Articles by Tom Snape

STATEWIDE — A record of 12,020 new cases of COVID-19 were reported prior to New Year’s Day by the Indiana Department of Health. In addition, 49 virus-related deaths were confirmed. Locally, 55 new cases and […]

PEPPERTOWN, IN — State Road 229 south of Walnut Fork Road was closed for a while the afternoon of New Year’s Eve due to a rollover crash. Oldenburg firefighters and Batesville EMS responded, and a […]

ANDERSONVILLE, IN — One call for help led to another in western Franklin County over the weekend. Franklin County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched Saturday afternoon around 12:15 to a reported large fight on Green Street […]

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — The Indiana Department of Education has announced the 2021 state graduation rates, which show that 86.69 percent of students in the Class of ’21 graduated high school. The number of graduating high […]

RIPLEY COUNTY, IN — A juvenile suffered minor injuries in a single-vehicle slide-off accident at the intersection of Hasmer Hill Road and US 421 near Osgood just before 9 pm Tuesday. The Ripley County Sheriff’s […]

DECATUR COUNTY, IN — A large number of Decatur County REMC members in the Greensburg area were in the dark for about an hour late Thursday morning when an animal got into the Washington Substation. […]

STATEWIDE — The Indiana Department of Health (IDH) on Wednesday confirmed 7,967 new cases of COVID-19 along with 58 newly reported deaths across the state. One of those deaths was in Ripley County. Locally, Dearborn County […]

RIPLEY COUNTY, IN — The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) has awarded the Ripley County Community Foundation $444,051.00 to assist in alleviating the learning loss in Ripley County that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic. This […]

OSGOOD, IN — The Indiana Department of Health Strike Force will hold a clinic for COVID-19 tests and vaccines next week in Osgood. The team will be at the Ripley County Fairgrounds Park Wednesday, January […]

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Governor Eric Holcomb extended Indiana’s COVID-19 emergency order for the 22nd time Wednesday. The extended order will be in effect until February 1, but state lawmakers are looking to cut that time […]

BATESVILLE, IN — The congregation of St. John Lutheran Church Crossroads and the local community is mourning the passing of Creighton Leptak on Christmas Eve. In addition to his pastoral duties, Pastor Leptak was a […]

SUNMAN, IN — The Sunman Food Pantry used a $500 Proactive Grant awarded by the Ripley County Community Foundation (RCCF) in July to purchase Thanksgiving turkeys for area needy families. RCCF awards $1,000 annually to all […]