2024 – Page 160 – WRBI Radio

Larry “George” Wilson, 77

August 15, 2024 Gilliland-Howe Funeral Home

Larry “George” Wilson, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away peacefully on August 14, 2024, at the age of 77. Born in Rushville, Indiana, on February 13, 1947, George lived a life full of […]

Jerry Frey

August 15, 2024 Andres-Wuestefeld Funeral Home

Jerome “Jerry” Frey, 68 years old of Cincinnati, passed away on Saturday, August 3, 2024. Originally from St. Leon, Jerry was in the first class to graduate from East Central High School in 1974. An […]

Indiana Farmland Prices Increase Despite Downward Pressure

August 15, 2024 Tom Snape

(Statewide) – The Purdue University Farmland Value and Cash Rent Survey showed that Indiana farmland prices once again hit a new record in 2024. The average price of top-quality farmland is $14,392, up 4.8 percent […]

Local News

Area Entities Receive State Entrepreneurship Grants

August 15, 2024 Tom Snape

(Indianapolis, IN) – The Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) has announced $1.05 million in grant awards to accelerate entrepreneurial activity and resources statewide through its new Community Collaboration Fund (CCF). The agency says this investment […]

Eleven Local Farms Recognized as Hoosier Homesteads

August 15, 2024 Tom Snape

(Indianapolis, IN) – One hundred and three Indiana farm families were presented the Hoosier Homestead Award by Indiana State Department of Agriculture Director Don Lamb on Wednesday. The award is presented each year at the Indiana State Fair […]

Indiana’s 3rd Grade Literacy Rates Go Up for Third Straight Year

August 15, 2024 Tom Snape

(Statewide) – The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) released Indiana Reading Evaluation and Determination (IREAD) scores from the 2023-24 assessment on Wednesday. The data indicates third graders had the largest single-year increase since the assessment […]

Greensburg Schools to Lease Learning Center Space for Child Care

August 15, 2024 Tom Snape

(Greensburg, IN) – The Greensburg School Board has approved the leasing of space at the Greensburg Learning Center on Central Avenue to a company planning to provide childcare. All 4 Kids currently runs daycare centers […]

Sports Daily Digest August 15, 2024

August 15, 2024 Tom Snape

North Decatur finished at 236 in a three-way girls’ golf match with Eastern Hancock and Union County Tuesday evening. The Chargers Mary Stier earned medalist honors by shooting a 52. The Patriots finished 1st while […]

Police Blotter 8/14/24

August 15, 2024 Tom Snape

Douglas W. “Doug” Pyles, 53, Lawrenceburg

August 14, 2024 Moore Funeral Homes

Douglas W. “Doug” Pyles, 53, of Lawrenceburg passed away Wednesday, August 14, 2024, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Edgewood. Doug was born on Monday, August 31, 1970, in Lawrenceburg; son of William Pyles and […]

Craig Robert Stork, age 46, Cincinnati

August 14, 2024 Neals Funeral Home

Craig Robert Stork was born April 8, 1978 in Cincinnati, OH to Robert and Eileen Stork, and left our lives on August 12, 2024. He is survived by his parents, his sisters Caroline Stork Ellison […]

Linda Marie Ruposky Ploeger, 58, Greensburg

August 14, 2024 Porter Oliger Pearson

Linda Marie “Maria” Ruposky Ploeger, 58, of Greensburg, Indiana, passed away peacefully at her home on August 13, 2024, after a courageous battle with cancer. Born on September 22, 1965, in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, she was […]