Local News

Batesville, In. — The prestigious Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship drew fifty-nine applicants from Ripley County seniors in the class of 2019.  The Ripley County Community Foundation review committee narrowed the field to five finalists, representing three area […]

Aurora, In. —  Paul O. Alford 88, of Aurora, Indiana, passed away Sunday October 21, 2018 at Forest Park Health Campus in Richmond, Indiana. He was born April 30, 1930 in St Louis , MO, son of […]

Batesville, In. — Officials from St. Louis Catholic School have released the “Honor Roll” students for the first quarter of 2018. Grade 4 First Honors:  Owen Beiser, Jensen Bright, Owen Hermesch, Ava Hollins, Ella King, Olivia […]

Plainfield, In. — Twenty-one Indiana nonprofit organizations are receiving $315,000 in Duke Energy Foundation grants to make a difference in their communities. Their projects range from a holiday food drive for the needy in Howard County to […]

Indianapolis, In. — Indiana’s unemployment rate stands at 3.5 percent for September and remains lower than the national rate of 3.7 percent. With the exception of one month when it was equal (October 2014), Indiana’s unemployment rate now has been below […]

Lawrenceburg, In. — Ivy Tech Community College and The Hoosier Hills Literacy League are partnering to bring awareness to the importance of literacy through a special lunchtime event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 1 at […]

Batesville, In. — Batesville High School is pleased to announce that three students have qualified as finalists for the 2019 Ripley County Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship.  The class of 2019 students to receive this honor include: Trey […]

Washington D.C. — Envolve Foods, a Corona, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately 292,764 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken and beef products that contain a vegetable ingredient that may be contaminated with Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food […]

Osgood, In. — Officials say high winds were the cause of a Saturday evening power outage. About 1300 were without power for several hours. Additional reports of minor damage and limbs down ere also reported.

Ripley County, In. — The Friendship Volunteer Fire Department extinguished a combine fir Sunday night in the 9500 block of State Road 129. Firefighters responded around 7:30 and used about 300 gallons of water to douse a […]

Jackson County, In. — Indiana Conservation Officers are assisting the Federal Aviation Administration after an overnight plane crash in Jackson County. Chad Lowe, 31, of Crossville, Tennessee, crashed the small plane he was piloting and escaped with […]

Batesville, In. — The Batesville Community Education Foundation (BCEF) is sponsoring a “Give Thanks” fall campaign to honor Batesville Community School Corporation (BCSC) employees, according to BCEF executive director Anne Wilson. As the holiday season approaches, BCEF […]