August 2025 – Page 6

SLS Volleyball Off to a Good Start to the Season

August 25, 2025 Tom Snape

The St. Louis 7th and 8th grade volleyball teams are off to a good start to the season. The Cardinals 7th grade team took first place in the OA Junior High Classic on August 16 […]

GPD’s Keppel Graduates, Serves as ILEA Class President

August 25, 2025 Tom Snape

(Greensburg, IN) – Greensburg Police Officer Curtis Keppel recently graduated from the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) in Plainfield. Of special note is the fact that Keppel is the second officer from Decatur County to […]

SE IN Ivy Tech Campuses Receive Duke Gift to Support Student Resource Shop

August 25, 2025 Tom Snape

(Lawrenceburg/Batesville, IN) – Ivy Tech Community College has received a $1,500 grant from Duke Energy to help the college’s Lawrenceburg and Batesville campuses provide a free student resource shop with food, ingredients, recipes, on-the-go snacks […]

Jenner Tapped to Succeed Lowery as Higher Education Commissioner

August 25, 2025 Tom Snape

(Indianapolis, IN) – The Indiana Commission for Higher Education voted unanimously to appoint Education Secretary Dr. Katie Jenner as the state’s next Commissioner for Higher Education. She will serve simultaneously in both posts. The move is […]

One Injured in Crash Near Friendship

August 25, 2025 Tom Snape

(Friendship, IN) – One person was seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash near Friendship on County Road 950 South on Friday night. Investigators say it was around 8:20 p.m. when the driver of the eastbound […]

Police Blotter 8/24/25

August 25, 2025 Tom Snape

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Police Blotter 8/23/25

August 25, 2025 Tom Snape

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Police Blotter 8/22/25

August 25, 2025 Tom Snape

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Sports Daily Digest August 25, 2025

August 25, 2025 Tom Snape

Oldenburg Academy boys soccer hosted the annual Twister Cup at Bill Gillespie Soccer Park on Saturday and went 1-1. The Twisters defeated Seton Catholic 6-2 in the first game, but fell to Shawe Memorial in […]

Joseph Gabriel Girton

August 24, 2025 Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home

Joseph Gabriel Girton, son of Christopher David Girton and Caroline Gabrielle (King) Girton of Fairview, Indiana was carried in love for 17 weeks before being called to Heaven on Monday, August 18, 2025. Joseph’s expected […]

OA Boys Soccer Blanks JCD

August 23, 2025 Tom Snape

Oldenburg Academy boys soccer traveled to Jac-Cen-Del on Friday and came away with a 4-0 victory. Adam Weber opened the scoring at 18:40 in the first on a pass from Luke Aiken. Connor Holder put […]

Sports Daily Digest August 23, 2025

August 23, 2025 Tom Snape

In Week One of high school football around the area last night, as heard on WRBI, East Central rolled over Lawrenceburg 39-12, and Triton Central slid past Batesville 11-10. Elsewhere, Franklin County bested New Castle […]