Articles by Tom Snape

Batesville, IN — Margaret Mary Health and Hoxworth Blood Center will host a blood drive in memory of Paul Eckstein on Wednesday from 8 am until 5 pm. Eckstein was an Oldenburg resident and regular […]

Indianapolis, IN — The State of Indiana’s attempt to delay the reinstatement of federal pandemic unemployment benefits has been denied by the Indiana Court of Appeals. The ruling comes after a Marion County judge ordered […]

Indianapolis, IN — The #INAgainstDA campaign (Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence) breaks away from many domestic violence campaigns by turning its focus from survivors of domestic abuse and violence to bystanders and the community at large. […]

The Franklin County 4-H Fair returns to in-person fun and festivities Monday at the 4-H Fairgrounds on Blue Creek Road in Brookville. Last year’s fair was a virtual event due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This […]

Connersville, IN — The Laurel Fire Department is one of several agencies that have been taking part in the search for a man who was reported missing from the Three Mile Bridge near State Road […]

Osgood, IN — Shalee Harrington was named Miss Ripley County 2021 at last night’s pageant at the Damm Theatre. Harrington is a 2021 graduate of Batesville High School and Ivy Tech Community College. She is […]

Dillsboro, IN — Units from Milan, Versailles, and Friendship assisted Dillsboro firefighters in battling a house fire that broke out just after 1 am Sunday on the 11,000 block of Simple Pleasures Lane. A garage […]

Batesville, IN — Lori Maurer and Megan Roope with Margaret Mary Health are among eight child passenger safety technicians across the state to receive the Child Safety Advocate Award from the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute […]

Guilford, IN — The Sunman-Dearborn School Board has tabled action on awarding the bid to demolish the former North Dearborn Elementary building. “The bids came in considerably lower than what we had originally anticipated,” said […]

Butlerville, IN — An 18-year-old from Holton was among six people arrested in a Jennings County drug bust. Trinity Bennett and five others were booked on various drug possession counts following the incident, which took […]

Olean, IN — One person was injured in a single-vehicle accident on State Road 129 near Olean late Thursday morning. Investigators say the northbound vehicle went off the road, struck a guardrail, skidded across the […]