Mrs. Dolly Melvina (Brinson) Lipperd

Mrs. Dolly Melvina (Brinson) Lipperd

October 25, 2022 Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home

Mrs. Dolly Melvina (Brinson) Lipperd, age 89, of Versailles, Indiana, formerly of Bennington, Indiana, entered this life on January 16, 1933 on Hicks Ridge, Ripley County, Indiana. She was the daughter of the late Wilbur […]

John Rolfes

October 25, 2022 Andres-Wuestefeld Funeral Home

John Rolfes, 80 years old of Guilford, IN, passed away on Sunday, October 23, 2022. A man of few words, John was a jack of all trades and seemed to know something about everything. In […]

Loretta L. Schipper Henry

October 25, 2022 Rullman-Hunger Funeral

Loretta Louise Schipper Henry, 99, of Rotonda West, Florida, formerly of Aurora, Indiana, passed away Friday, October 21, 2022, in Sarasota, Florida. She was born December 30, 1922, in Aurora, IN, daughter of the late […]

RCCF launches Wreaths Across America – Ripley County initiative

October 25, 2022 Tom Snape

Ripley County, IN — The Ripley County Community Foundation has launched the Wreaths Across America – Ripley County initiative and adopts the mission of the National Wreaths Across America organization to Remember those US veterans […]

Burn ban issued for Franklin County until further notice

October 25, 2022 Tom Snape

Franklin County, IN — Franklin County Commissioners on Tuesday morning declared a county-wide burn ban effective immediately and until further notice. Commissioners say the county is at risk of widespread fire hazards because of the […]

ND girls hoops vs. Batesville on Nov. 12 moved due to gym renovation

October 25, 2022 Tom Snape

North Decatur’s varsity gym renovation is not expected to be complete in time for the Lady Chargers to host girls’ JV and varsity basketball games vs. Batesville on November 12. That means those contests scheduled […]

WRBI, 5 Oaks team up for Giant Veggie Contest

October 25, 2022 Tom Snape

Batesville, IN — WRBI and 5 Oaks Garden Center in Batesville teamed up this year for the Giant Veggie Contest. Tony and Teresa Veldhaus’ cabbage weighed in at 13 pounds, while Eric Volz had the […]

Four injured in car vs. minibus collision

October 25, 2022 Tom Snape

Ripley County, IN — Four people were injured when a car collided with a minibus on I-74 at the 157-mile marker just before 5:30 pm Sunday. Ripley County Sheriff’s Deputy Adam Hunger says 39-year-old Charles […]

Million Meals program helping needy Hoosiers

October 25, 2022 Tom Snape

Statewide — While the most extreme impacts of the pandemic have eased, the demand at Indiana food banks has not. Indiana pork producers and Feeding Indiana’s Hungry have an ongoing Million Meals program to attempt […]

Shelbyville man sentenced to five years for role in Capitol riot

October 25, 2022 Tom Snape

Washington, D.C. — A Shelbyville man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for his role in the January 6 riot at the US Capitol. 57-year-old Mark Mazza pleaded guilty in June to […]

Ida (Schmidt) Jones, age 86 Osgood

October 25, 2022 Neals Funeral Home

Ida Irene (Schmidt) Jones, age 86 of Osgood passed away on Friday October 21, 2022 in Frankfort, Indiana. She was born on November 4, 1935 the daughter of the late Edward and Sadie (Young) Schmidt in […]

Logjam under railroad trestle catches fire for second time in a week

October 25, 2022 Tom Snape

Laurel, IN –Several fire departments were dispatched over the weekend when a logjam under a railroad trestle over the Whitewater River near Laurel caught fire. It’s the second time in the past week that the […]