Articles by Tom Snape

(St. Leon, IN) – Local high school marching bands will compete at the East Central Invitational at Trojan Field in St. Leon on Saturday, November 1. Seven bands from the area will take the field, […]

(Indianapolis, IN) – Congratulations to the Batesville High School marching band. The group brought home a second-place finish from the ISSMA Scholastic Class Marching Band State Finals held on Saturday at Franklin Central High School […]

(Batesville, IN) – Kids Discovery Factory is thrilled to announce a generous $100,000 gift from the John A. Hillenbrand Family Foundation to support the construction of the future children’s museum in downtown Batesville. This transformative […]

(Statewide) – Deer mating season is underway in Indiana, and that means drivers may see a buck or doe on the roads during their daily commutes. According to Indiana State Police, more than 17,000 crashes […]

(Ripley County, IN) – Daniel Raftery has been elected Vice Chairman of the Ripley County Democratic Party. Raftery is a Batesville resident, and joins the party’s leadership team following the recent election of Victoria Martz […]

(Batesville, IN) – The Batesville Police Department has grown by one officer. Christian Richardson is a 2019 graduate of Franklin County High School. Upon graduation, he went immediately into the workforce. He was sworn in […]

(Blooming Grove, IN) – Several fire departments were called to a chimney fire on the 7,000 block of Woodside Drive in Blooming Grove in northern Franklin County around 3:10 Saturday afternoon. The Blooming Volunteer Fire […]

(Versailles, IN) – One person was airlifted to the hospital from a farming accident in the Versailles area Friday evening. It happened shortly after 6 p.m. on the 4,000 block of South Cook Road and […]