The Starke County EMS Department has secured some additional grant funds. Starke County EMS Director Travis Clary updated the Starke County Commissioners about the funds received last week.
Continue readingEastern Pulaski School Board Votes to Change Banks
According to Eastern Pulaski Community Schools’ Superintendent Dan Foster, the corporation has been having some concerns with their primary financial provider for several months now. Issues included inconsistency, unreliability and an abundance of unnecessary fees.
In order to solve the problem, a proposal was composed and sent out to several potential providers. The current institution did not even reply to the proposal. This led Superintendent Foster to address the school board Monday evening and suggest switching their primary financial institution to one of the two places that did respond. Continue reading
New Scam Reported; Never Give Out Personal Information Over Phone
The Plymouth branch of First Source Bank has reported a new scam in the area that has already victimized a client of the bank. Cheryl Scarberry, operations manager at the bank, said a woman called her and explained that her husband had died just a few weeks ago. Recently, she said she had been called by someone who claimed to be with Social Security and expressed their sympathy at her loss before explaining they wanted to help her get things arranged to get the most benefits that she could from her late husband’s Social Security.