FC resident seriously injured on I-65 allegedly running from ISP

Indiana State Police press release Thursday, August 25, Indiana State Police troopers from the Indiana State Police-Versailles Post investigated a three-vehicle crash on I-65 in Jackson County where a Franklin County motorcyclist was flown to a Louisville, Kentucky hospital with serious injuries. The initial investigation by the Indiana State Police-Versailles Post Crash Reconstruction Team indicates …

Obituary for Jonny Ray Holcomb

JOHNNY RAY HOLCOMB Johnny Ray Holcomb, 66, of Connersville, passed away Sunday evening, August 21, 2022, at his home. He was born September 23, 1955, in Dayton, Ohio to Leonard Ellis and Pauline Adams Holcomb. In 1980, Johnny moved to Connersville. For more than 30 years, he painted water towers all over the United States. …

Obituary for Thomas Junior “Tommy” Combs

THOMAS JUNIOR “TOMMY” COMBS Thomas Junior “Tommy” Combs, age 53 of Connersville, passed away on August 17, 2022. Tommy is one of two children born to Claude Junior and Brenda K. Friend Combs on October 30, 1968, in Connersville. After graduating from Connersville Sr. High School in 1987, Tommy enlisted in the United States Air Force. …

Obituary for Charles Wayne Plummer Jr.

CHARLES WAYNE PLUMMER JR. Charles Wayne Plummer, Jr. age 56, formerly of Connersville, passed away on Friday august 19, 2022 at Aperion Care in Marion. He was born on May 8, 1966, the son of Charles Wayne Plummer, Sr. and Doris Sherard Plummer. He is survived by his parents, a brother, John Wayne (Joy) Plummer …

Obituary for Martha Mae Jessop

MARTHA MAE JESSOP Martha Mae Jessop, age 90, of Connersville, passed away on August 20, 2022, at Reid Health in Connersville. She was born on August 31, 1931, in Blooming Grove, one of nine children of Perry and Elsie Ball Glisson.  Martha Mae graduated from Brookville High School. She went on to work at KDI in …

Obituary for Kathaleen Rae Cregar

KATHALEEN RAE CREGAR Kathaleen Rae Cregar, 77, of Connersville, passed away Saturday evening, August 20, 2022, at Brickyard Brandywine Healthcare of Greenfield. She was born August 18, 1945, in Mercer County, West Virginia, one of four children of Willie Sawyers and Ada Mae Belcher Angle and came to Indiana as an adult for residence. On …

Obituary for Nancy L. Burns

NANCY L. BURNS Nancy L. Burns, 83, of Connersville, died on Friday, August 19, 2022, at Reid Health in Richmond. Nancy was born in Brookville on September 4, 1938, to Harry and Edna Holliday Butler. She graduated from Brookville High School with the Class of 1956. After graduation, she married Robert Burns on June 16, …

Obituary for Jean Elizabeth Kuehn

JEAN ELIZABETH KUEHN Jean E. Kuehn, age 96, of Brookville, died Sunday, August 21, 2022 at the home of her daughter in Liberty. She was born March 8, 1926, to Otto and Alice (Telker) Singer. The family lived in Fayette County and St. Leon, before settling in the Whitcomb area. Jean graduated from the former Springfield …