Articles by Tom Snape

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Two local county prosecutors were recently elected to the 2022 Indiana Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (IPAC) Board of Officers. Ripley County’s Ric Hertel and Nate Harter from Decatur County were elected to […]

SOUTHEASTERN IN — The jobless rate in all four area counties dipped below 2 percent in November. The Indiana Department of Workforce Development says Franklin and Decatur counties tied for the lowest unemployment rate in […]

OHIO COUNTY, IN — A Vevay man has been charged in connection with a deadly wreck in Ohio County back in August. According to Dearborn-Ohio County Prosecutor Lynn Deddens, Alexander Scott Lynn has been charged […]

RISING SUN, IN — The Rising Sun Regional Foundation (RSRF) awarded a total of $271,100 in 15 new grants in the fourth quarter of 2021. These grants included: $15,000 be made to the Town of […]

BROOKVILLE, IN — United Way of Franklin County and the Franklin County Community Foundation (FCCF) recently presented a check for $36,000 to Margaret Mary Health (MMH) to expand telehealth services to all schools in the […]

BATESVILLE, IN — The Southeast Indiana Health Center (SEIHC) and the Indiana Department of Health will host a free mobile testing and vaccination clinic as part of their ongoing efforts to prevent the spread of […]

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — The Indiana Department of Health (IDH) announced Sunday that it has detected the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus in a specimen collected from an unvaccinated Indiana resident. No additional details about […]

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Indiana’s unemployment rate for November fell to 3.0% – matching a low the state has not seen in more than 20 years. The last time Indiana’s unemployment rate was at this level […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award an estimated $33.9 million to Indiana’s 63 airports from funding made available by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Locally, the Greensburg Municipal […]

BATESVILLE, IN — Donations for Mayfield, Kentucky disaster relief will be collected the next two Thursdays at the Tri-County Coon Hunters Association Gun Club. Items will be accepted on December 23 and December 30 from […]

STATEWIDE — For the first time since 2006, the Indiana DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife (DFW) has increased fees for hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses. Commercial license fees also increase, some for the first […]

BATESVILLE, IN — Margaret Mary Health (MMH) has 22 COVID-19 patients in its inpatient unit, which is the highest number of COVID patients they’ve had at one time since the beginning of the pandemic in […]