By John Estridge I have an admission to make, and it’s a more than a little embarrassing. I have found I enjoy reading phone books. Let me back up here a little bit. After I was fired from my editor’s position at the Brookville Democrat/American and Liberty Herald, I applied at the Brookville Library, and …
Monthly Archives: November 2020
History of the Franklin County Courthouse
By Brookville and Franklin County Historian John Newman Editor’s Note: Mr. Newman wrote this in 1995 before the Franklin County Government Center was opened on Franklin Avenue in Brookville. When he wrote this history, all the county offices were in the courthouse. Mr. Newman offered the use of this history while we were watching the …
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Officer involved shooting update from ISP
From an ISP press release Indiana State Police detectives continue to investigate an officer involved shooting that occurred on Sunday November 1, in Seymour, that resulted in the death of a Beech Grove man. The incident began at approximately 8:30 p.m., when two officers with the Seymour Police Department responded to a report of a theft …
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Fayette County, Union County and Indiana have bad COVID-19 positive test numbers
By John Estridge from ISDH data For Indiana, Fayette County and Union County, it was bad news in the number of new positive test results. After one day — Tuesday, November 3 — of recording less than 20 positive test results, on Wednesday, November 4, Fayette County had 36 new positive test results, making the …
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Obituary for Faye (Brown) Campbell
FAYE (BROWN) CAMPBELL Faye (Brown) Campbell, of Harrison, passed away on October 31, 2020, at the age of 84. She was born on February 25, 1936, to the late Albert and Jannie (Hall) Brown in Letcher County, Kentucky. She married Lawrence Leo “Snook” Knepfle, and they were blessed with a daughter: Jannie. Faye worked at Sperry Rubber …
Obituary for Tari (Blacker) Reister
TARI (BLACKER) REISTER Tari (Blacker) Reister of Liberty died on November 4, 2020. Born to Jim and Louise (Buttery) Blacker, she grew up in Bath and graduated from Union High School in 1965. She went on to obtain Bachelor and Master degrees in Education from IU Bloomington in 1969 and 1974, respectively, and spent nearly …
Obituary for Rondal Snyder (partial)
Rondal Snyder was born on January 2, 1937, and passed away on November 2, 2020, and is under the care of Showalter Blackwell Long Funeral Home.
Obituary for Bradley Alan Jones
BRADLEY ALAN JONES Bradley Alan Jones, 39, of Connersville, joined his Dad in Heaven due to a sudden unknown heart issue on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, at Reid Health in Richmond. He was born on November 25, 1980, in Oxford, Ohio and is the son of Beth Westberg Jones and the late Jack Jones. Brad had …
Obituary for Charles Troy House
CHARLES TROY HOUSE Charles Troy House, 89, of Connersville, passed away Monday, November 2, 2020, at St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis. The oldest of three children, he was born May 7, 1931, in London, Kentucky to the late Caleb and Myrtle (Cupp) House. On February 23, 1952, Charles married Nancy Hammons in Jellico, Tennessee. Mrs. House …