Local News

Local and federal authorities were monitoring the transportation of food and agricultural products into the state last week.

The joint enforcement effort targeted commodities and commodity pests traveling west on I-74 from Ohio into Indiana […]

A local driver was not seriously injured after her vehicle struck a utility pole Wednesday (Image: Batesville Police)

A local driver avoided serious injury after an accident that shut down a portion of Coonhunters […]

BHS alum Tom Jeffers was a student-athlete at West Point. (Image: goarmysports.com)

A 2010 Batesville High School graduate shook hands with President Obama on Wednesday.

Tom Jeffers Jr. […]

The suspects were arrested last Wednesday following a pursuit that went through St. […]

(Image: Dearborn County Watersheds)

River Sweep clean-up will be held next month in an effort to decrease the amount of trash in and along the Whitewater River.

The clean-up will be held Saturday, June […]

An electric pole is being repaired Wednesday after an accident on Coonhunters Rd.

Drivers are urged to avoid a section of Coonhunters Road after a Wednesday afternoon accident.

The Batesville Police Department advises commuters […]

Hoosier voters are beginning to receive postcards in the mail from the Secretary of State Election Division.

The office is mailing these post cards as part of a statewide voter list refresh. […]

Residents seeking emergency assistance have had the option to use the text-to-911 feature for two weeks in Franklin County.

Sheriff Ken Murphy says the option has been utilized one time since it was launched on […]

The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) is conducting its 2014 Groundwater Assessment Survey, and is looking for more Hoosiers who want to have their wells tested, free of charge.

Earlier this year, IDEM sent […]

Update (May 27 @ 2:00 p.m.)

Authorities have released the identity of the 9-year-old who died after a bicycle accident at the Mounds Recreational Area campground on Saturday.

Carley Rice, 9, of Clinton […]

A young female was aircared after a bicycle accident in Osgood Monday night.

The accident occurred on Cardinal Lane and the Osgood Fire Department, Rescue 69, and the Ripley Co. […]

Indiana State Police will conduct a sobriety check point in Dearborn County this coming weekend.

It will be held at an undisclosed location from midnight until 2:00 a.m. […]