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Longtime Brookville, Franklin County officeholder passes away

February 9, 2022 Tom Snape

BROOKVILLE, IN — Former Franklin County Auditor and Town of Brookville Clerk-Treasurer Alberta “Bertie” Sauerland passed away on January 31 at McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital in Oxford, Ohio at age of 85. Sauerland was appointed county […]

Ripley County SWCD Annual Meeting set for February 24 at South Ripley

February 9, 2022 Tom Snape

VERSAILLES, IN — The Ripley County Soil and Water Conservation District’s 72nd Annual Meeting is set for Thursday, February 24 at 6:30 pm in the South Ripley Jr./Sr. High School Auditoria. Tickets are $10 per […]

Lady Trojans 3-peat as 4A-14 champion

February 9, 2022 Annie Nunley

At Tuesday’s girls basketball 4A Sectional 14 championship hosted by Bloomington North, 11th ranked East Central was a slight statistical underdog against No. 8 Columbus East. The Olympians also had defeated the Trojans by nine […]

Wildcats hammer Hagerstown for 14th straight win, SEIclones second in Bloomington

February 8, 2022 Annie Nunley

Catching up from some boys basketball reported results from Saturday, Franklin County’s varsity crushed Hagerstown 70-38 for its 14th consecutive win. The Brookville boys hit 63 percent from the field. Brant Ertle led the Cats […]

Local News

Rumpke decides not to pick up large items in Batesville this week

February 8, 2022 Tom Snape

BATESVILLE, IN — The City of Batesville says Rumpke has decided not to collect large items during their regularly scheduled pick up days on Tuesday, February 8 and Friday, February 11. The company previously said […]

Road construction continues in area of Boehringer and Main

February 8, 2022 Tom Snape

BATESVILLE, IN — Rohe Construction is scheduled to close a portion of Boehringer Street between Elm and Walnut streets in downtown Batesville on Tuesday, February 8. The street is scheduled to reopen on Wednesday, February […]

Thomas “Tom” Bruns, 73, Milan

February 8, 2022 Moore Funeral Homes

Thomas A. Bruns, age 73 of Milan, was received into the kingdom of heaven on Monday, February 7, 2022. Born in St Bernard, OH on Monday, June 14, 1948, he was the son of […]

Eula Turner, 92, Brookville

February 8, 2022 Philips & Meyers

Eula Turner, age 92, of Brookville, Indiana died Monday evening February 7, 2022 at her residence in Brookville following a lengthy illness. Born December 1, 1929 in Letcher County, Kentucky she was the daughter of […]

Ernest L. Kinman, 78, Moores Hill

February 8, 2022 Moore Funeral Homes

Ernest Lee Kinman, 78, of Moores Hill passed away Sunday, February 6, 2022 at the Veterans Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. Ernest was born on Saturday, April 17, 1943 in Aurora, Indiana; son of William […]

Positivity rate, overall number of COVID patients down at MMH

February 8, 2022 Tom Snape

BATESVILLE, IN — Margaret Mary Health (MMH) continued to see the positivity rate and the overall number of COVID patients decline in the past week, with 38.8 percent of patients (88 in total) testing positive. […]

Applications available for Nora E. Wonning Scholarship Fund

February 8, 2022 Tom Snape

BATESVILLE, IN — First-year and renewal applications for the Nora E. Wonning Scholarship Fund are now available online at: batesvilleinschools.com/bhs or oldenburgacademy.org. If you cannot access the scholarships, please contact Batesville High School at (812) […]

SLS 7th graders become CPR certified

February 8, 2022 Tom Snape

BATESVILLE, IN — Seventh graders at St. Louis School recently received their American Heart Association CPR certification during science class. They also received training in the Heimlich Maneuver and AED use. The students will be […]