A Column by John Estridge During the mid 1970s when we were still savages without Internet, cell phones or even cable TV, I spent one year at Indiana State University in the lovely smelling, picturesque city of Terre Haute. In the first semester of my freshman year, and my only year of full-time college life, …
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Obituary for Joshua D. Evans
JOSHUA D. EVANS Joshua D. Evans, age 32 of Batesville, died Monday, November 16, 2020. Born September 10, 1988, in Shelby, Ohio, he is the son of Jane (Nee: Studer) Gartenman and Brian Evans. He married Sarah Nobbe June 1, 2013, at St. Maurice Church in St. Maurice, Indiana and was a supervisor for the …
Obituary for Betty Jean Riley (Partial)
BETTY JEAN RILEY Betty Jean Riley was born on October 29, 1939, and passed away on November 18, 2020, and is under the care of Showalter Blackwell Long Funeral Home. Pending Services.
Obituary for Ronald Lee Edgecomb
RONALD LEE EDGECOMB Ronald Lee Edgecomb, 65, passed away at his home in Connersville on November 18, 2020. He had been in failing health for the past two years. One of six children of Harold Gene, Sr. and Patsy Lou Antrim Edgecomb, Ronald was born in LaPorte, on December 8, 1954. He graduated from Lawrence …
FC court news (criminal)
From the Franklin Circuit Court Clerk’s Office Court News Criminal Court Operating a Vehicle without Ever Receiving a License Ausel Perez Ramirez pleaded guilty as a class C misdemeanor and was sentenced to 60 days in the Franklin County Security Center (FCSC) with all time suspended. He was fined $250 and $185.50 costs. He shall …
Obituary for Kimberly Ann Lake
KIMBERLY ANN LAKE Kimberly Ann Lake, age 59, of New Trenton, died Monday night, November 16, 2020, at her residence in New Trenton. Born June 29, 1961, in Hamilton, Ohio, she was the daughter of Don and Doris (Snyder) Lake. She remained a lifelong resident of New Trenton, and had worked at Three Rivers Nursing Home. …
By his bootstraps Apex Products grew; by his son’s bootstraps his legacy continues
By John Estridge When Roger McQueen was in the first grade, his elementary school, Richland Township Elementary School, was just off Indiana 244, and he had a window seat. Instead of taking instruction during that first year of school, Roger spent his days looking out the window, not daydreaming, but watching for his dad, Everett …
Franklin County adds a score of new COVID-19 positive test results while Fayette County is right behind with 19
By John Estridge from ISDH data Franklin County had 20 new COVID-19 positive test results in numbers displayed by the ISDH Thursday, November 19. That brings Franklin County’s total to 591. Fayette County was just behind Franklin County with 19 new positive test results for a total of 1,336. Union County had three more, making …
One person injured in two-vehicle crash involving a school bus in Randolph County
From an ISP press release Lynn – Thursday morning, November 19, at approximately 7:40 a.m., troopers with the Indiana State Police Pendleton Post along with deputies with the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office responded to a two-vehicle personal-injury crash involving a school bus on U.S. 36 at County Road 100 East near Lynn. Master Trooper Kyle West …
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Re: ISDH and what an orange designation means for a county and its residents
From the ISDH ORANGE. The county has a point score of 2.0 to 2.5 when percent positivity and new cases per 100,000 residents are combined. Community spread is approaching high levels. These requirements are in effect when a county reaches the orange metric and remain until a county moves to yellow or blue for two …
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