Man accused of causing Denise Diane Pflum’s death on March 28, 1986, dies in an Indianapolis hospital Saturday, September 26

By John Estridge The man accused of killing Denise Pflum on March 28, 1986, died in an Indianapolis hospital. According to a post on the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department press release, Shawn McClung of Connersville died at 6:56 a.m. Saturday, September 26. WRTV in Indianapolis identified the hospital as IU Health Methodist Hospital. McClung was …

Man who allegedly confessed to causing Denise Pflum’s death in 1986 dies

By John Estridge The man accused of killing Denise Pflum on March 28, 1986, died in an Indianapolis hospital. According to a post on the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department press release, Shawn McClung of Connersville died at 6:56 a.m. Saturday, September 26. WRTV in Indianapolis identified the hospital as IU Health Methodist Hospital. McClung was …

Obituary for Phyllis Clark

PHYLLIS CLARK Phyllis Clark, 76, of Connersville, passed away on Monday, September 21, 2020, at her home with her family by her side. She was born on September 11, 1944, in Hazard, Kentucky. She was preceded in death by her parents, Mary Halcomb and Silas Anderson. She was a member of Blooming Grove Family Worship Center. She retired …

Obituary for Marilyn D. Hoffman

MARILYN D. HOFFMAN Marilyn D. Hoffman, 81, a lifelong Franklin County area resident, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on September 22, 2020, at her home in Franklin County. Marilyn was born June 16, 1939, in Franklin County to Louis and Laura (Fussner) Hildebrand. She was a 1957 graduate of Brookville High …

Two Ohio residents hospitalized after motorcycle accident at U.S. 52 and Holland Road

From a Franklin County Sheriff’s Department press release Two Ohio residents were injured in a motorcycle accident Wednesday afternoon, September 23. According to a Franklin County Sheriff’s Department press release, at 1:24 p.m., Thomas R. Vonderhaar, 60, Batavia, Ohio, was operating a 2004 Harley eastbound on U.S. 52 at its intersection with Holland Road. Vonderhaar …

Cedar Grove woman airlifted after Johnson Fork Road accident

From a Franklin County Sheriff’s Department press release A Cedar Grove woman was airlifted to University Hospital Wednesday afternoon, September 23, after being a backseat passenger in a vehicle that wrecked off Johnson Fork Road. According to a Franklin County Sheriff’s Department press release, Tonya R. Money, 49, Cedar Grove, was traveling southbound in a …

Ind. 252 closed Tuesday, September 30 for culvert repair

Indiana Department of Transportation press release Indiana Department of Transportation maintenance crews plan to close Indiana 252 between Big Cedar Road and Johnson Fork Road near Mt. Carmel for a pipe replacement project Tuesday September 29.  The 24-hour closure is scheduled to begin around 8 a.m., and is expected to be complete by 8 a.m., …