January 2022 – Page 11

SEI Jr. High Boys Basketball Tourney Semis and Finals

January 21, 2022 Annie Nunley

In the semifinals of the Southeastern Indiana Junior High Boys Basketball Tournament, Batesville’s eighth grade moved on to the finals after a 48-45 double overtime win against Greendale. Cayden Drake, Trenten Luers and Braydon Maple […]

Zelma Grossman, 87, of Madison

January 21, 2022 Meyers Funeral Home

Zelma (Sloan) Grossman, 87, of Madison, formerly of Batesville, passed away on January 20, 2022. She was born September 17, 1934 in Burgeys Creek, Kentucky to Perry and Anna (Collins) Sloan. She was a graduate […]

Tree County Players celebrate new mural

January 21, 2022 Tom Snape

GREENSBURG, IN — Tree County Players celebrated the unveiling of their new mural by Shelby Sparkman with a ribbon-cutting by the Greensburg/Decatur County Chamber of Commerce Thursday afternoon. The theater group has been “acting out” since […]

Stephen M. Schwing, 67, Osgood

January 21, 2022 Moore Funeral Homes

Stephen M. Schwing, 67, of Osgood, Indiana, passed away on Wednesday, January 19, 2022, in Decatur County Memorial Hospital with his loving family by his side. Steve was born on Friday, August 6, 1954, […]

K-12 enrollment up in Indiana; local schools see mixed results

January 21, 2022 Tom Snape

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — K through 12 enrollment in Indiana public schools is up overall this year but results are mixed for local school corporations. The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) has released data on school […]

Individual income tax filing opens Monday

January 21, 2022 Tom Snape

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — The Indiana Department of Revenue (DOR) will start accepting filings for 2021 individual income tax returns on Monday, January 24, 2022, in concert with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Customers will have […]

South Decatur, Greensburg team up for winter coat drive

January 21, 2022 Tom Snape

GREENSBURG, IN — Two rival high schools in Decatur County are joining forces for a winter coat drive. Donated coats will be collected at Saturday night’s South Decatur at Greensburg boys’ basketball game. Greensburg High […]

Greensburg resident, combat vet files to run for Congress

January 21, 2022 Tom Snape

SOUTHEASTERN IN — A Greensburg resident and two other Republicans have filed to fill the Ninth Congressional District seat being vacated by Trey Hollingsworth. Stu Barnes-Israel is a fifth-generation Decatur County resident and a combat […]

Grills named interim Sunman marshal

January 21, 2022 Tom Snape

SUNMAN, IN — Former Ripley County Sheriff Tom Grills was sworn in last night as the interim Sunman Town Marshal. Grills will fill the vacancy created by the recent firing of Jason Hoffman while the […]

Holton man’s murder trial delayed again

January 21, 2022 Tom Snape

VERSAILLES, IN — A Holton man’s murder trial has been delayed again. Jordan Knudson is charged with the shooting death of 36-year-old Kristina Asche Jones at a Holton residence a year ago this month. Jury […]

Leising bill establishing suicide and drug overdose report passes Senate

January 21, 2022 Tom Snape

STATEHOUSE — A bill authored by State Senator Jean Leising (R-Oldenburg) that would address suicide and drug overdose death reporting has passed the Senate by a vote of 46-1. Senate Bill 84 would require the […]

Lorena M. Schiller

January 20, 2022 Rullman-Hunger Funeral

Lorena Margaret (Smith) Schiller, 89, of Lawrenceburg, Indiana, passed away Tuesday, January 18, 2022. Lorena was born August 4, 1932, in Louisville, KY, daughter of the late James M. Smith and Lorena (Miller) Smith. Lorena […]