Local News

Brookville, IN—The Franklin County Board Of Commissioners will discuss the topic of the re-establishment of Area Plan Commission Membership Ordinance as proposed by the Franklin County Area Plan Commission.  They will be discussing an amendment […]

Decatur, Franklin, and Ripley Counties— Milestone Contractors will begin milling and paving at three I-74 interchanges in Decatur, Franklin and Ripley Counties on or after Monday, September 16, weather permitting, as crews move toward the […]

Batesville, IN— Paul Ketcham, superintendent of Batesville Community School Corporation, has been named 2020 Superintendent of the Year for District VIII by the Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents (IAPSS). Winners are selected by other […]

Edinburgh, IN—Thursday,  Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch and the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs announced that the Town of Edinburgh, Indiana, will be the mentored by a partnership between the City of Rushville and […]

Laurel, IN—On Tuesday, detectives with the Indiana State Police arrested a Franklin County man on charges of possession of child pornography. The investigation by the Indiana State Police-Indiana Crimes Against Children Task Force, began when […]

Washington, D.C.— Thursday, U.S. Representatives Greg Pence and Peter Visclosky introduced legislation to close the digital divide in rural America. The Broadband Interagency Coordination Act of 2019, directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), U.S. Department of […]

Statewide—The Indiana DNR has reduced the County Bonus Antlerless Quotas for deer hunting in the affected areas in southern Indiana to a maximum of two because of the effect of epileptic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) on […]

Long considered a omen of bad luck, Friday the 13th gets a bad rap and has been the inspiration of a late 19th-century secret society, an early 20th-century novel, a horror film franchise with a […]

North Vernon, IN—On Monday evening, Jennings County Deputies received information that Charles Plumm, who had an active Parole Warrant, was at his residence on County Road 800 North. While Deputies were getting into position to […]

Indianapolis, IN—The Dearborn County Retired Teachers Foundation, Inc. was one of nearly 100 of Indiana’s public school education foundation leaders attending the 22nd Annual Indiana Association of Public Education Foundations (INAPEF) Conference in Indianapolis September […]

Metamora, IN—Tickets are available at the Franklin County Welcome Center for the Feeder Dam Trail- Phase I Grand Opening.  The event will be held Sunday, October 13 from 3 pm until dark. Tickets include wood-fired […]