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BATESVILLE, IN — St. Louis School first grade classes recently wrote cards of encouragement to local US Marine Cpl. Kelsee Lainhart, who was injured in last month’s terrorist attack in Afghanistan.   Lainhart is recovering […]

STATEWIDE — The Indiana Department of Transportation will host a Statewide Winter Seasonal Hiring Event on Thursday, September 30 from 10 am until 3 pm (local time) in multiple locations across the state. Winter seasonal […]

STATEWIDE — Harvest season is here and for some, that means visiting pumpkin patches and apple orchards, but Indiana State Police and others want to remind motorists that harvest season also means farmers will begin […]

LAWRENCEBURG, IN — A man was sentenced Wednesday in Dearborn Superior Court I to 32 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of Child Molesting, with two years suspended. Thirty-seven-year-old Corey D. Frank […]

MILAN, IN — The Hoosier Hills Water District will flush the distribution system starting next week. The water company will flush north of Milan in Franklin and Ripley counties beginning Monday and running through October […]

BATESVILLE, IN — The Ripley County Covid seven-day positivity rate increased to 12.35% and remains in “orange” status. The Franklin County Covid seven-day positivity rate went up to 21.43% and remains in “red” status. The […]

BETHESDA, MD — Local Marine Kelsee Lainhart is thanking everyone for their words of encouragement, support, cards, packages, and everything else since she was transferred to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Cpl. Lainhart is […]

GREENSBURG, IN — Mayor Joshua Marsh partnered this week with Decatur County Memorial Hospital Senior Life Solutions and proclaimed September as Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month. The City of Greensburg and DCMH Senior Life Solutions […]

SUNMAN, IN — The Town of Sunman has been awarded a $169,500 Transportation and Stormwater grant from the Indiana Finance Authority. The Sunman Revitalization Initiative says the funds will be used to identify problems and […]

SOUTHEASTERN IN — Three local counties experienced an unemployment rate drop last month. According to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, Franklin and Decatur counties were tied for the lowest jobless rate in the area […]

BROOKVILLE, IN —The Franklin County Health Department says another resident has died from COVID-19. A man in his 70s passed away over the weekend. Three Franklin County residents have died from COVID in the past […]