By Adrienne Greene Q: Dear Pastor, Some people in my church want their generous donations announced. I find this disgusting. A: Jesus did too. In the red-letters of our Bible (Christ’s words in direct quotes), he said this: “Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward …
Monthly Archives: September 2020
UC resident David Fields is Out in the Country
UC Council tees up another attempt at increasing public safety tax
By John Estridge Union County Council members took a mulligan Thursday morning, September 17. Council attempted to increase its Local Income Tax, sometimes called Public Safety Income Tax, by 0.5 percent. However, an ordinance must pass on a unanimous vote at first reading. If it does not, then, at the next meeting, it can be …
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UC Council members have a relatively easy time cutting 2021’s budget and may even have some money left over for pay raises
By John Estridge For the past several years when Union County Council members got together for a budget workshop, to plan out the following year’s budget, there was a lot of anguish. Union County has watched its revenues decrease and expenses increase to the point, a few years ago, there was talk of sending some …
UC school board members, administration talk about the success of the re-entry program
By John Estridge Union County/College Corner Joint School District Superintendent Aron Borowiak said while two students and two staff members have tested positive for COVID-19 since the start of school, the school system’s reentry program is going smoothly. He said it is actually beyond the reentry plan at this time, as school has been in …
Constitution Week celebrated in Brookville
According to the Daughters of the American Revolution website, Constitution Week is the commemoration of America’s most important document. It is celebrated annually during the week of September 17-23.
COVID-19 positive test results show an increase of three in Fayette County, two in Franklin and one in Union
By John Estridge from ISDH data Franklin County apparently still has not had all of its COVID-19 positive test results counted as its number increased by just two in the Thursday, September 17 update from the Indiana State Department of Health. On Tuesday, September 15, it was announced by the Franklin County Community School Corporation …
Attorney Jud McMillin moves to have Shawn McClung’s alleged confession suppressed in Voluntary Manslaughter case regarding Denise Pflum’s 1986 death
By John Estridge The man accused of killing Denise Pflum may have his alleged admission of guilt thrown out. Shawn McClung is charged in Fayette County with Voluntary Manslaughter (in sudden heat and without a deadly weapon), as a class B felony, in the March 28, 1986, death of Pflum. Police allege McClung admitted to …
Obituary for Bette G. Thielking
BETTE G. THIELKING Bette G. Thielking, 87, of Connersville, passed away on Sunday, September 13, 2020, in Indianapolis. She was born on November 24, 1932, in Petroleum, Indiana, and is the daughter of Ralph Leon Terrel and G. Lucille (Neff) Terrell. She graduated from Batesville High School in 1950, and completed the Ball Hospital RN …
Obituary for Betty M. DeFur
BETTY M. DEFUR Betty M. DeFur, age 90, of Connersville, joined the love of her life in heaven on September 14, 2020. Betty was born June 19, 1930, in East Chicago, to Joseph Gish and Mayme Babincsak Gish. She grew up in East Chicago and is a 1948 high school graduate. She is a 1953 graduate …