FC APC public hearing on proposed solar and wind-powered energy amendments to zoning code canceled

By John Estridge Franklin County’s important and much-anticipated public hearing on proposed zoning regulations for solar and wind-powered energy was canceled Wednesday night, February 10, due to inclement weather. Area Plan Commission members were hosting the public hearing on the matter. Currently, Franklin County’s Zoning Code does not have any regulations concerning solar and wind …

Obituary for Eric Wright

ERIC WRIGHT Eric Wright age 62, of Batesville, died Sunday, February 7, 2021, at Margaret Mary Hospital in Batesville. He was born March 9, 1958, in Oxford, Ohio, the son of Herbert and Pattie (Thurston) Wright Jr. Eric, a 1976 graduate from East Central High School, graduated from Iowa State University, worked as a mail clerk …

Obituary for Sharron Rae Beebe Evans

SHARRON RAE BEEBE EVANS Sharron Rae Beebe Evans, 78 of Connersville passed away on Friday, February 10, 2021, at her home. She was born on August 24, 1942, to the late John “Sam” Beebe Jr. and Vivian Medcalf Cullison in Huntingburg. On June 6, 1986, she married Gerald Evans in Jellico, Tennessee. They were able …

Brookville Town Council members unanimously vote to begin process to build new town hall

By John Estridge Ready or not Brookville taxpayers here it comes. Brookville Town Council members voted unanimously to begin the process of building a new town hall. And they plan to do it by funding it like the new aquatic center was funded, through public and private funding. In the case of the aquatic center, …

FC commissioner Tom Wilson drives snow plow in lieu of attending meeting; gets authorization to buy truck to replace one destroyed in fire

By John Estridge Franklin County Commissioners Tom Linkel and Gerald Wendel gave authorization to fellow commissioner Tom Wilson and his road foreman Kent Ruf to seek a replacement for the county’s dump truck recently destroyed by fire at the Oldenburg garage. Wilson was not present at the Tuesday morning, February 9, meeting because he was …

FCHS students to go back to pre-pandemic schedule; school board members offended they are accused of trying to hurt children

By John Estridge Franklin County High School students will return to their pre-pandemic schedule Thursday morning, February 11. The unanimous decision was made after a lengthy discussion during the public participation portion of the meeting and then again during the superintendent’s comments at the Monday, February 8, Franklin County Community School Corporation Board of Trustees’ …

Obituary for Calvin Carson (The Flagman) Crawley

CALVIN CARSON (THE FLAGMAN) CRAWLEY Calvin Carson “The Flagman” Crawley, 72, of Rushville, passed away peacefully at his home on Monday, February 8, 2021. He was born February 4, 1949, in Connersville, to the late William David and Beulah Philpot Crawley. In 1969, he enlisted with the United States Marine Corps, where he served for two …