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Chesterfield: Ex-cop accused of cashing town checks to phony repair shop
ANDERSON, Ind. — Former Chesterfield police officer Joseph Brown is accused of being at the center of an alleged scheme that the state says plundered $115,391.44 in town money. Brown endorsed 24 town checks written to Brown’s Automotive between January 2007 and March 2008, according to an audit by the Indiana State Board of Accounts.
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Chesterfield: Audit comes as little surprise to townspeople
CHESTERFIELD — A quarter of a million dollars is no small sum for a town of 2,700 to lose. But the news that Chesterfield officials misappropriated more than $250,000 from the town coffers came as little surprise to residents. “People have been talking about that for a long time, long before the investigation started,” said Glenn Thomas.
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Carla Castor nears five-year mark
ANDERSON — When Carla Castor noticed a tenderness in her left breast and felt a dime-sized lump, she was shocked and frightened.
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How is breast cancer diagnosed?
A number of doctors in Madison County could diagnose breast cancer and describe that specific moment, but few health-care professionals have the vantage point that Janell Burk does. Burk’s title at Saint John’s Cancer Center is “breast cancer navigator,” and she guides the newly diagnosed through everything that happens before and after the diagnosis.
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Husband and wife beat breast cancer together
ANDERSON — When Judy Massey found out a lump in her right breast was cancerous, she wasn’t scared. She had already seen the effects of breast cancer, already been through the surgery and post-operation procedures and healing. She had already handled the uncertainty and terror that comes with such a diagnosis.
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Volunteer became patient, heeded her own advice
ANDERSON — Tricia Daugherty practiced what she preached. Turned out to be a blessing.
“I would stand on the podium every day and preach to women to get their mammograms, and even men to do self-exams,” said Daugherty, who was an American Cancer Society volunteer for years before her breast cancer diagnosis.
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Breast cancer: At a glance
Did you know? After increasing for more than two decades, female breast cancer incidence rates decreased by about 2 percent per year from 1999 to 2006, according to the American Cancer Society.
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Cancer treatment
Whether the lump is found during a self-exam or detected during a mammogram, each patient diagnosed with breast cancer will inevitably need to decide their course of treatment. The National Cancer Institute reports that there are five standard treatments used to battle cancer.
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The patient's side of cancer diagnosis
For Elizabeth Bynum, a former telephone operator who has since dabbled in drag racing, breast exams had become fairly routine. That did not make them any less frightening. “I have fibrocystic breasts, which means they are lumpy,” Bynum said recently.
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Q&A with Dr. Chandrika Patel
Q: What is breast cancer?
Patel: It’s the most common type of cancer in women. It affects one in eight women, and there are about 180,000 to 200,000 cases diagnosed every year.
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School Changes: Daleville
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School Changes: Alexandria
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School Changes: Elwood
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School Changes: Frankton-Lapel
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School Changes: Anderson
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School Changes: Madison-Grant
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School Changes: South Madison
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School Changes: Shenandoah
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School Changes: Educators uneasy about state policies
ANDERSON — At the end of a contentious special session of the Indiana General Assembly last month, Gov. Mitch Daniels made a comment that’s still striking a nerve with some area school leaders at the start of a new school year.
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4-H Fair: Mom, daughter finish together
ALEXANDRIA — Horse ownership can be a rocky road, burning through time and money with vigor, but for Lexi Mechem and her mother, Melanie, it was worth every minute and dime.
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Shelter Fallout: Agency emerges from dark past
ANDERSON — A place once regarded by local animal activists as a kill shelter is finally gaining approval from those who criticized its practices.
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Shelter Fallout: By the Numbers
The following are recent statistics from Anderson Animal Care and Control:
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Shelter Fallout: Euthanasia down, but not over
ANDERSON — Animal control officers entered an abandoned rental property Tuesday night and found something they’ve seen more and more each day.
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Shelter Fallout: Tips for getting involved
ANDERSON — The animal shelter survives on the work of volunteers, according to co-directors Maleah Stringer and Heather Ridenour.
