FCSD’s July report

Provided by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department Franklin County Sheriff Peter Cates has released a monthly report of activity for the month of July. Sheriff’s deputies responded to 904 calls for service. Among the calls of service investigated were:         Property Damage Accidents 34 Personal Injury Accidents 13 Burglary/Theft 14 Residential/Business Alarms 11 Domestic Battery/Battery 21 911 …

FC health board reorganizes, still without a health officer; COVID cases up by 143 since August 9

By John Estridge There remains no health officer in Franklin County. Franklin County Health Board held an emergency meeting Tuesday, August 24, in a reorganization attempt. Three new board members joined the board, with two of the three there for the meeting. Another three current board members were there and one more needs to be …

Obituary for Elizabeth “Betsy” Anne LaPille

ELIZABETH “BETSY” ANNE LaPILLE Elizabeth “Betsy” Anne LaPille, 85, of Batesville, passed away in her home on August 22, 2021. Betsy was born to Oliver and Mabel (Engelking) Kemper on May 29, 1936, in Dayton, Ohio. On April 15, 1967, she married her husband, Stephen LaPille in Georgia. After retiring from Kroger as a secretary, …

Obituary for Robert J. Isaacs (complete)

ROBERT J. ISAACS Robert J. Isaacs, 79, of Connersville passed away Monday, August 23, 2021, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. Robert was born on May 4, 1942, in Hamilton, Ohio, one of 13 children of Owen and Myrtle Sandlin Isaacs. On August 1, 1964, he was married in Jellico, Tennessee to Vedis McKinney, …

Obituary for Robert P. Pennington

ROBERT P. PENNINGTON Robert Pennington, of Brookville, was born on July 10, 1926, in Clay County, Kentucky, a son to Isaac and Sophie Grimes Pennington. Robert served in the US Army and was a WWII Veteran. After the war, Robert worked at Philco Ford in Connersville for 42 years. He was a member of the …

EDITORIAL It will absolutely do no good, but everyone should go to all the BTC meetings and tell those (people) what you believe

By John Estridge It is the morning after the Brookville Town Council meeting where the golf course was purchased – not officially as we were all instructed – but it was purchased. I am sitting on my front porch. It is a beautiful morning if you call 100 in the shade with 210 percent humidity …

Obituary for Carol K. (Loyd) Griffin

CAROL K. (LOYD) GRIFFIN Carol K. (Loyd) Griffin, 65 of Connersville passed away on Tuesday, August 17, 2021. She was born on February 22, 1956, in Connersville to Ralph Loyd and Barbara Lynch Loyd. Carol enjoyed doing crossword puzzles and painting. She was a very selfless person; she was always a giving person. She loved …

Obituary for Virgil Alan “Pappy” Ronan

VIRGIL ALAN “PAPPY” RONAN Virgil Alan “Pappy” Ronan, 70, of Connersville, went home to be with the Lord Sunday morning, August 22, 2021, at his home. The youngest of four children of Floyd Darrel and Bertha Mildred Stapp Ronan, Alan was born in Rushville, on August 14, 1951, and graduated from Rushville Consolidated High School …