News and sports in the Whitewater Valley
A blog about what is going on in the Whitewater Valley
From the FCHS Athletics Department It is another busy week with FCHS Athletics. Monday – Boys Freshman Basketball @ East Central 6 Tip Tuesday – Boys Freshman Basketball @ Rushville 6 Tip Wednesday – Girls Freshman @ Connersville 6 Tip Wednesday – Wrestling @ Home vs Northeastern 6 Tip Thursday – Girls Varsity Basketball @ …
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NORMAN LOWELL LAKE On December 2, 2020, Norman Lowell Lake of Union County, went home to his Lord and Savior. Norman was born on September 6, 1933, to Wayne and Daisy Lake. He graduated from Alquina High School in 1951 and enlisted in the Army in August of 1952. He graduated from Machine school in …
By John Estridge How long the tax has been collected in Union County, how the money is to be spent and other factors were very much up for debate during the initial meeting of the Union County Innkeepers Board. Thursday night, December 3, that meeting of the three-member Union County Innkeepers Board occurred in the …
Continue reading “Innkeepers Tax Board forms in Union County and disburses $40,000 of its money”
JANICE ELAINE KUNTZ Janice Elaine Kuntz, age 83, of Brookville, died Saturday, December 5, 2020 at Reid Health in Richmond. Born May 8, 1937 in Brookville, she was the daughter of the late Albert “Bub” and Edna (Robinson) Seibert. She was a graduate of the former Brookville High School with the class of 1955. On …
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By John Estridge from ISDH data Fayette County had 37 positive test results in numbers released by the ISDH on Sunday, December 6. Its totals in that category now stand at 1,728. Franklin County had 15 for a total of 856, and Union County had one for 315. There were no additional deaths related to …
By Donna Jobe Cronk, a Union County native ON OUR TREE, DAY 4: The 1840s Brownsville Covered Bridge spanned the Whitewater River on the west side of Brownsville, Indiana in Union County until the county could no longer justify its expensive upkeep and on a gray March Saturday in 1974, the morning after our 20-0 …
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By John Estridge (an analysis) Analysis Over the years, many, many county officials in Indiana have tried to understand the Indiana Code associated with the Innkeepers Tax. Even attorneys have admitted the wording is “clunky” or “dense” or other similar descriptive words. Ostensibly, the Innkeepers Tax is a good tax for local governmental officials to …
From the Franklin Circuit Court Clerk’s Office Court News Criminal Possession of Marijuana Mark H. Baldridge pleaded guilty as a class B misdemeanor and was sentenced to 180 days in the Franklin County Security Center (FCSC) with all time suspended to probation. He was fined $1 and $185 costs. He was placed on probation for …
JANET L. WESSELER Janet L. Wesseler (nee Dudley) stepped from Batesville, into heaven on December 3, 2020. Born January 1st, 1940 in Brookville, to Leroy and Mildred Dudley of Saint Peters, Janet passed at the age of 80 years old. Janet was a proud Mother, Grandmother, and Great Grandmother. A kind and loving lady, who …