Today's News

Since March, readers may have noticed a shuffle in staffing at the The News-Democrat and The Trimble Banner.

Changes came about when Trimble Banner managing editor Lorrie Kinkade stepped down to pursue new ventures earlier this year. For a while, Brent Shanding, Landmark Community Newspapers Inc.’s roving editor, filled in at the Bedford office. In April, News-Democrat editor Phyllis McLaughlin stepped in and took over the editor’s job there. Additionally, she has continued to manage the special sections produced by the two newspapers each month.

Steven Finkel, 21, has been arrested on first degree criminal abuse charges in connection with injuries suffered by his seven week-old son and has been lodged in the Carroll County Detention Center on $50,000 cash bond.

Finkel is scheduled for arraignment today, Wednesday, July 8 in District Court at the William Wheeler Hall of Justice in Carrollton.

Should Finkel be convicted on the class C felony charge, he could serve five to 10 years in the penitentiary and receive fines from $1,000 to $10,000.

The Trimble Banner

A portion of Trimble County history will be part of an ambitious historic renovation project on the riverfront in Madison, Ind.

David Landau and his partners in the River Mill Resort project signed a contract with the Trimble County Public Library board of trustees to remove the giant tobacco barn that stands just south of Bedford city limits on U.S. 42.

The structure stands on land purchased by the board for construction of a new library facility. Site preparation is already in progress on the property.

Bedford man charged

with felony assault, intimidation

A 18-year-old Bedford man pleaded not guilty to two felony counts in Trimble County District Court on Tuesday, June 30.

Court records indicate Jordan T. Bray was arrested June 10 on charges of first-degree assault, a Class B felony, and intimidating a participant in legal procedings, a Class D felony.