February 2023 – Page 23

Local Sports

Milan Girls Swimming Sectional Results from Columbus North

February 6, 2023 Skylar Sigman

IHSAA girls Swimming Sectional results from Columbus North High School on Saturday: Milan, Batesville, and South Ripley competed in the always-tough Columbus North sectional. The three Ripley County schools are among the smallest enrollment schools […]

John Calvin LaMont

February 6, 2023 Cook-Rosenberger Funeral Home

John Calvin LaMont 26 Feb 1928 – 4 Feb 2023 John was born in Blooming Grove Township on the farm purchased by his 3rd great-grandfather John Wesley Morgan in 1837 (the farm received the Hoosier […]

East Central wins team title at Richmond Wrestling Regional

February 6, 2023 Skylar Sigman

At the Richmond Wrestling Regional this past Saturday, the East Central Trojans took home the team title, scoring 134 team points. East Central’s lone individual champion was Grayson Hylton in the 152-pound weight class. Other […]

Louise Sipples, 84, Versailles

February 6, 2023 Stratton-Karsteter

Louise Sipples, 84, of Versailles passed away at 8:30am, Friday, February 3, 2023 at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati. She was born at Curt in Breathitt County, Kentucky on January 2, 1939, the daughter of Lonzo […]

Local News

Governor proclaims February 11 “Indiana 211 Day”

February 6, 2023 Tom Snape

Indianapolis, IN — Governor Eric Holcomb has proclaimed Saturday, February 11, 2023, “Indiana 211 Day,” as Indiana joins states and cities across the country in raising awareness about 211: an important, free resource, available to […]

Batesville Main Street launches Re-Envision Grant program

February 6, 2023 Tom Snape

Batesville, IN — Batesville Main Street has launched the Batesville Main Street Re-Envision Grant. The Re-Envision Grant is an incentive-based program that provides financial support for qualifying applicants to re-envision and activate unused or underutilized […]

KENNETH LEE WILSON

February 6, 2023 Jackman Hensley Funeral Home

Kenneth “Ken” Lee Wilson, age 76, of Lawrenceburg, Indiana, passed away on Friday, February 3, 2023 in Greensburg, Indiana. He was born on March 25, 1946 to John and Aurelia (Carr) Wilson in Bright, Indiana. Ken […]

Mary L. Tice

February 6, 2023 Rullman-Hunger Funeral

Mary L. Tice, 90, of Guilford, Indiana, passed away Saturday, February 4, 2023, at home, surrounded by loved ones. She was born December 24, 1932, in Lawrenceburg, IN, daughter of the late Charles Lee Garrison […]

UPDATED: Mark Yorn, 67, Batesville

February 6, 2023 Tom Snape

Mark Yorn was born in 1955 in Batesville, IN to Melvin and Evelyn Yorn. In 1977, Mark met his wife, Laurie, while she was getting her car repaired at Nobbes’ Dealership and she caught his […]

Ms. Juanita (Hysell) Giltner

February 6, 2023 Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home

Ms. Juanita (Hysell) Giltner, age 75, of Vevay, Indiana, passed away at 2:45 p.m., Friday, February 3, 2023, at her residence in Vevay, Indiana. On May 14, 1947 God decided to send Juanita to earth […]

Michael “Mike” Wade Hall, 72, Milan

February 6, 2023 Moore Funeral Homes

UPDATED ARRANGEMENTS Michael “Mike” Wade Hall, 72, of Milan passed away Sunday, November 6, 2022 at home. Mike was born on Tuesday, February 14, 1950 in Hazard, Kentucky; son of Clay and Audrey (Singleton) […]

Residents encouraged to get deed copies through county Recorder’s office

February 6, 2023 Tom Snape

Southeastern IN — Southeastern Indiana property owners are being urged to watch the mail for a letter from a company requesting money for a copy of your deed (pictured). The company called “Local Records” asks […]