Plymouth Police Department Assistant Chief Mark Owen presented with Key to the City

Pilot News Group Photo / Jamie Fleury Plymouth Mayor Mark Senter presents Plymouth Police Department Assistant Chief Mark Owen with Key to the City.

Article submitted by Jamie Fleury, The Pilot News Staff Writer

Plymouth Mayor Mark Senter presented Plymouth Police Department (PPD) Assistant Chief Mark Owen with a Key to the City during the Plymouth Common Council meeting Monday evening. Having served Plymouth since 1994, Officer Owen will be retiring from PPD on January 30.

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John Glenn School Corporation Achieves 100 percent Graduation Rate

Article submitted by James Master, The Pilot News Managing Editor

WALKERTON — On Dec. 30, 2022, the Indiana Department of Education announced the 2022 graduation rates for the state overall and for each school. Overall, the State of Indiana saw 86.61 percent of its students from the Class of 2022 graduating. From that list, there were about nine schools that graduated 100 percent of their senior class.  

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Bourbon Town Council Hears Municipal Water Utility, Preliminary Rate Analysis Public Hearing February 14

Article submitted by Jamie Fleury, The Pilot News Staff Writer

The Bourbon Town Council heard the Preliminary Rate Analysis on the Municipal Water Utility during their regular meeting in January.  The Council adopted Bond Ordinance 2023-1 to authorize borrowing funds on first, second and third read. The Council adopted Rate Ordinance 2023-2 on first read; pending final adoption at a public hearing scheduled for Tuesday, February 14 at 6 p.m. Adopting the Bond Ordinance simply started the rest of the process and did not obligate the Town of Bourbon to a certain rate or loan amount. The Rate Ordinance had to be approved on first reading in order to advertise and hold the public hearing.

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