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Bridge #135 at Weisburg Road reopens after lengthy storm-related closure

March 8, 2022 Tom Snape

SUNMAN, IN — Bridge #135 at Weisburg Road reopened to traffic Monday afternoon. The bridge was severely damaged during last June’s storms in which high water and flooding hit parts of Southeastern Indiana. Dearborn County […]

Purdue, USI adjusting mask policies

March 8, 2022 Tom Snape

WEST LAFAYETTE/EVANSVILLE, IN — A pair of universities in the State of Indiana are changing their face mask policies because of the declining number of coronavirus cases. Purdue University will no longer require masks in […]

East Central hosts indoor track invitational

March 8, 2022 Annie Nunley

The area track season got underway Saturday with the East Central Indoor Invitational. It was a non-team scoring event where individuals had a chance to qualify for the state indoor meet at Indiana University on […]

Spartans Jayce Allen balances her way to state gymnastics meet

March 8, 2022 Annie Nunley

In Saturday’s IHSAA Gymnastics Regional hosted by Franklin Central, Connersville’s Jayci Allen scored 9.425 on beam to place fifth and qualify for state. Allen also qualified as a state finalist in all-around by placing sixth […]

East Central’s season ends in 4A-14 semis

March 7, 2022 Annie Nunley

In a Friday’s 4A Sectional 14 semifinal at Martinsville, East Central’s season came to an end as defending champion Bloomington South beat the Trojans 60-42. EC struggled to score during the first three periods trailing […]

Terri Ann (Weaver) Nurge, 58, Lawrenceburg

March 7, 2022 Meyers Funeral Home

Terri Ann (Weaver) Nurge, 58, of Lawrenceburg, passed away March 4, 2022 at Arbor Grove Village in Greensburg, Indiana. She was born on September 8, 1963 in Lawrenceburg, Indiana to Edwin and Bert (Buckingham) Weaver. […]

Elmer Riley, 80, Elrod

March 7, 2022 Moore Funeral Homes

UPDATED SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS Elmer Gene Riley, 80, of Elrod passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at Mercy Health West Hospital. Elmer was born on Saturday, January 31, 1942, in Booneville, Kentucky; son of Lenard and […]

ORVC’s Rebels and Raiders fall in 2A sectional finals

March 7, 2022 Annie Nunley

In 2A boys basketball sectional championship games from Saturday, there were any number of teams who could have won Sectional 44 at South Ripley, but after the final horn sounded Saturday night, it was Triton […]

Sr. Judith Werner OSF

March 7, 2022 Weigel Funeral Home

Sr. Judith Werner, formerly Sr. Bonaventure, age 78 of the Sisters of St. Francis in Oldenburg, died Saturday, March 5, 2022 at the Motherhouse. Born on July 1, 1943 in Batesville, she was the second […]

Rebecca Lynn Deiwert, 49

March 7, 2022 Gilliland-Howe Funeral Home

Rebecca Lynn Deiwert, 49, of Greensburg, passed away on March 4, 2022. She was born on July 25, 1972, in Greensburg, Indiana the daughter of Michael “David” Bennett and Elsie Goins (Blanton). Rebecca was a […]

Jail inmate death under investigation

March 7, 2022 Tom Snape

DECATUR COUNTY, IN — Indiana State Police is investigating the weekend death of a Decatur County Detention Center inmate. Sheriff Dave Durant says 52-year-old Ricky Hazelgrove was found unresponsive in his cell on Saturday. Durant […]

Local sorority presents books to newborns on Dr. Seuss Day

March 7, 2022 Tom Snape

BATESVILLE, IN — Each year in honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday on March 2, the Beta Sigma Phi sorority in Batesville presents babies who are born that day with a set of books by the […]