Local News

(Batesville, IN) – The Ripley County Community Foundation hosted its annual meeting on June 25, welcoming over 200 community members, donors, and partners. The event served as a platform to celebrate the Ripley County Community […]

(Southeastern IN) – The National Weather Service says the remnants of Hurricane Beryl will head into the area later today. A few storms are possible this afternoon before a bigger line of storms pushes through […]

(Franklin/Union Counties, IN) – The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) East Fork State Fish Hatchery recently completed annual striped bass and hybrid striped bass stockings. Locally, Brookville Lake was stocked with 46,667 striped bass. […]

(Southeastern IN) – U.S. Senator Mike Braun made several stops in Southeastern Indiana last week as part of his 92-county tour of the state. Sen. Braun visited Wood-Mizer in Batesville, where he engaged with company […]

(Batesville, IN) – Batesville City Council approved an $18,523 Belterra Funds request from the fire department Monday night for two projects at the firehouse. Chief Brian Hardebeck and Lt. Lucas Garvey went before council, asking […]

(Ripley County, IN) – Indiana Department of Transportation contractor OLCO, Inc. plans to close State Road 350 between State Road 101 and State Road 129 in Ripley County on or after Monday, July 15, to […]

(Batesville, IN) – The Batesville Community School Corporation (BCSC) has earned the prestigious Ford Next Generation Learning (Ford NGL) designation, concluding a nearly two-year process involving hundreds of community members. Since mid-2022, many Batesville students, […]

(Ripley County, IN) – Genesis: Pathways to Success opened its second month of A Summer of STREAM (Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics) programming last week with The Science Behind Cooking Camp. 30 students […]

(Southeastern IN) – Much of Southeastern Indiana is now classified as being in a drought. A new map from the U.S. Drought Monitor (pictured) indicates all of Ripley and Dearborn counties and most of Franklin […]

(Metamora, IN) – Several area communities held fireworks displays Friday and Saturday night – most of which went off without a hitch. However, there were a series of malfunctions at the display in Metamora Saturday […]