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Police Blotter 9/5/25
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Year: 2025
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Sports Daily Digest September 8, 2025
South Decatur volleyball hosted and won the Cougar Classic on Saturday. It was South Decatur over Switzerland County 25-18, 25-15 in the first game. The Cougars won the championship by dispatching Crothersville 25-12, 25-9. The […]
Obituaries
Jared Miller, 50, Holton
Jared Miller, 50, of Holton passed away at 11:48 a.m., Friday, September 5, 2025, at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati. He was born in Batesville on October 19, 1974, the son of James Alan and Ruth […]
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Benjamin “Benji” Ortman, 51, Westport, Indiana
Benjamin “Benji” James Edward Ortman, 51, of Westport, passed away at 9:23 p.m. on Saturday, September 6, 2025, at the Our Hospice Inpatient Facility in Columbus. He was born March 30, 1974, in Columbus, […]
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Michael R. Filler, 71
Michael R. Filler, 71, a native of Greensburg, Indiana, died on Saturday, September 6, 2025 in Meadow View Health & Rehabilitation in Salem, Indiana. Mike graduated from Greensburg High School in the Class of 1972, […]
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Christie Allison Krieger, 69 of Batesville
Christie Allison Krieger, age 69, of Batesville, Indiana, passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 23, 2025, just one day shy of her 70th birthday. She was at her beloved vacation spot in Bear Lake, Michigan. […]
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Sports Daily Digest September 6, 2025
In Week 3 high school football action last night on the Sports Voice, Lawrence North rolled over East Central 32-7, and Brady Wonnell’s 29 yard field goal in the waning seconds lifted Batesville over South […]
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9.5.2025 High School Football Scores and Coaches Interviews
Area Scores Batesville 17, South Dearborn 14 Lawrence North 32, East Central 7 North Decatur 21, Milan 20 Connersville 28, Greensburg 14 Franklin County 41, Rushville 6 South Decatur 35, Edinburgh 6 Lawrenceburg 42, Speedway […]
Obituaries
Robert “Bob” Bissett, 81, New Alsace
Robert “Bob” Allen Bissett, 81, of New Alsace, Indiana, passed away on September 2, 2025. Born in Sligo, Pennsylvania, on April 6, 1944, he was the son of Norman Bissett and Amy Louise Myers. Bob […]
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Donna L. Beard, age 69, Brookville
Donna Lee Beard, age 69, of Brookville, Indiana, passed away on Tuesday, September 2, 2025 in Brookville, Indiana. She was born the daughter of Harold and Emma (nee Haas) Beard on November 14, 1955, in […]
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One Arrested Following Serious Crash
(Ripley County, IN) – A Westport man was arrested following a serious motorcycle crash with injuries Thursday evening in Ripley County at West Millhousen and County Line roads. The Ripley County Sheriff’s Office says 29-year-old […]
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Judges to Visit Students and Civic Groups for Constitution Day
(Statewide) – Sixty-one judicial officers from across the state will meet with nearly 4,500 students and civic group members to celebrate Constitution Day later this month. Indiana courts are commemorating the signing of the U.S. […]