March 2025 – Page 14

Melvin Dunbar, age 79 of Sunman

March 19, 2025 Cook-Rosenberger Funeral Home

Melvin Dunbar, of Sunman, was born on May 15, 1945, in Batesville, Indiana, a son to Floyd and Caroline Rahe Dunbar. He married Elizabeth “Betty” Knecht on May 11, 1968, in St. Peters, Indiana and […]

Special Olympics Hosting Breakfast with the Easter Bunny

March 19, 2025 Tom Snape

(Versailles. IN) – Special Olympics Indiana – Ripley Ohio Dearborn Counties will host Breakfast with the Easter Bunny on Sunday, April 13 from 8:30 am to 1:30 pm at South Ripley Elementary School in Versailles. […]

Pacers to be Shorthanded Again Tonight

March 19, 2025 Tom Snape

(Indianapolis, IN) – It’s another shorthanded night for the Indiana Pacers. They will be without Pascal Siakam, Tyrese Haliburton, and Myles Turner when they face the Dallas Mavericks this evening at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Airtime on […]

DeVries Hired as IU Men’s Basketball Coach

March 19, 2025 Tom Snape

(Bloomington, IN) – The Indiana Hoosiers have their new coach. He’s Darian DeVries — the now former coach at West Virginia and before that Drake whom he led to three NCAA Tournaments. IU is paying […]

Michael Becker

March 19, 2025 Rullman-Hunger Funeral

Michael Becker, 73, of Aurora, Indiana, and Thunderbay Ontario, Canada passed away Sunday, February 23, 2025, in Edgewood, KY. He was born December 12, 1951, in Ontario, Canada, son of the late Frank Becker and […]

Indiana Unemployment Steady in January

March 19, 2025 Tom Snape

(Statewide) – Indiana’s unemployment rate hit 4.4 percent in January, according to the latest report from the Department of Workforce Development. That rate is unchanged from the previous month. By comparison, the national rate in […]

Greensburg Sets This Year’s Public Safety Cookout Schedule

March 19, 2025 Tom Snape

(Greensburg, IN) – This year’s City of Greensburg Public Safety Community Cookouts will have an interesting mix. There will be three cookouts this year, including National Night Out in August. The city will also partner […]

Leising Honored by Equine Association

March 19, 2025 Tom Snape

(Greenfield, IN) – Local State Sen. Jean Leising (R-Oldenburg) was recently honored by the Indiana Standardbred Association for supporting the horse racing industry (pictured). She is a sponsor in the Senate of House Bill 1490, […]

Friendship Road Reopens Early

March 19, 2025 Tom Snape

(Ripley County, IN) – The Friendship Road emergency culvert replacement project is finished sooner than expected. The road was shut down on Monday between East County Road 300 South and 425 South so that the […]

Elevated Fire Risk This Afternoon, Evening

March 19, 2025 Tom Snape

(Southeastern IN) – We are at risk for an elevated fire danger this afternoon and into the early evening hours. The National Weather Service says a combination of southerly winds gusting to 40 mph with […]

Police Blotter 3/18/25

March 19, 2025 Tom Snape

Sports Daily Digest March 19, 2025

March 19, 2025 Tom Snape

South Ripley’s Cole Henry was honored this week by the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association. Henry and teammate Blaine Ward played key roles in leading the Raiders to a berth in the Class 2A regional. Henry […]