August 2024 – Page 27

Initial Season Golf Success for Pirates

August 7, 2024 Jim Williams

We have more high school girls’ golf to fill you in on, since the season’s now underway. Greensburg’s Pirates got things going underway Tuesday, with a 202 stroke to 242 dual win over Southwestern Shelby. […]

Reds-Marlins Game 3 Tonight

August 7, 2024 Jim Williams

MIAMI– It was a second straight relatively easy win for the big-league Reds Tuesday night, knocking off the Marlins in Miami again, this time 8-2. Elly De La Cruz had 4 hits for a second […]

Former Gold Glover Back Under Reds Umbrella

August 7, 2024 Jim Williams

CINCINNATI– The Reds have signed a “new,” yet familiar, face. Catcher Tucker Barnhart, who began his professional baseball career when Cincinnati drafted him 10th in 2009, is back with their organization. Barnhart’s signed a minor-league […]

Hocker Sets New Record in 1500 Win At Paris

August 7, 2024 Jim Williams

Indianapolis Cathedral High School grad Cole Hocker ran brilliantly at the Paris Olympics Tuesday, winning gold in the men’s 1500 meters. Hocker achieved special speed for the event as well, setting a new Olympic record […]

Alicia Faye Smith

August 7, 2024 Rullman-Hunger Funeral

Alicia Faye Smith, formerly of Aurora, passed away Tuesday, August 6, 2024 (59 yrs) at St. Elizabeth Hospice, Edgewood, KY. She was born Jan 26, 1965, at Dearborn County Hospital, Lawrenceburg, IN, from the late […]

Troy Lee Beard, age 54, Hooven

August 7, 2024 Jackman Hensley Funeral Home

Troy Lee Beard, age 54, of Hooven, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, August 4, 2024, in Hooven, Ohio. Born the son of Harold and Emma (Haas) Beard on November 7, 1969, in Dearborn County, Indiana. […]

Maurice G. Buening, 83, Greensburg

August 7, 2024 Porter Oliger Pearson

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Maurice George Buening. Maurice had been struggling with dementia since 2017, and he succumbed to complications of the illness on August 6, 2024, at […]

William H. Holtkamp, 70

August 7, 2024 Porter Oliger Pearson

William H. “Bill” Holtkamp, 70, Greensburg, passed away on Monday, August 5, 2024 in Columbus, IN. Bill was born on February 5, 1954 in Batesville, IN, the son of Leonard J. and Ella Mae (Cramer) […]

James “Jim” Charles Mara, age 79, Greendale

August 7, 2024 Jackman Hensley Funeral Home

James “Jim” Charles Mara, age 79, of Greendale, Indiana, passed away Sunday, August 4, 2024, in Fairfield, Ohio. Born October 5, 1944, in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of James Patrick and Alice Rose (Kleinwaechter) Mara. […]

Huge Chunk of Farmland Lost in Indiana, Other Midwestern States Since 2001

August 7, 2024 Tom Snape

(Midwest) – Nearly 1.6 million acres of farmland have been lost in Indiana and seven other Midwestern states since 2001, according to the University of Illinois’ Farmdoc Daily. Development accounted for 55 percent of the […]

Butch Knecht, 71

August 7, 2024 Andres-Wuestefeld Funeral Home

Aloys (Butch) Knecht was born in Batesville, Indiana on January 29, 1953, the son of Stanley and Margaret (Vogelsang) Knecht. After a courageous 6-year battle with intestinal cancer and heart disease he passed away on […]

Shifting Into High Gear at Kids Building Bikes Camp

August 7, 2024 Tom Snape

(Southeastern IN) – Genesis: Pathways to Success, in partnership with Nine13Sports, hosted its third year of Kids Building Bikes Camp as part of their A Summer of STREAM (Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics) […]