March 2021 – Page 26

11 new cases locally on Tuesday

March 3, 2021 Annie Nunley

Statewide — The Indiana State Department of Health has reported that 582 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 on Tuesday. A total of 662,750 Indiana residents have tested positive for the coronavirus. To date, […]

Local Sports

Area Girls basketball Players Receive IBCA/Franciscan Health Girls All-State Honors

March 3, 2021 Annie Nunley

Josie Trabel of the East Central Lady Trojans was named to the 2021 IBCA/Franciscan Health Supreme 15 Underclass Girls’ team. Paige Ledford of the Jac-Cen-Del Lady Eagles was named to the Senior Small School All-State […]

Frye ushers partnership with Purdue Global and IVFA

March 3, 2021 Annie Nunley

Statewide — As a former firefighter, Representative Randy Randy Frye holds first responders in high esteem. Fyre has been seeking a partnership between Purdue University Global and the Indiana Volunteer Firefighters Association (IVFA) that will […]

Cardinal Swimmers To Participate With Hoosier Hills Otters

March 3, 2021 Annie Nunley

No sport in the world has escaped the chaotic clutches of coronavirus, least of all swimming. USA Swimming, the national swim association, has released extensive guidelines for teams to practice safe swimming with social distancing. […]

Area Boys Basketball Sectional Scores

March 3, 2021 Annie Nunley

Area Boys Basketball Sectional Scores

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Thomas “Tom” Gaines

March 2, 2021 Rullman-Hunger Funeral

Thomas “Tom” B Gaines, 81, of Westport, Indiana, formerly of Lawrenceburg, IN, passed away Tuesday, March 2, 2021 in Greensburg, Indiana. He was born January 9, 1940 in Ripley County, son of the late Clyde […]

Ralph L. Brandes III – age 69 of Milan

March 2, 2021 Cook-Rosenberger Funeral Home

Ralph L. Brandes III, was born on October 19, 1951, in Milan, a son to Ralph and Clara Centers Brandes II. He married Denise Bennett on July 9, 2011 in Milan. Ralph spent his career […]

Maggie Ann Dickerson

March 2, 2021 Rullman-Hunger Funeral

Maggie Ann Dickerson, 29, of Liberty, Ohio, formerly of Rising Sun, IN, passed away Friday February 26, 2021. She was born August 4, 1991 in Lawrenceburg, IN, daughter of Lisa (Hehe) Johnson and Jeffrey Dickerson. […]

Local News

Hoosiers 55 to 59 can now register for the COVID-19 vaccine

March 2, 2021 Annie Nunley

Statewide — The Indiana Department of Health announced today that Hoosiers age 55 and older are now eligible to receive a free COVID-19 vaccine. Additional groups will be added as more vaccine becomes available. To […]

Six Area Boys Selected As Basketball Regional All-Stars

March 2, 2021 Annie Nunley

Six area High School Boys Basketball players have been selected as 2020-21 Hoosier Basketball Coaches Association Boys (HBCA) Regional All-Stars. Area players selected for the East Team are Sam Voegele-Batesville, Cody Samples-South Ripley, Logan Rohrbacher-East […]

DCCF gives over $6,500 in teacher grants

March 2, 2021 Annie Nunley

Greensburg, IN — The Decatur County Community Foundation (DCCF) Board of Directors met recently and approved $6,528.42 in Thank-a-Teacher Grant requests. These were awarded to 19 different teachers at Greensburg, North Decatur, South Decatur, St. […]

Driver injured when vehicle rolls into a creek

March 2, 2021 Annie Nunley

Brookville, IN — Shortly after noon on Saturday, Franklin County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to the report of a one-vehicle accident with injuries on St. Mary’s Road, east of East Alley Road. Tracey L. Ratliff, […]