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Batesville, In. — Final preparations are underway in Batesville for the first ever Batesville Holiday Parade and Christmas Tree Lighting tonight. Here is a schedule of events: At 5 p.m. Festivities begin in the Downtown Bike Park, […]

Batesville, In. — Applications are now being accepted for the Home School Exploration Scholarship. The scholarship offers one- 1 to 4 credit hour class, tuition, technology fee or hybrid fee. The deadline to apply is December 17, […]

Batesville, In. — The Batesville Area Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for “Community Service Award”, “Community Impact Award” and “Educator of the Year.” The winners will be formally announced at the 2018 Appreciation Dinner on January […]

Brookville, In. — The Franklin County Community Foundation invites the public to an open house on Wednesday, December 5 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the office at 577 Main Street in Brookville. The event is intended […]

Indianapolis, in. — The deadline for Indiana families to pre-register their four-year-olds for UPSTART, a free online kindergarten-readiness program, has been extended through the end of 2018, says Republican state senator from Oldenburg Jean Leising. The Indiana General Assembly helped […]

Batesville, In. — Crews working for the Indiana Department of Transportation plan to close the eastbound lane of I-74 today (Thursday, November 29) near Western Creek (mile marker 153.7) for guardrail repairs. Once the recently damaged guardrail […]

Oldenburg, In. —  The deadline to apply for the Next Generation Hoosier Educators Scholarship is Friday, Nov. 30. Created by the Indiana General Assembly in 2016, the Next Generation Hoosier Educators Scholarship establishes 200 scholarships that pay up to $7,500 annually […]

Verailles, In. — The Indiana State Police have participated in the Combined Accident Reduction Effort (C.A.R.E.) since the inception of this multi-state enforcement project in 1977, of which Indiana and Michigan were the founding members. Now, more […]

Indianapolis, In. — Governor Eric Holcomb has announced two reappointments to the Board of Trustees for Ball State University as well as a new appointment to the Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission.   Ball State University Board of […]

Brookville, In. — Officials in Franklin County say the estimated 20-percent city-share of the cost to repair the Fairfield Causeway Bridge will be about $320,000. The total cost of the project will be about $1.6 million. The […]

Indianapolis, In. — Indiana continues to rank as one of the most attractive states for companies to locate and expand, outperforming much of the nation last month in key areas of employment and job growth. The Indiana […]

Greenfield, In. — An information session for farmers and those in the agriculture business will be held Monday, December 3 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Purdue Extension office in Greenfield. “Impact of New Tax Law […]