PEGGY FIELDS Peggy Fields, 76, passed away on Tuesday, July 20, 2021, in Birmingham, Alabama. She was born on February 4, 1945, in Maysville, Kentucky. Visitation for Peggy will be held on Saturday, July 24, 2021, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. at Urban Winkler Funeral Home, Connersville. The funeral service will begin at 1 p.m., at …
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Obituary for Irene Gertrude (Hornbach) Dickman
Irene Gertrude (Hornbach) Dickman, 87 of Batesville, passed away in her home at 6:13 pm on Saturday July 17, 2021. She was born in her home on Esther Ridge in Yorkville, on July 29, 1933. She was the daughter of Anthony and Mary (Hegarty) Hornbach. After graduating from Guilford High School, she married her love, …
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Obituary for Martha L. Suchla
MARTHA L. SUCHLA Martha L. Suchla, 77, left this earth for her heavenly home on July 20, 2021. She was born in Minneapolis to Mary Lou Riseland and Otis Slaydon. She was educated in El Monte Community College in California. She worked as a key punch operator there, and at Roots Blower and American Waterworks, retiring in 2000. She …
Eight days after saying there is nothing to update public on town hall, BTC seems ready to make a move. Public not invited
By John Estridge Eight days ago in answering two questions about Brookville’s new town hall with there is nothing to update, Brookville Town Council President Curt Ward apparently has something to update. But the public is not invited. Brookville Town Council will hold an executive session prior to the public meeting on Tuesday, July 27. …
Old Guy Rant: Third Obama term
Political Column by Franklin County resident Larry Wiwi If you believe Biden is calling the shots as president, you are sadly mistaken since he proves almost daily he can barely put words together in coherent sentences, and Kamala Harris has demonstrated why she did not even make to the primaries in her own bid for …
No one can hear BTC members; who cares? BTC continues to operate in secret and flaunts it because the public apparently does not care
EDITORIAL by John Estridge The new town hall the citizens of Brookville are going to get come hell or high water, and we have had a bunch of high water lately, and regardless whether anyone, much less a majority of town taxpayers want it, was briefly discussed at the Brookville Town Council July 13 meeting. …
FC property damage accidents from July 10 through July 18
Provided by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department July 10 Christopher Dodd, Greensburg, at 10:30 a.m., he was operating a vehicle and backing into a parking space on Water Street in Oldenburg when the vehicle hit an electric pole near the street. Franklin County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Jason Robinson investigated the accident. July 13 At 8:20 …
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FC arrests from July 13 through July 18
Information provided by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department July 13 Ashley M. Feeback, 29, Laurel Road, Connersville, was arrested at 3:50 p.m., at Main Street in Brookville, by Franklin County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Jason Lovins on an Arrest Warrant. July 14 Chad P. Farler, 43, College Corner Pike, Oxford, Ohio, was arrested at 9 a.m., …
Big cracks in BTC’s plan to have more parking on Progress Street for Valley House Flats project
By John Estridge and John Estridge photos Progress Street Hill slipped two inches during construction of a new sewage main at the bottom of the hill, officials claim. Thus, the street is once again breaking apart, and that is negatively affecting many things, including the angled parking spaces Valley House Flats needs for its residents. …
Obituary for Toni Adams
TONI ADAMS Toni Adams, 42, of Connersville, passed away on Thursday, July 15, 2021, at St. Vincent 86th Street Hospital in Indianapolis. She was born on November 13, 1978, in Connersville, and is the daughter of Mike Smullen and Sabra Sturgis Adams. Toni loved spending her time in the woods and going fishing. She also enjoyed watching …