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Winter storm warning Dec. 25-26
Updated on: 12.25.12

From the National Weather Service:

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT HOLIDAY TRAVEL...
.LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER TEXAS WILL TRACK UP THROUGH
THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TO THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.
STRONG WINDS ALONG WITH HEAVY SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN
WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL INDIANA.
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM
EST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...BLOWING SNOW WITH FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE
SOME AREAS....WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM
EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* IMPACTS: 6 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW. HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN A BAND 50
MILES TO EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM VINCENNES...TO
SHELBYVILLE...TO WINCHESTER. LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE
IS POSSIBLE SOUTH OF A LINTON TO GREENSBURG LINE MAINLY LATE
TONIGHT. WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WEDNESDAY WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* TIMING: BEGINNING AFTER 9 PM CHRISTMAS TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* WIND CHILL VALUES: LOW TEENS.
* FORECASTER CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM. THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY
AS TO THE TRACK OF THE LOW. A MORE WESTWARD TRACK OF THE LOW
WOULD RESULT IN LOWER SNOW TOTALS AS MORE WARM AIR WOULD
OVERSPREAD THE AREA. IF THE LOW TRACKS FURTHER EAST...THE
COLDER TEMPERATURES WOULD RESULT IN HIGHER SNOW TOTALS.

Obituaries
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Dorothea “Dot” Johnson, 84, Bloomington
  Brown County native

Jeanette E. McGuire, 92, Columbus
  Mother of Sharon (Gary) Hoover of Nashville

Robert E. “Bob” Neat, 89, Brown County
  Grandfather of Joy (Aaron) Jackson of Nashville

  • June 19
    Brown County Commissioners
    6 p.m. County Office Building, Salmon Room, 201 N. Locust Lane
  • June 19
    Wednesday at BCSP
    10 a.m., 2 p.m. Brown County State Park
  • June 20
    Snake program at BCSP
    10 a.m. Brown County State Park Nature Center
  • June 20
    Gospel jam session
    6:30 p.m. Country Gospel Music Church, Gnaw Bone
  • June 21
    Bingo
    6 p.m. Fruitdale Fire Station, 5200 State Road 135 North, Bean Blossom
  • June 22
    Euchre at Sycamore Valley
    6 p.m. Sycamore Valley Senior Ctr., 746 Memorial Drive, (fairgrounds)
  • June 25
    Zumba at Becks Grove
    6:30 p.m. Becks Grove Christian Church, 8009 Becks Grove Road
  • June 26
    B.C. Election Board
    2 p.m. County Office Building, Second floor Salmon Room, 201 N. Locust Lane, Nashville
  • June 27
    Gospel jam session
    6:30 p.m. Country Gospel Music Church, Gnaw Bone
  • June 28
    Bingo
    6 p.m. Fruitdale Fire Station, 5200 State Road 135 North, Bean Blossom
  • June 30
    Community Republican picnic
    1 p.m. Strahl Lake shelter house, Brown County State Park
  • July 1
    Brown County Commissioners
    4 p.m. Commissioners Office, Second floor, County Office Building, 201 N. Locust Lane
  • July 4
    CLOSED - Town Hall and county government offices
  • July 4
    Dave Miller at Farmhouse Cafe
    5:30-7:30 p.m. Farmhouse Cafe, 5171 Bean Blossom Road, Nineveh
  • July 13
    Children's tea at the library
    2 p.m. Brown County Public Library, 205 North Locust Lane