May 2025 – Page 16

Shwartzman Starts P1 at 2025 Indy 500

May 18, 2025 Annie Nunley

Indianapolis, IN – First oval race, first Indy 500, and now first P1 for both Robert Shwartzman and the PREMA racing team. With only 5 INDYCAR starts under his belt, Rookie Shwartzman made it to […]

BHS Golf Defeats Triton Central in 2-Man Scramble Format

May 18, 2025 Tom Snape

Batesville varsity golf defeated Triton Central 145-157 in a two-man scramble format on Friday. The Bulldog duo of Jon Moody and Calvin Padgett earned medalist honors with a 34 (-1). Also scoring for BHS: Zach […]

Pacers to Face Knicks in Eastern Conference Finals

May 18, 2025 Tom Snape

The Pacers will face the Knicks in the Eastern Conference Finals after New York crushed Boston 119-81 Friday to win the series 4-2. Game 1 is Wednesday at 8 p.m. at Madison Square Garden. Here’s […]

Bob Baker, age 75 of Sunman

May 18, 2025 Cook-Rosenberger Funeral Home

Robert R. Baker, age 75, of Sunman, Indiana passed away on Friday May 16, 2025, at his home after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on January 3, 1950, in Batesville, Indiana, a […]

Palou Eyes Second Indy 500 Pole after Leading First Day of Qualifying

May 17, 2025 Annie Nunley

INDIANAPOLIS (Saturday, May 17, 2025) – It took Alex Palou just four laps around Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Saturday to tighten his grip even harder on the NTT INDYCAR SERIES this season and zero in […]

Mrs. Deloris Caroline (Penn) Bovard

May 17, 2025 Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home

Mrs. Deloris Caroline (Penn) Bovard, age 88, of Rising Sun, Indiana, entered this life on October 21st, 1936. Born in Milan, Indiana, she was the loving daughter, and only child, of the late Ernest Eugene […]

Storm Damages Portions of SE Indiana

May 17, 2025 Tom Snape

(Southeastern IN) – Several tornado watches and warnings were issued when severe storms rumbled through Southeastern Indiana Friday night. There reports of damage caused by the violent weather in northern Ripley County, particularly near Sunman […]

Sports Daily Digest May 17, 2025

May 17, 2025 Tom Snape

Batesville senior Cade Kaiser has signed a letter of intent to play football at Indiana University. Kaiser missed his senior football season with an injury but put up big numbers as a junior. He holds […]

Vera Fern (Fields) Benning, 86, Dillsboro

May 16, 2025 Filter-Devries-Moore Funeral Home

Vera Fern (Fields) Benning, 86, of Dillsboro, IN passed away Friday, May 16, 2025, at Ripley Crossing, with her family by her side. Vera was born on January 27, 1939, in Harrison, Ohio. She was […]

Geraldine Dolores “Gerrie” (Greiner) Driggers, 79, Milan

May 16, 2025 Moore Funeral Homes

Geraldine Dolores “Gerrie” (Greiner) Driggers, 79, of Milan passed away Thursday, May 15, 2025, at Christ Hospital with her loving family by her side. Gerrie was born on Tuesday, January 22, 1946, in Cincinnati; daughter […]

Erma J. Wilson, age 96 of Metamora

May 16, 2025 Cook-Rosenberger Funeral Home

Erma J. Wilson, of Metamora, was born on June 10, 1928 in Connersville, Indiana, a daughter to Forrest and Ethel Trueblood McKee. She married Cecil Wilson, and he preceded her in death on November 2, […]

Donald “Don” Harold Polston, 87, Greensburg

May 16, 2025 Porter Oliger Pearson

Donald “Don” Harold Polston, 87, of Greensburg, Indiana, passed away peacefully on May 15, 2025. He was born on April 12, 1938, in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Theodore “Scoop” Polston and Gertrude (White) Polston, and was […]