Articles by Tom Snape

(Statehouse) – State Sen. Jean Leising (R-Oldenburg) welcomed fourth-grade students from Batesville Intermediate School to the Statehouse on Thursday, March 14. Leising spoke to the students about Indiana’s state government and the legislative process when […]

(Indianapolis, IN) – Several local students were top finishers at last Friday’s Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) State Career Development Conference in Indianapolis. The event put on by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development (DWD) […]

(Indianapolis, IN) – Gov. Eric Holcomb has signed a bill into law that bans China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela from owning or leasing farmland in Indiana.  The bill (House Enrolled Act 1183), […]

(Southeastern IN) – SEI READI, Inc. has successfully submitted the Southeast Indiana region’s proposal for a second round of funding from the state’s Regional Economic Acceleration and Development Initiative (READI), spearheaded by the Indiana Economic […]

(Washington County, IN) – The mother of a young boy whose body was found in a suitcase in the woods of Washington County two years next month has been arrested. Dejuane Anderson was rounded up […]

(Dearborn County, IN) – A slide correction project scheduled to start next month will force the closure of part of State Road 1 in Dearborn County until around Christmastime. INDOT says the road will be […]

(Southeastern IN) – The National Weather Service says there is an elevated fire danger on this first day of spring. Gusty winds of 25 to 35 mph out of the southwest are expected. Forecasters say […]

(Versailles, IN) – An autopsy on 18-year-old Carson Hughes of Osgood was completed Monday, and the preliminary cause of death was determined to be probable cold-water drowning. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources says there […]

(Brookville, IN) – If you suffer from conditions that cause pain and affect your mobility, Margaret Mary Health now offers orthopedic consultations at its Brookville Health Center located on U.S. 52. Appointments can be made […]

(Osgood, IN) – Southeastern Indiana REMC will celebrate 85 years of service at their annual meeting on Saturday, March 23 at South Ripley High School. This year’s theme is “Racing Through Time.” The REMC Expo […]

(Oldenburg, IN) – Two teams of Oldenburg Academy seniors from Jason Walke’s economics class have been chosen as finalists in the Indiana statewide business pitch competition hosted by The STARTedUP Foundation. From the initial submissions, […]