Articles by Tom Snape

(Rising Sun, IN) – The Rising Sun Regional Foundation (RSRF) awarded a total of $436,660 in new grants in the fourth quarter of 2023. These grants included: $100,000 to the Ripley County Community Foundation for […]

(Greensburg, IN) – Decatur County Memorial Hospital’s Ambulatory Care Pharmacist Matt Weber, PharmD, recently received the Patient & Family Experience Award from the Indiana State Office of Rural Health. Annually, the Indiana Department of Health’s […]

(Batesville, IN) – The Batesville McDonald’s at Cross County Plaza reopened Tuesday, and the Batesville Area Chamber of Commerce marked the occasion with a ribbon-cutting (pictured). The fast food restaurant closed in August for a […]

(Versailles, IN) – The Ripley County Chamber of Commerce has a warning about a man who’s reportedly been soliciting Versailles area businesses, claiming to be selling books for South Ripley Community Schools. Police have investigated […]

(Statewide) – Indiana State Police is proud to partner again in 2024 with the U.S. Department of Justice in promoting the National Missing Children’s Day Poster Contest. In 1983, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed May 25th […]

(Indianapolis, IN) – Fifteen applicants received a total of $541,245 from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management’s (IDEM) Community Recycling Grant Program. Locally, the Dearborn County Solid Waste Management District was awarded $68,667. The grants […]

(Greensburg, IN) – The Hospital Foundation of Decatur County presented a check for $256,932.82 to the Decatur County Memorial Hospital (DCMH) after a yearlong Capital Campaign. The Foundation will continue to transfer funds to the […]

(Statehouse) – Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch has announced that Terre Haute Mayor Duke A. Bennett will become the new Executive Director of the Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA). Bennett will begin in his […]

(Indianapolis, IN) – Two local seventh graders have been honored by Indiana Electric Cooperatives with Youth Hope and Power awards for making a difference in their communities. Chloe Kramer from North Decatur Jr./Sr. High School […]