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STATEWIDE — Ripley County has moved to Orange on this week’s state COVID-19 map, joining the surrounding counties of Decatur, Franklin, and Dearborn in that status. The Ripley County Health Department is urging anyone who […]

SOUTHEASTERN IN —The Southeastern Indiana Board of Realtors says female real estate agents have been contacted recently by an unknown person who asks for their location and says they have a warrant for their arrest. […]

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Governor Eric J. Holcomb today announced he is establishing a 15-member commission to examine Indiana’s public health system and make recommendations to improve its structure, funding, and operations. “Our public health system […]

SOUTHEASTERN IN — Family, friends, and fellow educators around Southeastern Indiana are mourning the passing of Brad Bryant, who died last Friday at the age of 50 following a year-long bout with brain cancer. Bryant […]

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — The State of Indiana will continue paying $300 in weekly federal unemployment payments, despite a court ruling Tuesday that Governor Eric Holcomb had the authority to withdraw from the program. The Indiana […]

LAWRENCEBURG, IN — Formal charges have been filed against the suspect in a stabbing and robbery that happened on August 11 at the VP Racing Fuels gas station in Lawrenceburg. Forty-four-year-old Clinton C. Hulsey was charged […]

VERSAILLES, IN — Testimony continues in Ripley Circuit Court in the double-murder trial of Niklas Kedrowitz. The 17-year-old is accused of killing two younger siblings at a home on Maple Street in Osgood back in […]

VERSAILLES, IN — The Southeastern Career Center will host an open house Thursday night from 6 until 8. Several local employers, organizations, colleges, and universities will be in attendance. The event will also include a […]

PLAINFIELD, IN — State Rep. Randy Frye (R-Greensburg) was present, along with state leaders, when Governor Eric Holcomb ceremonially signed into law House Enrolled Act 1006 on Monday at the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy in […]

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — The Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) is notifying nearly 750,000 Hoosiers that data from the state’s COVID-19 online contact tracing survey was improperly accessed. The data included name, address, email, gender, ethnicity […]

SOUTHEASTERN IN — Patchy dense fog will continue this morning. The fog caused Decatur County Community Schools — North and South Decatur — to start classes this morning on a two-hour delay. Motorists are urged […]

STATEWIDE — Governor Eric Holcomb came out Monday in support of Indiana schools instituting local mask requirements. While he does not plan to issue a statewide mask mandate, the Governor said local schools are making […]