Gundrum Funeral Home

Gundrum Funeral Home

Dr. Horace D. Smith

Dr. Horace D. Smith, 72, of Logansport, passed away Saturday, January 2, 2021 at Memorial Hospital in Logansport. Horace was born on February 11, 1948 in Norfolk Virginia and was the son of Horace D. Smith Sr. and Margie (Dameron)…

Dolores Ann “Dee” Crowe Risher

Dolores Ann “Dee” (Crowe) Risher, 90, of Logansport, passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 2, 2021. Dolores Ann was born October 10, 1930 in the front room of her parents’ Davis Road home in Logansport.  She is the daughter of…

Indiana University Kokomo Logo

IU Kokomo plans Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebrations

SOURCE: News release from Indiana University Kokomo KOKOMO, Ind. — Conversations ignited by the events of 2020 — a global pandemic that uprooted lives, protests for racial justice following the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery at the…

January 4, 2021 Update from Indiana State Department of Health

Stats from coronavirus.in.gov as of noon on January 4, 2021: Cass: 4329 (10 new cases); 43 deaths, 13.6% positivityCarroll: 1389 (17 new cases); 14 deaths, 16.7% positivityFulton: 1442 (20 new cases); 27 deaths, 11.5% positivityPulaski: 867 (2 new cases); 33 deaths, 15.4%…

January 4, 2021: 4 things to know

Here are a few things we thought you might want to know for Monday, January 4, 2021: The intersection of 3rd Street and Melbourne Avenue in downtown Logansport is scheduled to close today. The closure is expected to last through…

Indiana FSSA logo

FSSA names agency’s first chief health equity and ADA officer

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration announced that Breanca Merritt, Ph.D., will serve as the agency’s first chief health equity and ADA officer, beginning January 4. Merritt is the founding director of the Center for Research on…

January 3, 2021 Update from Indiana State Department of Health

Stats from coronavirus.in.gov as of noon on January 3, 2021: Cass: 4321 (26 new cases); 43 deaths (1 new), 13.9% positivityCarroll: 1372 (7 new cases); 14 deaths, 16.2% positivityFulton: 1422 (2 new cases); 27 deaths, 12.4% positivityPulaski: 865 (4 new…

An update on CASSINFO mobile alerts

When we started CASSINFO in 2010, the cost of providing the service was based on how many subscribers we had at any given time. A couple of years ago, the vendors began charging by the number of texts sent per…

Oris McGuire, Jr.

Oris McGuire, Jr., 83, of Logansport, passed away Wednesday, December 30, 2020, in the IU Arnett Health Hosptial in Lafayette. Oris had beat the Covid-19 virus but the toll it took on his body – having fought valiantly since the…

Michael L. Cunningham

Michael L. Cunningham, 61, of Logansport passed away at 4:05 p.m., Friday, January 1, 2021 at his home. Born on January 16, 1959 in Logansport, he was the son of the late Richard and Arlona (Woodward) Cunningham. He was a…

Dalton Allen Wallace

Its with our deepest sorrow our beloved son, father, brother, Dalton Allen Wallace, 25, of Winamac passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at his home. Born on May 11, 1995 in Winamac, he was the son of Scott…

John E. Timmons

John E. Timmons, age 75, Logansport, passed away at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 31, 2020, in I. U. Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis. Born August 9, 1945, in Logansport, he was the son of Robert L. and Marjorie J. Walters Timmons.…

Senator Braun releases joint statement on joint session on January 6, 2021

SOURCE: News release from Office of Senator Mike Braun WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Senators-Elect Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Roger Marshall…

January 2, 2021 Update from Indiana State Department of Health

Stats from coronavirus.in.gov as of noon on January 1, 2021 Cass: 4295 (41 new cases); 42 deaths, 13.7% positivityCarroll: 1366 (12 new cases); 14 deaths, 14.1% positivityFulton: 1420 (9 new cases); 27 deaths (1 new), 11.8% positivityPulaski: 861 (3 new…

Man, woman and baby with baby items

Logansport Memorial Hospital welcomes first baby of 2021

SOURCE: News release and photos from Logansport Memorial Hospital The First Baby of 2021 arrived on New Year’s Day at 1:41 a.m. in the newly-renovated Family Birth Center at Logansport Memorial Hospital. Baby girl Emmaline Grace Bennett was born on…

January 1, 2021 Update from Indiana State Department of Health

SOURCE: News release from Indiana State Department of Health INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health today announced that 6,407 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 517,773 the number…

December 31, 2020 Update from Indiana State Department of Health

Stats from coronavirus.in.gov as of noon on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020: Cass: 4196 (25 new cases); 42 deaths (1 new), 14.1% positivityCarroll: 1332 (23 new cases); 14 deaths, 15.4% positivityFulton: 1385 (8 new cases); 26 deaths (1 new), 12.5% positivityPulaski: 850 (16…