News and sports in the Whitewater Valley
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INDOT press release The Indiana Department of Transportation will host a public meeting next week to inform people about a new project coming on Indiana 244 in Shelby and Rush counties. The meeting will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 14. The meeting will be held at the Saint Vincent Catholic …
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Provided by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department June 28 Richard Hinson, St. Mary’s Road, Brookville, at 4:48 p.m., was operating a vehicle westbound on Indiana 252 and was following another vehicle pulling a camper. The Hinson vehicle was attempting to pass and oncoming traffic caused the Hinson vehicle to veer off the south side of …
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Provided by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department July 2 Adam C. Kelly, 43, Hamburg Road, Laurel, was arrested at 12:30 p.m., at the New Castle Correctional Facility by Franklin County Sheriff’s Department Deputy R. Gordon on an Arrest Warrant. July 3 Caleb W. Hackman, 24, Osgood, was arrested at 6:27 p.m. at Tractor Supply in …
SR. ROSAIRE BISHOP OSF S. Rosaire Bishop, age 87 of the Sisters of St. Francis in Oldenburg, died on July 3, 2021, at the Motherhouse in Oldenburg. Born as Mary Kathleen on October 7, 1933, in Indianapolis, to Charles and Marie (Scharfenberger) Bishop, she was the third of 11 children born into the family, and …
JACK A. HEETER Jack A. Heeter, 86, of Liberty, passed away on Tuesday, June 29, 2021, at Ambassador Healthcare in Centerville. He was born on November 28, 1934, in Churubusco, and is the son of the late Russell Simmons and Nora Leaf Heeter. After graduating high school, Jack attended college in Madison, WI, where he earned his …
STEVEN JAY GALLIMORE Steven J. Gallimore, 56, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, July 4, 2021, at his home in Connersville. One of three children of Harold L. and Laura Shelley Gallimore, Steven was born in Rushville, on February 16, 1965. He graduated from Connersville High School with the Class of 1983 where he was a four-year …
GERALD R. CONRAD Gerald R. Conrad, 85, of Connersville, passed away Sunday morning, July 4, 2021, at Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis. One of three children of Jewett and Carolyn Ditsler Conrad, Gerald was born in Detroit, Michigan on October 19, 1935, and graduated from Connersville High School with the Class of 1954. …
DANIEL BRANSTETTER Daniel Branstetter, 79, passed away Saturday, July 3, 2021, with his loving family by his side at his home in Connersville. One of eight children of Daniel and Rosella Brewer Branstetter, Dan was born on May 7, 1942, in Addiston, Ohio. He served his country in the United States Army during the Vietnam …
By John Estridge Social distancing is now being applied to songbirds. Some songbirds are inexplicably dying across a band of states from Indiana to New Jersey, Delaware and Virginia, and officials in every affected state want people to no longer use bird feeders and bird baths until the dying ends. The reason is officials do …