Local News

North Vernon, IN— Update: The Jennings County Sheriff’s Office reports that Jadeici has been found safe.   Original story: Jennings County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help from the public in locating a 16-year-old female runaway, […]

Statewide—The Indiana State Department of Health has reported that 650 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 today.  A total of 22,503 Indiana residents have tested positive for the coronavirus.  To date, 124,316tests have been […]

Batesville, IN—Batesville Memorial Public Library Director, Kim Porter, and the Library Board of Trustees have spent the last few weeks researching and developing a plan to reopen in phases and this plan was recently approved […]

Lawrenceburg, IN—A new partnership is a big step toward the improvement and creation of trails within Dearborn County and their connection into neighboring counties. One Dearborn, the local economic development organization (LEDO) for Dearborn County, […]

Batesville, IN—Last week The Batesville Area Arts Council launched the “Armchair Artist” series. The group’s goal was to bring amazing area artists into the comfort of your home, but the community has exceeded expectations; over […]

Versailles, IN—In view of the current  COVID-19 restrictions, Ripley County Clerk Ginger J. Bradford would like to remind the voters of Ripley County that there is still time to request an absentee ballot for the […]

Ripley County, IN—National Day of Prayer is being celebrated differently in Ripley County this year in two different locations across the county.  Today in Versailles, a prayer service will be hosted starting at noon at […]

Statewide— Schools, libraries, and other organizations from Gary to Evansville recently received grants from Indiana Humanities for projects ranging from a four-hour reading of Shakespeare’s sonnets to a program at an Indiana cemetery teaching fifth […]

Versailles, IN—Tyson Library will begin a phased reopening beginning Monday, May 11 with curbside pickup.  Curbside pick-up will begin on Monday by appointment only.  You can schedule your book or movie pick-up by calling the […]

Statewide—The Indiana State Department of Health has reported that 862 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 today.  A total of 21,870 Indiana residents have tested positive for the coronavirus.  To date, 120,496 tests have […]

Vevay, IN—The 49th annual Swiss Wine Festival will be canceled for 2020. After much discussion, the Board of Directors stated that they decided to not go through with the 2020 festival due to COVID-19 as […]

Batesville, IN—One Batesville Community Response Fund has been able to grow the fund to nearly $30k but the task force is not done raising funds and awareness. They know that for many businesses and community […]