April 2018 – Page 30

‘Text’ to register to vote deadline in Indiana April 9

April 3, 2018 Annie Nunley

Indianapolis, In.— Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson says Hoosiers can now text “Indiana” to 2VOTE (28683) to register to vote. Standard messaging and data rates may apply. “We are always looking for new and innovative […]

April is ‘Financial Literacy Month’

April 3, 2018 Annie Nunley

Indianapolis, In. — April is Financial Literacy Month, and Secretary of State Connie Lawson is kicking things off by celebrating the one year anniversary of Indiana’s unique financial literacy curriculum. In early 2017, Secretary Lawson launched […]

Batesville officials cancel volunteer playground repair effort

April 3, 2018 Annie Nunley

Batesville, In. — Batesville city officials have canceled the volunteer project to fix damaged playground equipment in Liberty Park scheduled for Friday, April 6. The manufacturer has reported a supply problem and city officials have not set […]

Two firefighters killed in Madison County airport accident

April 3, 2018 Annie Nunley

Marion, In. — A report from Fox59 says two volunteer firefighters were killed in a Madison County airport runway mishap on Monday at the Marion Municipal Airport. A report from the Federal Aviation Administration says around 5:30 […]

Linda (Huddleston) Ryle

April 2, 2018 Moore Funeral Homes

Linda Ryle 67 of Farmers Retreat passed away Monday April 2 at her home. Linda was born Tuesday April 25, 1950 at Bonnieblue, Virginia the daughter of Charles and Jewell (Chasteen) Huddleston. She married Lucian […]

Marvin Harold Ludeker

April 2, 2018 Moore Funeral Homes

Marvin Harold Ludeker, 71 of Milan passed away Monday, April 2, 2018 at his residence. Marvin was born Wednesday, September 18, 1946 in Milan, the son of Harold and Dolores (Lattire) Ludeker, who preceded him […]

Donna Joyce (Naegele) Laaker

April 2, 2018 Moore Funeral Homes

Donna Joyce (Naegele) Laaker, 81, of Dillsboro passed away Sunday, April 1, 2018 at her residence. Donna was born Wednesday, June 3, 1936 in Dillsboro, IN, the daughter of Lawrence and Myrtle (Green) Naegele, who […]

Alma Miller – age 98, of Sunman

April 2, 2018 Cook-Rosenberger Funeral Home

Alma O. Miller, of Sunman, was born on February 7, 1920 in St. Leon, the daughter of Phillip and Catherine Bischoff Schuck. She married Julius M. Miller on September 7, 1949 at St. Nicholas Church. […]

Walter ”Herb” Brock III – Milan

April 2, 2018 Cook-Rosenberger Funeral Home

Walter ”Herb” Brock III, of Milan, was born on May 14, 1953, in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Walter Herbert and Doris May (Truitt) Brock II. Forty-four years ago, he married the love of his […]

Karl W. Droege, 84, Olean

April 2, 2018 Stratton-Karsteter

Karl W. Droege, 84, of Olean passed away at 6:20am, Friday, March 30, 2018 at Ripley Crossing in Milan. He was born near Dillsboro on April 8, 1933 the son of Wilkie and Martha […]

Leising makes progress in cursive writing debate

April 2, 2018 Annie Nunley

Indianapolis, In. — After a seven-year battle, Oldenburg Republican state senator Jean Leising can claim a small victory. Leising has been working to get her colleagues to pass legislation that would make teaching cursive writing mandatory in […]

Bulldogs Sweep Shiners In Season Opening DH

April 2, 2018 Annie Nunley

Batesville Blows Away Rising Sun By Nine Runs to Open the Season Despite all of the rain the past two weeks, the Batesville Bulldog baseball team was able to travel to Rising Sun to play […]