🌱 Hartford City man faces serious charges after 3-year-old hospitalized

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• Hartford City man faces serious charges after 3-year-old hospitalized

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 82 and low of 61 degrees.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny and warm, temps: high: 85, low: 67.
• Sunday: Not as warm with a t-storm, with a high of 76 and low of 54 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Hartford City Man Charged with Strangling Girlfriend's 3-Year-Old (wibc.com) — Hartford City readers should know that a 21-year-old local man has been arrested on serious charges after police say a 3-year-old was brought to Riley Hospital with neck injuries. Investigators allege the child reported being strangled over a dirty diaper, and court documents say the suspect later admitted grabbing the child’s neck before being booked into the Blackford County Security Center.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday June 12

• Stuffed Animal Party →
  Jay County Public Library, 315 N Ship St, Portland
  1:30 pm

Saturday June 13

• Hawaiian Theme Jeep Show →
  Frank Merry Park, 18505 N County Rd 550 E, Dunkirk
  3:00 pm
• Bubbadub Live!!!!! →
  Cornerstone Center for the Arts, 520 E Main St, Muncie
  7:00 pm

Monday June 15

• Boys' Summer Basketball League
  Madison-Grant Jr./Sr. High School MGJSHS Gymnasiums (JH and HS)
  5:00 pm
• Indiana Beasts
  Madison-Grant Jr./Sr. High School MGJSHS Softball Diamond
  6:30 pm

Tuesday June 16

• Pilates Class at the Civic Center →
  Montpelier Civic Center, 339 S Main St, Montpelier
  6:00 pm
• Gas City Concert at the Park →
  Gas City Park, 701 S Broadway St, Gas City
  7:00 pm

Saturday June 20

• French Market 2026 →
  Bad Dad Brewing Co., 407 W Washington St, Fairmount
  9:30 am
• The Eagles Project - The Eagles Tribute →
  Gas City Performing Arts Center, 100 Auditorium Dr, Gas City
  7:00 pm
• Christmas in June →
  Montpelier Motor Speedway, 700 S Jefferson St, Montpelier
  7:00 pm
• Grant County Fair-Demolition Derb →
  Gas City Park, 701 S Broadway St, Fairmount
  7:00 pm

Monday June 22

• Stories and Scoops →
  Jay County Public Library, 315 N Ship St, Portland
  1:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Focus Workforce Management posted a job opening for Distribution Associate Jobs in Hartford City. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Marion

• Indiana Has 3,945 Pending Family Green Card Cases Amid USCIS Shift (chronicle-tribune.com)

Muncie

• Jury convicts 62-year-old Marion man for Muncie pawn shop attack (wishtv.com)
• Hendricks Co. Prosecutor: Marion Co. Crime Spillover Is Fact (wibc.com)
• Franklin "Frank" Gross, Jr. · (casscountyonline.com)

Yorktown

• Mayors Highlight Regional Momentum at Forge ECI Annual Luncheon in Downtown Muncie — Muncie Journal (munciejournal.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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