A Column by John Estridge I have always kind of bungled my way into professions or better said, phases, of my life. When I was 19 and seeing the country during the nation’s Bicentennial in 1976, I found myself in Colorado Springs with two dimes and three Mountain Dew bottles to my name. A friend …
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Fugitive captured in Texas
From a Franklin County Sheriff’s Department press release with other information from various sources On Wednesday, December 14, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department received notice that fugitive Steven T. Lakes, 46, Connersville, had been arrested in Texas on several felony warrants out of Indiana. Deputies had been working with the U.S. Marshal’s office, as well …
Obituary for Jamie K. Walters
JAMIE K. WALTERS On Monday, December 12, 2022, Jamie K. Walters, a beloved husband and father, went to be with the Lord at age 49. He was born on May 16, 1973, in Connersville, and is the son of the late Arthur and Helen Bloomfield Walters. On March 1, 1997, Jamie married the love of …
Obituary for Michael D. “Mike” Sams
MICHAEL D. “MIKE” SAMS Michael D. “Mike” Sams, age 61, of Laurel, passed away on December 13, 2022, at Reid Health in Richmond. Born on December 14, 1960, in Foxtown, Kentucky, he is the son of the late Charles Sams and Cora McKinney Spivey. Mike was most recently employed at Valeo. He also worked at Deufol, …
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Connersville teenager accused of going 109 mph on Fairfield Causeway Road
Franklin County Sheriff’s Department press release On Monday, December 12, around 7:30 a.m., Deputies with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department were on patrol on Fairfield Causeway Road, when a deputy observed an eastbound vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed. Radar confirmed the vehicle was traveling in excess of 100 m.p.h. Fairfield Causeway has a …
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Obituary for Marshall L. Mitchell
MARSHALL L. MITCHELL Marshall L. Mitchell, age 70, entered heaven on Friday December 9, 2022, to be with Jesus, his Lord and Savior. Marshall joins his parents, Callie F and Rita Joanne Enochs Mitchell in heaven. Marshall was a devoted, husband, father, grandfather, and brother. He worked at D & M, later WCI, Green Manufacturing, CRF and …
Obituary for Roger Lee Curtsinger Jr.
ROGER LEE CURTSINGER JR. Roger Lee Curtsinger, Jr., age 49, of Metamora passed away surrounded by loved ones on December 10, 2022, after a difficult battle with ALS. Roger was born on November 10, 1973, in Dayton, Ohio, the son of the late Roger Curtsinger, Sr. and Janet Solomon Dawson. Roger enjoyed going fishing, mushroom hunting, …
Obituary for Carol Ann Sickels
CAROL ANN SICKELS Carol Ann Sickels, 77, of Connersville, passed away Saturday evening, December 10, 2022, at Majestic Care where she had been a resident since February of this year. A lifelong resident of Connersville, she was born September 10, 1945, one of three children of Theodore and Dorthea Mae DaVee Sickels, and she was …
Obituary for Thomas Charles Volkening (partial)
THOMAS CHARLES VOLKENING Thomas Charles Volkening, age 72, of Eagle, Michigan, died Friday, December 9, 2022, at University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be posted as they become complete.