Articles by Tom Snape

SOUTHEASTERN IN – Great Plains Communications and its local site sponsors are reminding Southeastern Indiana residents that Great Plains parking lot hot spots are available to provide access to free public Wi-Fi. This comes on […]

STATEWIDE — More than 70 rural and volunteer fire departments from 46 counties across the state have been awarded more than $319,000 in Volunteer Fire Assistance grants, according to Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) […]

BATESVILLE, IN — Artist Yulia Avgustinovich has spent this week in Batesville working on her mural on the southeast corner of Walnut Street near George Street. The mural – titled “A Tale of Our Town” […]

VEVAY, IN — A retired U.S. Army Colonel is offering a reward for the return of his helmet, which was stolen while on display at a Southeastern Indiana festival. Vevay Police say the ballistic helmet […]

ST. LEON, IN — East Central High School and Mathew 25 Ministries have teamed up for a Hurricane Ida Relief Drive, which is going on now through Tuesday. Ida was the fifth most powerful storm […]

BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY, IN — A Westport woman was injured along with three others in a two-vehicle crash at a Bartholomew County intersection Wednesday afternoon. Chelsea Turner and two juveniles were taken by ambulance to a […]

PLAINFIELD, IN — The Duke Energy Foundation and “Together We Stand”, a veteran-focused Duke Energy employee resource group, have made a contribution of $2,500 to USO Indiana in honor of two Indiana service members who […]

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — The Indiana Secured School Safety Board has approved more than $19 million in matching state grant funds, marking a third consecutive year of record-breaking school safety investments. “Hoosier students and staff should […]

BATESVILLE, IN — Four generations of the Rippe family plus local and state leaders and a representative for one of Indiana’s U.S. Senators participated in the ribbon-cutting at Depot Square Flats apartments in downtown Batesville […]

BATESVILLE, IN — Hospital bed and patient-monitoring device manufacturer Hill-Rom Holdings Inc. is being purchased by medical tech firm Baxter International in a blockbuster $10.5 billion cash deal, or $156 a share. Both firms made […]

ST. LEON, IN — A Go Fund Me page has been set up for Kelsee Lainhart. The U.S. Marine Corporal and 2019 East Central High School graduate was wounded in the August 26 terrorist attack […]

FRANKFORT, KY — Two men from Southeastern Indiana were among those arrested during a multi-state human trafficking sting. Fifty-year-old Keith Clapp of Dearborn County and 35-year-old Zachary Brogan of Switzerland County were among 46 who […]