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• New traffic pattern for Mallory Parkway at US 31 begins this week

  FRANKLIN, Ind. - The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has announced that, starting on or after October 19, drivers heading east or west on Mallory Parkway in Franklin may only turn right onto U.S. 31.

• JCCF 'Community Needs Grant Cycle' is open

  FRANKLIN, Ind. - The 2026 Johnson County Community Foundation (JCCF) Unrestricted Community Needs Grant Cycle is still accepting applications.

• Greenwood Fire Department achieves 'ISO Class 1' rating

  GREENWOOD, Ind.— The Greenwood Fire Department (GFD) has earned an "ISO Class 1 Public Protection Classification" (PPC) rating, placing the department among the highest-rated fire protection organizations in the country.

• Purdue University research team searches for Amelia Earhart's lost plane

  NIKUMARORO, Kiribati — Almost 90 years after the plane went down, the search for what could be Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Electra 10-E continued last week in Nikumaroro's Lagoon. Unfortunately, on Sunday, Oct. 18, the research team confirmed that the object it thought might be the plane was not Earhart's aircraft.

• Edinburgh awards $1.4M contract for industrial substation control building

  EDINBURGH, Ind. - The Town of Edinburgh is moving forward with major upgrades to its electrical infrastructure following approval of a key contract for its Industrial Park Substation project.