2019 – Page 320 – WRBI Radio

Local photographer opens shop in Batesville

January 16, 2019 Annie Nunley

Batesville, In. — Members of the Batesville Area Chamber of Commerce, city leaders and owners of Marsha Combs Photography conducted a ribbon cutting recently at the Romweber Market Place. For more information about Marsha Combs Photography click […]

Holcomb names interim official at IDOE

January 16, 2019 Annie Nunley

Indianapolis, In.— Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb has appointed Dr. Lee Ann Kwiatkowski as interim executive director of the Indiana State Board of Education to replace Matt Voors, who has accepted a position outside of state government. […]

Mr. Shawn Patrick Brabant, Sr.

January 15, 2019 Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home

Mr. Shawn Patrick Brabant, Sr., age 44, of near Moorefield, Indiana, entered this life on February 2, 1974, in Cincinnati, Ohio, the loving son of, Kenneth Russell and Linda Lee (Lapp) Stotridge. He was raised […]

Christopher Allen Schmitt – Sunman

January 15, 2019 Cook-Rosenberger Funeral Home

Christopher Allen Schmitt, of Sunman, was born on December 18, 1960 in Indianapolis, the son of Herman L. and Amelia Schmitt. He married Cassie Metcalf on November 27, 2010 and she survives. He worked construction […]

Lester Edward Gutapfel

January 15, 2019 Meyers Funeral Home

Lester Edward Gutapfel, age 89 of Sunman, IN passed away on Monday, January 14, 2019. The son of Edward and Mamie (nee:Hildebrand) Gutapfel was born on December 27, 1929 in Lawrenceville, IN. The US Army […]

Eva Rae Westhafer, 83

January 15, 2019 Porter Oliger Pearson

Eva Westhafer went home January 13, 2019 at the Our Hospice Center in Columbus, In, surrounded in love by her two daughters. Eva Rae Westhafer was born May 4, 1935 in Pocatello, ID to Everett […]

Gregory A. Cantwell

January 15, 2019 Rullman-Hunger Funeral

Gregory Allen Cantwell, 57, of Aurora, Indiana, passed away Sunday, January 13, 2019 in Houston, Texas. He was born September 22, 1961 in Frankfort, Germany, son of Franklin C. Cantwell and the late Christina “Teany” […]

ORVC Weekly Report (January 7 – January 12)

January 15, 2019 Annie Nunley

ORVC Weekly Report (January 7 – January 12) Players of the Week. Girls Basketball: Paige Ledford – Jac-Cen- Del Boys Basketball: Ethan Stuart – Shawe Memorial ORVC Report(January 7-12)2019 Courtesy of ORVC Recorder Travis Calvert.

Batesville leaders unanimously approve tax abatement

January 15, 2019 Annie Nunley

Batesville, In. — The Batesville common council has unanimously approved a 10-year, 30 percent real property tax abatement for recently announced expansion plans at Hill-Rom. The abatement includes upgrades and renovations to the Innovation Center on State […]

Boys Middle School SEI Basketball Tourney 1st Round Action

January 15, 2019 Annie Nunley

The Seventh Grade Batesville Bulldogs Basketball team won their first round of the SEI Tournament Monday night against the Jac-Cen-Del Eagles by a score of 38-29. The Bulldogs were led in scoring by Chris Lewis […]

Local News

Community members invited to take substance use/abuse survey

January 15, 2019 Annie Nunley

Batesville, In. — The Coalition for a Drug-Free Batesville would like community members to participate in the 2019 Community Perception Survey. This survey will ask community members to express their thoughts about a variety of topics around […]

Decatur County bridge work set for April start

January 15, 2019 Annie Nunley

Greensburg, In. — Officials from the Indiana Department of Transportation say work on a single-span bridge on State Road 3 on Decatur County will begin in April. Franklin-based Duncan Robertson Inc. will complete the $820,140 project that […]