Articles by Tom Snape

Osgood, IN — The Ripley County Chamber of Commerce recently hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for AirWave Networks, LLC. The company is owned and operated by Trent Linville, and is an internet service provider connecting rural residents […]

Versailles, IN — The South Ripley School Board received a briefing from Superintendent Rob Moorhead this week on the 2021-22 School Re-Entry Plan as it relates to COVID-19 protocols. Masks will be optional for students […]

Indianapolis, IN — The State is appealing a judge’s ruling that Indiana must keep paying federal pandemic unemployment benefits. The continuing legal battle comes after Governor Eric Holcomb tried to end the benefits for Hoosiers […]

Southeastern IN — All four area counties saw a slight increase in unemployment last month. Ripley and Franklin counties were the lowest at 3.5 percent. Both counties were at 3.4 percent in May. Decatur County […]

Indianapoplis, IN — Eight Indiana University students are appealing a federal ruling that keeps the University’s vaccination requirement intact. A federal judge rejected the students’ request to block the vaccine mandate. Attorneys for the students […]

Osgood, IN — A grandstand event has been added to this year’s Ripley County Fair schedule. The Barnyard Olympics – hosted by the Ripley County Queens Court – will take place tonight at 7:30. The […]

Statewide — State health officials are urging Hoosiers to take steps to protect themselves from mosquito bites after the West Nile virus was detected in Indiana for the first time this year. So far in […]

West Harrison, IN — Dyke Industries Inc., a national wholesale distributor of millwork and related products, announced plans to expand its Cincinnati region distribution operations with a new facility in Southeast Indiana, creating up to […]

Southeastern IN — SEI READI announced today Southeast Indiana’s collaboration to compete for the Indiana Economic Development Corporation’s READI (Regional Economic Acceleration & Development Initiative) funding opportunity. This initiative includes the counties, cities, towns, private […]

Ripley/Jefferson counties, IN  — Indiana Department of Transportation maintenance crews plan to begin chip seal operations as early as Thursday, July 22, on State Road 62 in Jefferson and Ripley counties. Work will take place […]

Lawrenceburg, IN —Firefighters from Lawrenceburg, Greendale, and Aurora responded to the Dearborn County Law Enforcement Center shortly after 9:00 last night on a report of smoke in the jail area. The Dearborn County Sheriff’s Office […]

Greensburg, IN — Decatur County Memorial Hospital is pleased to welcome three new practitioners to its health care family: Lindsay M. Jobe, FNP, Mieasha Hicks Barksdale, M.D., and Brian L. Israel, M.D. Lindsay M. Jobe, […]