Parkview Regional Medical Center (PRMC) and Affiliates has announced the recipients of its 2025 Community Health Improvement (CHI) grants in Allen County, distributing more than $1.6 million to local programs and organizations and more than $1.2 million toward Parkview’s community nursing program, focused on promoting health access for underserved populations. The CHI program, funded through…
Changing Footprints recently achieved an impressive milestone, collecting 291 pairs of shoes from 14 drop-off bins located throughout Allen County in a single week. These shoes were paired, counted, and transported to the organization’s “shoe shed” in New Haven, where they were sorted into 42 categories. Each pair was then packed into labeled banana boxes…
In honor of Allen County Indiana’s 200th Anniversary, Woodburn Main Street will have a ribbon cutting at 10:00 a.m. on December 14, 2024. This ribbon cutting is to show off the new monument in town (shown above). This monument was part of a county-wide project to honor this milestone of history. Also on December 14th,…
The Heritage Lions in Hoagland delivered over 5,000 pairs of eyeglasses, collected from over 60 locations in Allen County, to Kevin McDermit, President of the Arcola Lions Club. The Arcola Lions will hold an “eyeglass sort” on September 17 at their firehouse. All Lions and Friends are welcome to come and help. They will start…
Antwerp, OH – On Thursday, June 27, 2024, at 4:08 P.M., officials with the Allen County, Indiana Sheriff’s Department and Indiana State Police stopped a commercial vehicle on US 24 just east of the Ohio/Indiana State Line. Apparently, authorities were assisting law enforcement from Jasper County, Missouri who was tracking the commercial vehicle driven by an…
On Saturday, June 4, Cross Border Partners provided the Heritage Lions with a truck to collect any items left over from the many Hoagland garage sales. Area garage sellers were very generous and donated enough material to fill the CBP truck top to bottom and front to back. Cross Border Partners will distribute these items…
