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Fayette County had 35 additional COVID-19-related positive test results; Franklin County has 15

By John Estridge from ISDH data Fayette County had 37 positive test results in numbers released by the ISDH on Sunday, December 6. Its totals in that category now stand at 1,728. Franklin County had 15 for a total of 856, and Union County had one for 315. There were no additional deaths related to …

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Friend and fellow journalist Donna Jobe Cronk on her Brownsville Bridge ornament

By Donna Jobe Cronk, a Union County native ON OUR TREE, DAY 4: The 1840s Brownsville Covered Bridge spanned the Whitewater River on the west side of Brownsville, Indiana in Union County until the county could no longer justify its expensive upkeep and on a gray March Saturday in 1974, the morning after our 20-0 …

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An analysis on the state’s Innkeepers Tax and specifically how it relates to Union County

By John Estridge (an analysis) Analysis Over the years, many, many county officials in Indiana have tried to understand the Indiana Code associated with the Innkeepers Tax. Even attorneys have admitted the wording is “clunky” or “dense” or other similar descriptive words. Ostensibly, the Innkeepers Tax is a good tax for local governmental officials to …

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FC Court News (Criminal Court)

From the Franklin Circuit Court Clerk’s Office Court News Criminal Possession of Marijuana Mark H. Baldridge pleaded guilty as a class B misdemeanor and was sentenced to 180 days in the Franklin County Security Center (FCSC) with all time suspended to probation. He was fined $1 and $185 costs. He was placed on probation for …

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Obituary for Janet L. Wesseler

JANET L. WESSELER Janet L. Wesseler (nee Dudley) stepped from Batesville, into heaven on December 3, 2020. Born January 1st, 1940 in Brookville, to Leroy and Mildred Dudley of Saint Peters, Janet passed at the age of 80 years old. Janet was a proud Mother, Grandmother, and Great Grandmother. A kind and loving lady, who …

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