🌱 Why prosecutors want life without parole in a Greentown-area infant death

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• Why prosecutors want life without parole in a Greentown-area infant death

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• Thursday: Cloudy; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 48 and low of 45 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Howard County Prosecutors Seeking Life Sentence for Man (wibc.com) — An infant’s death at a home just northwest of Greentown has led Howard County prosecutors to seek life in prison without parole for the 18-year-old father, Alexander Bieghler. Investigators say the baby, less than a month old, died from blunt force head injuries, and witness accounts did not match the evidence found in the home.
   

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Friday December 26

• Basketball (Girls V) - Elwood Holiday Classic - Alexandria vs Cascade
  Alexandria-Monroe Jr/Sr High School
  6:00 pm
• Basketball (Girls V) - Elwood Holiday Classic - Central Christian Academy vs Clinton Central
  Alexandria-Monroe Jr/Sr High School
  8:00 pm

Saturday December 27

• Basketball (Boys JV) @ Grant 4 JV Consolation Game
  Eastbrook High School
  8:00 am
• Wrestling (JV) @ Rex Levitt Invitational
  Elwood Community High School
  8:30 am
• Basketball (Boys JV) @ JV Grant 4 Cons/Champ
  Eastbrook High School
  8:30 am
• Basketball (Girls JV) - Huntington North High School
  Mississinewa High School
  6:00 pm
• Derek Jones
  Los Amores Restaurant & Cantina , 428 S Washington St , Marion
  7:00 pm
• Basketball (Boys V) @ Grant 4 Championship
  Eastbrook High School
  8:00 pm

Tuesday December 30

• Basketball (Girls V) - Huntington North High School
  Mississinewa High School
  7:30 pm

Wednesday December 31

• Wrestling (V) @ SPARTAN CLASSIC
  Connersville MS/HS
  8:00 am
• The Hubie Ashcraft Band
  Gas City Performing Arts Center , 100 Auditorium Dr , Gas City
  6:00 pm
• Hubie Ashcraft
  Gas City Performing Arts Center , 100 Auditorium Dr , Gas City
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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Greentown Wesleyan Church
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🗞 Nearby News

Kokomo

• December 2025 nursing graduates honored in pinning ceremony at Indiana University Kokomo · (casscountyonline.com)
• Irish Lee Day III, 60, formerly of Racine (racinecountyeye.com)
• Father Christmas Reminds Us We Can Do Better Than This (thehealthcareblog.com)

Elwood

• Basketball Recap: Blackford Skates Past Elwood with Ease (maxpreps.com)

Marion

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