Local News

The Franklin County 4-H Fair returns to in-person fun and festivities Monday at the 4-H Fairgrounds on Blue Creek Road in Brookville. Last year’s fair was a virtual event due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This […]

Connersville, IN — The Laurel Fire Department is one of several agencies that have been taking part in the search for a man who was reported missing from the Three Mile Bridge near State Road […]

Osgood, IN — Shalee Harrington was named Miss Ripley County 2021 at last night’s pageant at the Damm Theatre. Harrington is a 2021 graduate of Batesville High School and Ivy Tech Community College. She is […]

Dillsboro, IN — Units from Milan, Versailles, and Friendship assisted Dillsboro firefighters in battling a house fire that broke out just after 1 am Sunday on the 11,000 block of Simple Pleasures Lane. A garage […]

Batesville, IN — Lori Maurer and Megan Roope with Margaret Mary Health are among eight child passenger safety technicians across the state to receive the Child Safety Advocate Award from the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute […]

Guilford, IN — The Sunman-Dearborn School Board has tabled action on awarding the bid to demolish the former North Dearborn Elementary building. “The bids came in considerably lower than what we had originally anticipated,” said […]

Butlerville, IN — An 18-year-old from Holton was among six people arrested in a Jennings County drug bust. Trinity Bennett and five others were booked on various drug possession counts following the incident, which took […]

Olean, IN — One person was injured in a single-vehicle accident on State Road 129 near Olean late Thursday morning. Investigators say the northbound vehicle went off the road, struck a guardrail, skidded across the […]

Greensburg, IN — The City of Greensburg is partnering with a shared electric scooter company, Bird Rides, to bring e-scooters to the city starting Saturday, July 10. Bird scooters are available through a mobile phone […]

Osgood, IN — The 2021 Miss Ripley County Pageant will take place Sunday night at 6:30 at the Damm Theater in Osgood. The doors open at 5:30. A total of 10 contestants are entered in […]

Statewide — The Indiana State Police is well underway with the process of issuing body-worn and in-car cameras to its Troopers throughout the state, a process that started early last month is expected to take […]

Washington, DC — Ripley County businesses and residents and other Hoosiers affected by the severe storms and flooding on June 18 and 19 can apply for low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration. […]