Jan. 10
In 1957, police arrested a 20-year-old Wilkinson man on charges of disorderly conduct and public intoxication after an argument at the Hancock County basketball tournament.
Jan. 11
In 1957, Congressman Ralph Harvey confirmed that New Palestine would have a new post office, to be built on Bittner Road. Years later, the post office moved from its Bittner Road location to a new building, its current location at 17 S. Westside Drive.
Jan. 12
In 1965, the Daily Reporter noted that the Federal Communications Commission had approved the sale of Greenfield radio station WSMJ to WPBF Inc. of Middletown, Ohio, for $42,500.
Jan. 13
In 1937, heavy rains washed out a bridge over Nameless Creek, a mile south of the Westland School. The Greenfield fire pumper pumped water out of the basement of the Columbia hotel.
Jan. 14
In 1987, a Indiana Department of Transportation representative said work was under way to add traffic signals at U.S. 40’s intersections with county roads 500 West and 700 West, replacing the warning flashers previously there.
Jan. 15
In 1947, a fundraising drive began in Greenfield to raise money to combat polio.
Jan. 16
In 1883, Elnathan and Thomas B. Wilkinson surveyed the original plat of what became the town of Wilkinson.
In 1889, the name of the Sugar Creek post office was changed to New Palestine.
In 1896, a fire in Fortville took out the whole northeast block of Main Street businesses.
