Articles by Tom Snape

SOUTHEASTERN IN — The jobless rate in all four area counties dipped below 2 percent in November. The Indiana Department of Workforce Development says Franklin and Decatur counties tied for the lowest unemployment rate in […]

OHIO COUNTY, IN — A Vevay man has been charged in connection with a deadly wreck in Ohio County back in August. According to Dearborn-Ohio County Prosecutor Lynn Deddens, Alexander Scott Lynn has been charged […]

RISING SUN, IN — The Rising Sun Regional Foundation (RSRF) awarded a total of $271,100 in 15 new grants in the fourth quarter of 2021. These grants included: $15,000 be made to the Town of […]

BROOKVILLE, IN — United Way of Franklin County and the Franklin County Community Foundation (FCCF) recently presented a check for $36,000 to Margaret Mary Health (MMH) to expand telehealth services to all schools in the […]

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. […]