August 2022 – Page 2

Outcome-based goals drive Batesville Schools’ success

August 31, 2022 Tom Snape

Batesville, IN — Three outcome-based goals set by the school board of the Batesville Community School Corporation (BCSC) have provided a strategic framework that is reflected in the district’s most recent accomplishments, such as an […]

Indiana Archaeology Month starts September 1

August 31, 2022 Tom Snape

Statewide — September marks the 27th anniversary of a statewide celebration of archaeology in Indiana. Gov. Eric Holcomb has declared September 1 “Indiana Archaeology Month Kickoff Day.” All month long, Hoosier history buffs can meet […]

Local News

FCHD offers Thursday evening hours, weekend clinic in September

August 31, 2022 Tom Snape

Brookville, IN — The Franklin County Health Department will have evening hours every Thursday from 4-7 during the month of September. The health department will conduct a weekend clinic on Saturday, September 10 from 9 […]

No one hurt after semi flips on its side

August 31, 2022 Tom Snape

Osgood, IN — First responders were called to a rollover accident involving a tractor-trailer shortly after 2:30 pm Tuesday on the 4200 block of County Road 850 North. Investigators say the truck got too close […]

Holton Police ask for help identifying gas theft suspects

August 31, 2022 Tom Snape

Holton, IN — The Holton Police Department is asking the public for help in identifying two men (pictured) who allegedly stole gasoline from the Holton Food Mart on US 50 early last Saturday morning. Anyone […]

Raymond Ernest Meucci

August 30, 2022 Rullman-Hunger Funeral

Raymond Ernest Meucci, 92, of Dillsboro, Indiana, passed away Monday, August 29, 2022. He was born February 23, 1930, in Anderson, IN, son of the late Raymond Meucci and Josephine (Thompson) Meucci. He served his […]

John J. Harrison Sr., 66, Brookville

August 30, 2022 Philips & Meyers

John J. Harrison, age 66, of Cedar Grove, Indiana died Monday, August 29, 2022 at Margaret Mary Community Hospital in Batesville, Indiana. Born October 20, 1955 in Indianapolis, Indiana he was the son of the […]

Melanie Ann McCorkle

August 30, 2022 Rullman-Hunger Funeral

Melanie Ann McCorkle, 60, of Rising Sun, Indiana, passed away Friday, August 26, 2022, in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. She was born March 23, 1962, in Tripoli, Libya, daughter of the late Harold Jones Jr.and Zula (Smith) […]

Tammie Ann Lock, 54, Cleves, Ohio (Updated Arrangements)

August 30, 2022 Filter-Devries-Moore Funeral Home

Tammie Ann Lock, 54, of Cleves, Ohio passed away on Thursday, August 11, 2022 at Drake Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. Tammie was born on Thursday, July 18, 1968 in Dearborn County, Indiana; daughter […]

Helen Louise Carpenter, 85

August 30, 2022 Gilliland-Howe Funeral Home

Helen Louise Carpenter, 85 of Laurel passed away on August 25, 2022. She was born on December 19, 1936 in Laurel, the daughter of Reuben and Mattie Greer Reynolds. Helen was a 1954 graduate of […]

Versailles native serves with Navy Expeditionary Combat Command

August 30, 2022 Tom Snape

Norfolk, VA — Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew Ruehl, a native of Versailles, serves the U.S. Navy assigned to Underwater Construction Team One (UTC 1) in support of Navy Expeditionary Combat Command. Ruehl joined the […]

No one injured in school bus fire

August 30, 2022 Tom Snape

St. Leon, IN –No one was hurt when a spare bus owned by the Sunman-Dearborn School Corporation caught fire Monday afternoon near a St. Leon gas station and convenience store. School officials say there were […]