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Centerville grad’s design chosen for art installation

Main Street Centerville is one step closer to its first public art installation, and the talents of a Centerville Senior High School graduate will be featured. Vice President Beth Treaster said Main Street received four proposals (three local and one from the Indianapolis area) for a town art installation up to $10,000. Main Street chose […]

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Centerville looking into splash pad

Organizations planning late July fireworks Centerville officials announced they’re gathering information about potential costs for a splash pad, approved a late July fireworks display and urged residents to cut down their electricity use during peak hours and check their smoke detector batteries. Splash pad discussion During their June 28 meeting, Councilman Jack Bodiker said he’s […]

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Live theater returns to the tent

>>  UPDATE: On Wednesday, July 6, Nettle Creek Players posted the following message on Facebook: Due to unexpected circumstances Nettle Creek Players regret to announce that our production of “A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum ” has been canceled. Our next production “The Gin Game” begins on July 22nd. We hope […]

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School Reunions

School reunions >> The 112th Centerville Alumni Banquet will be at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 25, in the junior high cafeteria. Because of COVID restrictions, banquets weren’t held for two years, so the 60-year honorees will be the classes of 1960-61-62; the 50-year, 1970-71-72 and the 25-year, 1995-96-97. Reservations are due by June 15; call […]

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Centerville OKs spending from pandemic funds

Money going for public service, community safety Money from the pandemic-related American Rescue Plan is being spent for community safety and public service purchases in Centerville. Town Council approved expenditures from the town’s ARP funds on June 14 and still has about $11,000 remaining to be spent this year. As the council approved them, council […]

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Bulldogs complete their journey

Getting to the state championship game is the difficult part: winning it is just the icing on the cake. The Centerville Bulldogs baseball team fell short of winning the state championship Friday night when they lost to the Illiana Christian Vikings 10-1. The Bulldogs achieved their stated goal made at the end of the regular […]

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Nettle Creek superintendent resigns; new one to be confirmed June 22

Nettle Creek School Corporation’s superintendent, Kyle Barrentine, has resigned in order to become superintendent at Shenandoah School Corporation, near Middletown. In a letter he posted on social media, Barrentine said the Nettle Creek school board will meet Wednesday, June 22, to confirm a contract with Emily Schaeffer as the new superintendent. Barrentine’s letter is reproduced […]

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Bulldogs advance to State championship game

During his post-game comments, after watching his team come back from a seventh inning deficit to win the south Semi-state baseball championship game, Centerville Head Coach Tracey Crull covered his face and said, “We are going to Victory Field. I can’t believe it.” Believe it Coach. For the first time in history a Wayne County […]