CHARLOTTE “MONA” FOX Charlotte K. “Mona” Fox, 72, of Connersville, went to her Heavenly Home on November 17, 2020. She was born on September 20, 1948, in New Castle, and is the daughter of the late Willie and Alpha Downs Bilbrey. She attended Kennard and Greensboro Elementary Schools and Knightstown High School, officially receiving her GED …
Monthly Archives: November 2020
Obituary for Sandra Marlene Logan
SANDRA MARLENE LOGAN Sandra Marlene Logan, 70, of Connersville went home to be with the Lord Thursday morning, November 19, 2020, at I.U. Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. She was born December 27, 1949, in Connersville, one of four children of Virgil and Beatrice Burch Peters. She was a 1968 graduate of Connersville High School. …
Obituary for James Ray “Buzz” Pollitt
JAMES RAY “BUZZ” POLLITT James Ray “Buzz” Pollitt, 55, of Connersville passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, November 19, 2020. A son of Terry and Jewel Carey Horning, Buzz was born in Connersville on February 7, 1965. In his leisure time, Buzz enjoyed playing video games, riding his scooter, and spending time with his family. Survivors …
Obituary for Marilyn J. Valentine
MARILYN J. VALENTINE Marilyn J. Valentine, 83, went home to be with her Lord, surrounded by her loving family, on Thursday, November 18, 2020, at Reid Health, Richmond. The only child of Floyd and Thelma Hinskie Chance, Marilyn was born in Fayette County, on May 23, 1937, and graduated from Connersville High School with the …
Fayette County has an additional two COVID-19-related deaths and 33 more positive test results
By John Estridge from ISDH data Fayette County recorded two more COVID-19-related deaths in the latest numbers posted on the daily ISDH dashboard. That county also recorded 33 new positive test results. Fayette County’s COVID-19-related death total is now 33, and the positive test total is 1,369. Neither Franklin nor Union counties recorded any new …
You can lead the Fired Editor to a laptop like you led the Fired Editor to a laptop yesterday
A Column by John Estridge During the mid 1970s when we were still savages without Internet, cell phones or even cable TV, I spent one year at Indiana State University in the lovely smelling, picturesque city of Terre Haute. In the first semester of my freshman year, and my only year of full-time college life, …
Obituary for Joshua D. Evans
JOSHUA D. EVANS Joshua D. Evans, age 32 of Batesville, died Monday, November 16, 2020. Born September 10, 1988, in Shelby, Ohio, he is the son of Jane (Nee: Studer) Gartenman and Brian Evans. He married Sarah Nobbe June 1, 2013, at St. Maurice Church in St. Maurice, Indiana and was a supervisor for the …
Obituary for Betty Jean Riley (Partial)
BETTY JEAN RILEY Betty Jean Riley was born on October 29, 1939, and passed away on November 18, 2020, and is under the care of Showalter Blackwell Long Funeral Home. Pending Services.
Obituary for Ronald Lee Edgecomb
RONALD LEE EDGECOMB Ronald Lee Edgecomb, 65, passed away at his home in Connersville on November 18, 2020. He had been in failing health for the past two years. One of six children of Harold Gene, Sr. and Patsy Lou Antrim Edgecomb, Ronald was born in LaPorte, on December 8, 1954. He graduated from Lawrence …
FC court news (criminal)
From the Franklin Circuit Court Clerk’s Office Court News Criminal Court Operating a Vehicle without Ever Receiving a License Ausel Perez Ramirez pleaded guilty as a class C misdemeanor and was sentenced to 60 days in the Franklin County Security Center (FCSC) with all time suspended. He was fined $250 and $185.50 costs. He shall …