Phil Smith has joined the reporting staff of The Paper of Wabash County.

His duties include coverage of the Wabash City and MSD of Wabash County school boards, along with police and fire departments. He also will have general assignment duties.

By Phil Smith

A local organization is championing a half-decade-old technology-based program to help children in need.
CarePortal is a faith-based program that uses the Internet to bridge the gap between children and families who need help and those in the community who can provide that assistance.

According to information provided by Wabash-based non-profit Josiah White’s, “CarePortal is an online platform that brings the needs of children and families in your community to your attention. Caseworkers uncover the needs. CarePortal makes local churches aware, giving them a real-time opportunity to respond.”

By Phil Smith

Wabash City Schools’ top administrator has achieved the pinnacle of education milestones.

Dr. Amy Sivley, the corporation’s superintendent, received her doctoral degree from Ball State University, according to a posting on the corporation’s Facebook page.

By Phil Smith

Wabash City Schools Superintendent Dr. Amy Sivley reported to the board of trustees Nov. 1 that student testing results prompted plans to look at possible curriculum changes in the future.

“This year we moved from the Renaissance Star Testing to NWEA (Northwest Evaluation Association),” Sivley said. “Our students in grades K through 8 took math and reading tests and we also had nine and 10th-grade English that was assessed. Our algebra (students) at the high school also took this.”

By Phil Smith

Local and state lawmakers are embroiled in the arduous task of restructuring voting territories, a project done each decade following the census with the hope of making things fair by population.

According to a press release last month from the Indiana Statehouse, the Indiana General Assembly led the way in what’s known as redistricting by approving new districts for both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Indiana State Legislature.

By Phil Smith

When Cincinnati-born Kurt Deimer first attempted to start a career in music, he was young — about 20 years old or so — and admittedly not ready.

“I knew I was going to go nowhere fast,” Deimer said last week from his Texas hotel room, where he awaited to step onto his tour bus. In just days, Deimer will take the stage at Wabash’s Eagles Theater as a recording artist, an actor and as the special guest for former Queensryche front man Geoff Tate.

Waypoint will host a dodgeball tournament on Saturday, Nov. 27.

The event will take place on Miami Street in downtown Wabash.  Sponsored by wellness-company, Undaunted Leadership, Coaching & Wholeness, the event is a fundraiser with proceeds earmarked for the direct investment in the new transitional home planned to open in early 2022.

Visit Wabash County officials announce that the exclusive 2021 ornament will be available for purchase on Tuesday, Nov. 16 beginning at 10 a.m.