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🌱 Remembering Ken Gass, Crawfordsville business owner and devoted grandfather

Crawfordsville, Indiana Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hi Crawfordsville! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Remembering Ken Gass, Crawfordsville business owner and devoted grandfather
  • Crawfordsville emergency logs include injury crashes and a structure fire
  • Crawfordsville arrest mentioned in Ohio missing-person case; connection unconfirmed

Also on today's calendar: Redevelopment Commission Regular Meeting and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)


Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 66 and low of 42 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cooler with a few showers, temps: high: 47, low: 32.
  • Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 43 and low of 28 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Kenneth ‘Ken' Ray Gass (journalreview.com) — Kenneth “Ken” Ray Gass, a Crawfordsville native who owned Bargain Center and Gass Tree Service, died Nov. 9 at his home at 81. A Crawfordsville High School graduate, he enjoyed fishing and time outdoors with his grandchildren. His family chose cremation and a private gathering, with inurnment at Mace Community Cemetery.
   

• Local Record: Nov. 10, 2026 (journalreview.com) — Crawfordsville police logged injury crashes at Washington and Main streets Friday and on West Market Street Sunday in the latest local emergency reports. Firefighters also responded to a structure fire on Walter Remley Drive Friday. The logs list those responses but provide no details about injuries, damage or causes.
   

• Excavation search at West Chester home leads to ‘multiple persons of interest' (journal-news.com) — A Crawfordsville handgun arrest appears in reporting on an Ohio missing-person investigation, but police have not confirmed a connection. Gary Tzeiranakis, whose mother owned the searched properties, was arrested Oct. 31. Investigators say the search tied to Rigoberto Jose Garcia’s 2018 disappearance identified multiple persons of interest, whom they have not named.
   


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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • looking for a private landlord for rental.
    house or mobile home. got money and good job. please send message if you know of anyone. (Nextdoor S.E. Crawfordsville)
  • Mueller Industries, Inc. posted a job opening for Material Handler in Crawfordsville. Apply here.
  • Trilogy Healthcare Services posted a job opening for Dietary Aide in Crawfordsville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Crawfordsville here.

🗞 Nearby News

Lebanon

Lafayette

  • Sponsors Needed to Honor Veterans at Indiana Veterans Home Cemetery (wlfi.com)
  • Veterans can get a free McDonald's meal in Lafayette (jconline.com)
  • Gray Media promotes Jaime Eskridge to GM of WLFI in Lafayette, Indiana (editorandpublisher.com)

Ok Crawfordsville! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Crawfordsville

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.

Stay in the loop with what's happening in Crawfordsville

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.