Articles by Tom Snape

Ripley County, IN — A Ripley County deputy has been awarded the Sheriff’s Office’s Life-Saving Medal. Deputy Conrad Reichert responded last year to a call in which an 8-year-old child was not breathing. Deputy Reichert […]

Greensburg, IN — An Indiana Legal Help Kiosk has been installed in the Greensburg/Decatur County Public Library. The kiosk is part of an Indiana Bar Foundation program that gives community members access to indianalegalhelp.org. That […]

Indianapolis, IN — The Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) says flu activity has gone down in the Hoosier State. The agency is reporting a drop in reported flu cases. So far, there have been 156 […]

Indianapolis, IN — The Indiana Department of Revenue (DOR) will start accepting filings for the 2023 individual income tax season on Monday, January 23, 2023, in concert with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Customers will […]

Statehouse — Indiana Senate Republicans want to see if the state can ditch its individual income tax, and one influential economic policy group thinks the change couldn’t come sooner. But the biggest challenge may be […]

Southeastern IN — Talk about a Sunday morning surprise. The area was hit with several inches of snow early yesterday despite early predictions of 1 to 2. A Winter Storm Warning was issued but was […]

Southeastern IN — The Winter Storm Warning issued Sunday morning has been canceled. The National Weather Service says temperatures have warmed to near or above freezing across much of the area. Forecasters say little if […]

Ripley County, IN — The Ripley County Sheriff’s Office says the Indiana Sheriffs’ Association will again this year award college scholarships to qualified high school seniors or college students who are pursuing a degree in […]

Statehouse — Local State Senator Jeff Raatz (R-Richmond) has authored a bill in the General Assembly that would require schools to inform parents if students request to change their names or pronouns or express questions […]

Decatur County, IN — A national group is protesting baptisms offered by the Decatur County Sheriff’s Office in the county detention center. The Freedom From Religion Foundation called on former Sheriff Dave Durant to stop […]

Greensburg, IN — Greensburg High School, the Tree City’s police department, and its K9 unit cooperated on a random search of the property on Thursday. In a message to Greensburg schools families, high school Principal […]