

Urban meets with Lawrenceburg mayor t...

A city official with knowledge of the situation has told Towncow that Mayor Leonard Urban met today with Dennis Carr,...

Urban meets with Lawrenceburg mayor to discuss refund of riverboat funds?
posted on: Mar 17, 2012 | author: towncow

IDEM sends “notice of violation...

There are hundreds of junk tires -even on the roof of the C & C Tire Services Inc. The Fayette County Area Plan...

IDEM sends “notice of violation” to C&C Tire
posted on: Mar 16, 2012 | author: towncow

Urban sighting?

With Mayor Leonard Urban being a no-show at the resent Carbon Motors announcement everyone realized bad news was...

Urban sighting?
posted on: Mar 10, 2012 | author: towncow
Urban’s demands met – Carbon loan denied

Urban’s demands met – Carbon loan...

posted on: Mar 8, 2012 | author: towncow

On Monday it was reported by Channel 6 news that Connersville mayor Leonard Urban demanded answers from the Department of Energy on the $335 million...

USA TODAY uncovers support for energy loans

USA TODAY uncovers support for energy loans

posted on: Mar 8, 2012 | author: towncow

WASHINGTON – Republican members of Congress investigating federal loan guarantees to now-bankrupt energy companies told Energy Secretary Steven Chu...

Urban’s “Worse case scenario” coming true in October

Urban’s “Worse case scenario” coming true in ...

posted on: Mar 7, 2012 | author: towncow

A 30% sewer rate increase approved in 2009 will kick-in this October   In 2009 Mayor Leonard Urban said,  ”If everything goes bad...

Secretary Chu Declines To Comment On Carbon Loan

Secretary Chu Declines To Comment On Carbon L...

posted on: Mar 6, 2012 | author: towncow

theindychannel.com – The mayor of Connersville is demanding answers about a $335 million loan from the Department of Energy that’s...

Urban: From Kentucky Colonel to Citizen of the Year … for what?

Urban: From Kentucky Colonel to Citizen of th...

posted on: Mar 1, 2012 | author: towncow

Seriously … for what? The Fayette County Chamber of Commerce’s annual “Citizen of the year” award has officially lost all credibility. What...

Updated: Urban says Carbon Motors is now “a long shot”

Updated: Urban says Carbon Motors is now R...

posted on: Feb 29, 2012 | author: towncow

“It’s a long shot,” Urban tells Channel 13 about Carbon Motors, “those jobs could be lost, I wake up at night thinking about...

Prosecutor Faw Guilty of Professional Misconduct

Prosecutor Faw Guilty of Professional Miscond...

posted on: Feb 27, 2012 | author: towncow

The Indiana Supreme Court has ruled that Fayette County Prosecutor and former Connersville Police Chief Ken Faw has violated the Indiana professional...

Urban fails to apply for grant

Urban fails to apply for grant

posted on: Feb 18, 2012 | author: towncow

Last year Connersville was denied a $250,000 grant from the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs  for downtown improvements. Grant...

New feature: Towncow Password Hunt

New feature: Towncow Password Hunt

posted on: Feb 16, 2012 | author: towncow

Towncow will occasionally be featuring new Scavenger hunt riddles for you to enjoy.  Your goal is to find and enter the correct password to unlock...

Will Fayette County School Superintendent be effected?

Will Fayette County School Superintendent be ...

posted on: Feb 16, 2012 | author: towncow

The cost of Indiana education An examination of 275 Indiana school superintendent contracts   IBJ.COM … Bill seeks school superintendent...

West Virginia Sheriff Stole Election: Pleads Guilty To Voter Fraud

West Virginia Sheriff Stole Election: Pleads ...

posted on: Feb 12, 2012 | author: towncow

A West Virginia sheriff pleaded guilty to voter fraud in the state’s 2010 primary election including illegally filling in some absentee ballots...

Tree pruning gone bad … will it live?

Tree pruning gone bad … will it live?

posted on: Feb 11, 2012 | author: towncow

It seems like Mayor Urban has ordered the Connersville Street Department to hack off the tops of every city street tree within the community so we...

Pal-Item: Death penalty not sought against ac...

posted on: Feb 3, 2012 | author: towncow

A Glenwood man charged with five counts of murder will not face the death penalty. David Ison, 46, could spend his life in prison without parole if...

« Previous Entries Next Entries »