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Author Donald J. Then is a former resident of Batesville and Hillenbrand Executive.

Former Batesville resident Donald J. […]

Volunteers during the 2012 Holton tornado were honored at the Statehouse Monday.

State Representative Randy Frye (R-Greensburg) honored the volunteers during the Holton tornado in a resolution on Monday, January 27th at the Statehouse. […]

Margaret Mary Health has become a participant of the National Rural Accountable Care Organization (NRACO).

Since passage of the Affordable Care Act, more than 360 ACOs have been established, serving over 5.3 million Americans […]

Indianapolis Jazz Orchestra will be performing at Liberty Park in Batesville on June 18.

A new headliner has been named for Batesville Music and Arts Festival this coming June.

The Indianapolis Jazz Orchestra (IJO […]

Batesville-based company Hill-Rom has announced jobs cuts and restructuring.

Hill-Rom will lay off 350 employees, which is about 5 percent of its global workforce, according to reports.

The hospital bed company expects the layoffs […]

An accused murderer will plead guilty to the murder of 64-year-old Nancy Hershman, of Milan.

16-year-old Sean David Nichols, of Cincinnati, will appear in Ripley Circuit Court on Tuesday afternoon, where he is expected to […]

On Sunday morning, Ripley County Communications received a report of a female not answering her door due to an unknown problem. […]

Authorities in Decatur County responded to an individual laying on I-74 in the westbound lane near the 135 mile marker on Saturday at 1:30 a.m.

Before police arrived on the scene, a second 911 […]

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) estimates its yellow plow trucks have logged nearly 4.3 million miles and deployed 265,000 tons of granular salt during this record winter through Jan. 18. […]

Decatur County Emergency Management issued Red Level Travel Status on Saturday.  The highest level of local travel advisory, means that travel may be restricted to emergency management workers only.

Ripley County and Franklin Counties are […]

Slick roads may have contributed to a two-vehicle crash involving a Batesville school bus Friday.

Authorities say a 17 year old juvenile was operating a 1998 Jeep Cherokee around 9:25 a.m. […]

The Rising Sun Regional Foundation (RSRF) recently announced the details of its higher education scholarship program for 2014.

The Foundation’s 2014 Scholarship Program will award up to 46 scholarships in the amount of $1,000 […]