Portland will get a new firetruck. Portland Board of Works approved the purchase of a new tanker truck for the fire department during its meeting Thursday. At a cost of more than half a million ...

A Better Life – Brianna’s Hope founder Randy Davis (right) and Dr. Robb Kelly chat in a studio for the “Faith in Your ...

News signs are planned for Haynes Park. Signs were donated to the city, with Portland Rotary Club providing funding to create ...

Portland Police Department, Police Chief Dustin Mock and investigator Jeff Hopkins filed a motion to dismiss Monday in a lawsuit brought by former Portland police officer Patrick Long.

Jay County Public Library will host a family game show experience for children and their parents Thursday.

Breaker Jutte was selected as the 2025 Graphic Printing Company Player of the Year for football. “It means a lot,” Jutte said. “My whole life, I’ve been working my butt off just to get stronger and ...

Allyssah Marie Hughes, also known as Ally or Alice, 27, of Bath, Illinois, passed away at 2:36 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 2, 2026. She was born on Feb. 27, 1998 in Jacksonville, Illinois, to Jason Hughes ...

The Jay County High School girls swim team demolished the Bellmont Braves 132-46, while the boys fell 92-87. The Patriot girls (6-1) nearly swept the meet, as they won every event other than the ...

Both rural Portland residents have served multiple terms.

When we woke up Christmas morning, there’d been another dusting of snow; but the weather was better in the Midwest than in the Northeast. And the big storm was still in the forecasts. It was all a ...

As Hallie Schwieterman generated space just to the left of the top of the key and fired up a 3-pointer, it looked like so ...

The eighth grade squad scraped out a 31-27 victory over the Delta Eagles. Jay County (8-3) got 16 points from Boo Towell to lead all scorers. Arabella Link was second on Jay County with eight, while ...