Local News

The week began with a winter storm that left roads covered with snow and ice, and now temperatures will reach 50 degrees Friday.

It can serve as a reminder that weather can change rapidly and […]

Ripley County citizens over the age of 55 who are having difficulty finding a job have a local resource that might be able to help. […]

State health officials hope no one else recently “tasted the rainbow” from a Richmond store.

The Indiana Department of Health said preliminary tests revealed that packages of Original Skittles sold from a Marathon Food Mart […]

Customers in Batesville are now seeing that it costs a bit more to turn on the faucet after receiving their water bill this week.

City officials approved an ordinance in December to raise water rates […]

Signups for little league baseball and softball is underway in the area. […]

Olympic medal winnter Nick Goepper held an online competition to date him.

Dearborn County Olympian Nick Goepper has chosen his “dream date.”

Goepper pored through thousands of entries from female fans before choosing 21-year-old […]

A birdhouse that will be for sale at the Batesville Regional Fine Arts Fair this weekend. (Image: Facebook)

The Batesville Regional Fine Arts Fair will be held this weekend at the RomWeber Marketplace. […]

Fred Rockwood

Fred Rockwood, a business and community leader in Batesville, has passed away.

Rockwood, who was 66, earned a college degree from Stanford and in 1975 graduated from Harvard Law School. […]

Batesville Community School Corporation has been awarded nearly $100,000 from the state Department of Education, to expand its digital learning capability.

BCSC joins South Ripley Community Schools as two of only twenty school districts […]

Duke Energy customers who recycle outdated refrigerators or freezers will now receive a $50 incentive through the Duke Energy appliance recycling program.

The program encourages customers to have inefficient refrigerators and freezers picked up at […]

A crash at the SR 46 and 229 intersection tied up traffic and sent three to the hospital on Friday.

A two vehicle accident sent three people to the hospital and snarled traffic at […]

A Kentucky man pleaded guilty to three counts related to felony OWI that caused a death.

A Kentucky man who admitted his role in a fatal drunk driving accident will soon learn his fate. […]