Local News

Batesville, In.— Together with the Rural Alliance for the Arts (RAA) and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (ISO), Hillenbrand, Inc. has entered into a three-year strategic partnership agreement. The agreement is designed to increase the quality of […]

Indianapolis, In. — Effective July 1, 2018, Indiana House Bill 1248 becomes law and will amend Indiana Code 10-13-5-4.4 to include “missing endangered child”. The amended law defines a ‘missing endangered child’ as a missing child who […]

Lawrenceburg, In. — Boater Adam Hock of Independence, Kentucky, brought five bass to the scale Saturday weighing 9 pounds even to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Buckeye Division tournament on the Ohio River at […]

Indianapolis, In. — Attorney General Curtis Hill today praised the process by which the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the first time has approved a cannabis-based drug – Epidiolex. The drug, which contains purified cannabidiol (CBD), […]

Richmond, In. — The Reid Health Community Benefit program recently awarded $155,075 in grants to programs designed to improve mental health and fight substance abuse in the first grant cycle of 2018. Community benefit is the basis […]

Washington D.C. — The United States Department of Agriculture has added an interactive feature to the rural opioid misuse website. The new interactive map is here. The map shares models to combat abuse and roundtable information from […]

Brookville, In. — Oldenburg Academy student, Ingrid Miller has been named the 2018 Franklin County 4-H Fair queen. Grace Moster is Miss Congeniality and First Runner-Up, Clare Weidner is Second Runner-Up and Alexa Brehm was Third Runner-Up. Audrey […]

Greensburg, in. — Due to a culvert failure, Decatur County Road 280 East will be closed between County Roads 100 South and 421 South. The closure is expected to last about one week.

Osgood, In. — he Jac-Cen-Del school board has accepted the resignation of superintendent Tim Taylor and named the elementary school principal as the interim leader of the district. Travis Rohrig will serve as the interim superintendent and […]

Versailles, In. — Indiana State Police Superintendent Douglas Carter has promoted Master Trooper Jason Duncan, Versailles District, to the rank of detective. Detective Duncan is a Lawrence County native and a 1991 graduate of Bedford North Lawrence […]

Cincinnati, Oh. — A study done by U.S. News & World Report has placed Cincinnati Children’s Hospital at the top, or near the top in several categories nationwide. The rankings are determined by surveys from 11,000 pediatric […]

Montgomery, Al. — A report from the Indiana Business Journal says Community Newspapers Holdings Inc. will be sold off by parent company Raycom Media Inc. CNHI owns 100 community newspapers in 22 cities, including the Batesville Herald […]