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Westport, Ind.

STEM grant applications for educators now accepted

Indianapolis, Ind. — Applications for The Indiana Commission for Higher Education STEM Teacher Recruitment Fund grants are now being accepted.

FCC strikes phone rate increase rule

Washington D.C. — With a 2-1 vote the Federal Communications Commission has frozen rural phone rates for two years. FCC chairman Adjit Pai and Republican Mike O’Rielly voted for the freeze.

43rd Annual EMS Week

Batesville, Ind. — This week is the 43rd Annual Emergency Medical Services Week.

EMS workers have become an integral, life-saving part of the team of first responders.

Crash claims the life of a Sunman resident

Ripley County, Ind. — A Saturday evening crash in Ripley County claimed the life of a Sunman resident.

A report from the Indiana State Police says at 9 p.m.

Indy pole sitter, former winner robbed at gunpoint

Speedway, Ind.

Former Batesville educator, coach passes away at 65

Orleans, Ind.

Batesville company catches the ‘Fidget Spinner’ wave

Batesville, Ind. — Tim Weberding Woodworking in Batesville is producing Fidget Spinners.

Franklin County Community Foundation helps the hungry

Brookville, Ind. — The Franklin County Community Foundation awarded “Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry’s Meat the Need program $3,000.

Local excise officers receive state recognition

Indianapolis, Ind.

Dearborn County Hospital Auxiliary members attend conference

Left to right, Marge Waldon, DCH Auxiliary Recording Secretary; Wilma Holden; Anita Benning Trennepohl, DCH Director of Community/Public Relations; Sylvia Plashko, DCH Auxiliary President;

Learn more about the Indiana State Police at their museum

Indianapolis, Ind. — The Indiana State Police Museum is free and open to the public Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.