Articles by Tom Snape

BATESVILLE, IN — The Batesville Area Arts Council has announced the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (ISO) will be returning to Batesville this summer. The Star-Spangled Event with the symphony and a post-concert fireworks display will take […]

SOUTHEASTERN IN — The National Weather Service says anywhere from one to five inches of snow fell on Southeastern Indiana last week. The weather service office in Wilmington, Ohio reports Brookville was buried under 5 […]

COLUMBUS, IN — Legal Aid will hold another free legal aid phone clinic on Tuesday. The phone clinic for residents in Decatur County and seven other counties in the agency’s district will be from 3 […]

DEARBORN COUNTY, IN — An unidentified man was rescued from a creek in Dearborn County Sunday. Dearborn County Water Rescue was called around Noon when a man became stranded on a houseboat on Laughery Creek […]

STATEWIDE — The Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) on Friday reported 4,478 new cases of COVID-19 and 33 deaths across the state. Locally, Dearborn County had 33 cases and two deaths; Decatur County also reported […]

BATESVILLE, IN — Some scary moments after a large sheet of ice came off a vehicle and shattered the front window of another vehicle (pictured) on eastbound I-74 just east of Batesville on Sunday. Indiana […]

BATESVILLE, IN — The Indiana Department of Health Strike Team COVID-19 testing and vaccination clinic will resume Saturday, February 5 at Noon at the Batesville Area Resource Center (BARC) at 920 County Line Road. The […]

STATEHOUSE — The Indiana House this week approved a bill that would change the rules for voting by mail. House Bill 1116 would require a voter to say they cannot vote in person on Election […]

BATESVILLE, IN — St. Louis School officially inducted its newest members into the National Junior Honor Society on January 26. They are: Sam Richardson, Sophia Hohenstein, Rachel Suttmann, Ethan Rahschulte, Aaron Bauer, Mary Hunter, Bridget […]

BATESVILLE, IN — Hazardous road conditions stemming from the winter storm forced Rumpke to cancel trash and recycling service on Friday in the City of Batesville. Rumpke will instead collect extra material from impacted Batesville […]

STATEWIDE — You can see the work of state snowplow drivers, thanks to cameras on board. INDOT crews now have cameras on many of their plow trucks. The cameras were installed last year, but this […]

DEARBORN COUNTY, IN — Two people were rescued after their car went into a lake off Shale Road near Leatherwood Creek in Dearborn County just before 2 am Thursday. The Dearborn County Sheriff’s Office says […]