Local News

Columbus, IN—On Friday, August, 16th, a corrections officer with the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Office was arrested for operating while intoxicated following a traffic stop on State Road 46 in Columbus, Indiana. The investigation began shortly […]

Batesville, IN—Lawrenceburg and Batesville Ivy Tech Community College and Community Mental Health Center recently rolled out their new collaborative program which provides free counseling services to current Ivy Tech Lawrenceburg and Batesville students. The program, […]

Sandusky, Ohio—Civista Bank welcomes Russell L. Edwards as Senior Vice President of Retail Banking. Edwards is based at the bank’s headquarters in Sandusky, Ohio and brings 28 years of banking experience to the Civista team. […]

Nineveh, IN—An Indiana National Guard soldier who died at Fort Hood, Texas was also a firefighter with the Ninevah Fire Department. The department said Staff Sgt. Andrew Michael St. John had only been with them a […]

Hamilton County, OH—Hamilton County Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (EMHSA) will conduct a county-wide TEST of the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system on Wednesday, September 4, 2019, at 9 a.m. EDT. A test message reading: “THIS IS […]

Statewide—A study from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reveals that individuals are putting themselves at risk of illness when they wash or rinse raw poultry. The results of the study showed how easy bacteria […]

INDIANAPOLIS (Aug. 19, 2019) — Special Olympics North America has announced  14 Indiana schools will receive national banner recognition for their efforts to engage students with and without intellectual disabilities in inclusive activities during the 2018-2019 school […]

Sunman, IN—After hearing of a schoolmate being hospitalized and diagnosed with Juvenile diabetes on Saturday, Nolan Maple, a 7th grader at St. Nicholas School decided he wanted to do something nice for her.  “I saw […]

Greensburg, IN—Last week, Greensburg Police Officers were dispatched to the area of Village Green Street in reference to a male that had just run into a residence and advised the female occupant that someone was […]

Batesville, IN—On Sunday afternoon, August 18th, 2019, the Ripley County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a vehicle accident involving injuries located on SR 129 at the intersection of CR 1100 north near Batesville. […]

Cleves, OH—More lane closures to announce on I74, but this time, it’s in Ohio. In order for crews to clean debris from the Great Miami River under Interstate 74, between East Miami River Road and Hamilton […]

Batesville, IN—Rising Sun Regional Foundation, Ripley County Community Foundation, and Walmart awarded a total of $18,000 to Batesville Fire & Rescue for a new, state-of-the-art life-saving device, the LUCAS 3 Chest Compression System. The LUCAS […]