Articles by Tom Snape

SUNMAN, IN — The Sunman Food Pantry will be closed this Saturday. The food pantry is housed at St. John’s United Church of Christ at Penntown, but the church has its Chicken Dinner every year […]

EDINBURGH, IN — Afghan refugees started arriving at Camp Atterbury near Edinburgh late last week. The facility will house up to 5,000 people, with evacuees arriving in groups of 1,000 at a time. Indiana Adjutant […]

SOUTHEASTERN IN – Great Plains Communications and its local site sponsors are reminding Southeastern Indiana residents that Great Plains parking lot hot spots are available to provide access to free public Wi-Fi. This comes on […]

STATEWIDE — More than 70 rural and volunteer fire departments from 46 counties across the state have been awarded more than $319,000 in Volunteer Fire Assistance grants, according to Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) […]

BATESVILLE, IN — Artist Yulia Avgustinovich has spent this week in Batesville working on her mural on the southeast corner of Walnut Street near George Street. The mural – titled “A Tale of Our Town” […]

VEVAY, IN — A retired U.S. Army Colonel is offering a reward for the return of his helmet, which was stolen while on display at a Southeastern Indiana festival. Vevay Police say the ballistic helmet […]

ST. LEON, IN — East Central High School and Mathew 25 Ministries have teamed up for a Hurricane Ida Relief Drive, which is going on now through Tuesday. Ida was the fifth most powerful storm […]

BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY, IN — A Westport woman was injured along with three others in a two-vehicle crash at a Bartholomew County intersection Wednesday afternoon. Chelsea Turner and two juveniles were taken by ambulance to a […]

PLAINFIELD, IN — The Duke Energy Foundation and “Together We Stand”, a veteran-focused Duke Energy employee resource group, have made a contribution of $2,500 to USO Indiana in honor of two Indiana service members who […]

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — The Indiana Secured School Safety Board has approved more than $19 million in matching state grant funds, marking a third consecutive year of record-breaking school safety investments. “Hoosier students and staff should […]

BATESVILLE, IN — Four generations of the Rippe family plus local and state leaders and a representative for one of Indiana’s U.S. Senators participated in the ribbon-cutting at Depot Square Flats apartments in downtown Batesville […]

BATESVILLE, IN — Hospital bed and patient-monitoring device manufacturer Hill-Rom Holdings Inc. is being purchased by medical tech firm Baxter International in a blockbuster $10.5 billion cash deal, or $156 a share. Both firms made […]