Articles by Tom Snape

BATESVILLE, IN — The Southeast Indiana Health Center (SEIHC) and the Indiana Department of Health will host a free mobile testing and vaccination clinic as part of their ongoing efforts to prevent the spread of […]

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — The Indiana Department of Health (IDH) announced Sunday that it has detected the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus in a specimen collected from an unvaccinated Indiana resident. No additional details about […]

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Indiana’s unemployment rate for November fell to 3.0% – matching a low the state has not seen in more than 20 years. The last time Indiana’s unemployment rate was at this level […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award an estimated $33.9 million to Indiana’s 63 airports from funding made available by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Locally, the Greensburg Municipal […]

BATESVILLE, IN — Donations for Mayfield, Kentucky disaster relief will be collected the next two Thursdays at the Tri-County Coon Hunters Association Gun Club. Items will be accepted on December 23 and December 30 from […]

STATEWIDE — For the first time since 2006, the Indiana DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife (DFW) has increased fees for hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses. Commercial license fees also increase, some for the first […]

BATESVILLE, IN — Margaret Mary Health (MMH) has 22 COVID-19 patients in its inpatient unit, which is the highest number of COVID patients they’ve had at one time since the beginning of the pandemic in […]

VERSAILLES, IN — A local school recently received a double dose of good news. South Ripley Elementary has been named a Best Elementary School in the State of Indiana by US News and World Report. […]

BATESVILLE, IN — Knights of Columbus Council #1461 has donated money to several organizations and their worthy causes. Oldenburg Academy received $250 for its Scholarship Funding Program. The Ripley County Sheriff’s Office received $75 for […]

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Members of Indiana Task Force One returned to Indianapolis Thursday. The elite search and rescue team spent nearly a week in Western Kentucky to help search for survivors in Mayfield, which was […]

DECATUR COUNTY, IN — A tip about a threat made by a former student at North Decatur Jr./Sr. High School led to a stepped-up police presence at the school Thursday Before school started Thursday, all […]

BROOKVILLE, IN — The Indiana Department of Health Strike Force will be in Franklin County from Monday, December 20 through Wednesday, December 22. The team will administer COVID-19 vaccines during walk-in clinics each day from […]