Articles by Tom Snape

(Letts, IN) – Several area departments were called just after 12:30 Thursday morning to a house fire on the 5400 block of South County Road 60 West in Decatur County. Letts Community firefighters arrived to […]

(Westport, IN) – The Westport Police Department is asking for information on two stolen Billy Goat brand commercial push-behind blowers. Authorities did not say where the items were stolen from. If you have information that […]

(Versailles, IN) – Crews from Versailles and Friendship battled a shed fire Wednesday evening at a home on West County Road 700 South. Firefighters arriving on the scene found a fully engulfed shed with a […]

(Guilford, IN) – A police standoff in Guilford ended around 5 pm Thursday. The Dearborn County Sheriff’s Office posted on social media that there was heavy police activity in the downtown area on Main Street […]

(Batesville, IN) – Water service in Batesville’s Lake of The Woods subdivision has been shut off until further notice because of a water main break. Part of EGS Boulevard and Valley Drive is affected.

(Batesville, IN) – The Batesville Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting for Batesville Music Co. Wednesday. The business owned by Joe and Amanda Kendall primarily offers threaded instrument sales, rental, and repair services. “We […]

(Batesville, IN) – The City of Batesville Economic Development Commission meeting scheduled for Friday, April 21 at 8 am at the Memorial Building (132 South Main Street) has been canceled due to a lack of […]

(Statehouse) – State Sen. Jean Leising (R-Oldenburg, front left) welcomed fourth-grade students from St. Mary’s Catholic School in Greensburg to the Statehouse on Monday, April 17. The group toured the building and learned about the […]

(Batesville, IN) – In support of the work of Safe Passage and the commitment to amplifying the voices of survivors, Madison, Batesville, Rising Sun, and Lawrenceburg mayors have joined forces and designated April 23-29 as […]

(Greensburg, IN) – Decatur County Commissioners this week agreed to act as sponsors for the Decatur County Family YMCA’s grant application for funds to repair the Y’s roof. The total cost of the project is […]

(Decatur County, IN) – Decatur County Sheriff Bill Meyerrose says the new Body Worn Camera (BWC) program is up and running at his agency. Meyerrose touted the program as one of the main platforms of […]

(Friendship, IN) – The Friendship Volunteer Fire Department and Ripley County EMS were called to a medical emergency at an undisclosed location Tuesday night which evolved into a medical evaluation. PHI Air Medical was called […]