Local News

Southeastern IN — All four area counties saw a slight increase in unemployment last month. Ripley and Franklin counties were the lowest at 3.5 percent. Both counties were at 3.4 percent in May. Decatur County […]

Indianapoplis, IN — Eight Indiana University students are appealing a federal ruling that keeps the University’s vaccination requirement intact. A federal judge rejected the students’ request to block the vaccine mandate. Attorneys for the students […]

Osgood, IN — A grandstand event has been added to this year’s Ripley County Fair schedule. The Barnyard Olympics – hosted by the Ripley County Queens Court – will take place tonight at 7:30. The […]

Statewide — State health officials are urging Hoosiers to take steps to protect themselves from mosquito bites after the West Nile virus was detected in Indiana for the first time this year. So far in […]

West Harrison, IN — Dyke Industries Inc., a national wholesale distributor of millwork and related products, announced plans to expand its Cincinnati region distribution operations with a new facility in Southeast Indiana, creating up to […]

Southeastern IN — SEI READI announced today Southeast Indiana’s collaboration to compete for the Indiana Economic Development Corporation’s READI (Regional Economic Acceleration & Development Initiative) funding opportunity. This initiative includes the counties, cities, towns, private […]

Ripley/Jefferson counties, IN  — Indiana Department of Transportation maintenance crews plan to begin chip seal operations as early as Thursday, July 22, on State Road 62 in Jefferson and Ripley counties. Work will take place […]

Lawrenceburg, IN —Firefighters from Lawrenceburg, Greendale, and Aurora responded to the Dearborn County Law Enforcement Center shortly after 9:00 last night on a report of smoke in the jail area. The Dearborn County Sheriff’s Office […]

Greensburg, IN — Decatur County Memorial Hospital is pleased to welcome three new practitioners to its health care family: Lindsay M. Jobe, FNP, Mieasha Hicks Barksdale, M.D., and Brian L. Israel, M.D. Lindsay M. Jobe, […]

Statewide — Communities throughout Indiana have the chance to advance their urban forestry goals through the Indiana DNR Community and Urban Forestry Assistance (CUFA) grant program, which has opened its 2021 grant application period. CUFA […]

Indianapolis, IN — Indiana University’s vaccination policy will stay in place after a federal judge ruled against issuing an injunction. Eight IU students filed suit against the University, arguing its mandate that all students, faculty, […]

Ripley County, IN — A Dillsboro woman was injured in a wreck after she allegedly fled the scene of a property damage accident just after Noon on Sunday. Ripley County Sheriff’s deputies responding to the […]