News and sports in the Whitewater Valley
A blog about what is going on in the Whitewater Valley
Indiana Conservation Officer press release Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) crash that occurred Thursday evening, September 24, in the 16000 block of Redwood Road north of Culver. Marshall County Dispatch received a 911 call just after 5 p.m., advising of an ATV accident with injury. Preliminary investigation indicates that Carrie Pennington, …
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From an Indiana State Police press release Troopers from the Indiana State Police Pendleton Post are investigating a single-vehicle crash that occurred on Indiana 32 near Union City in Randolph County. Emergency personnel were notified at 8:48 a.m., Thursday morning, September 24, of the crash involving a green 2005 Chevrolet Malibu. Emergency personnel responded quickly …
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MARIBEL WILSON Maribel Wilson, age 95, of Brookville, died Wednesday, September 23, 2020, at Brookville Healthcare Center in Brookville. Born June 24, 1925 in Franklin County, she was the daughter of the late Ralph J. and Mary Esther (Bossert) Beckman. On June 1, 1946, she became the wife of George A. Wilson, and he preceded her …
NORMAN L. HILL Norman L. Hill, age 74, of Brookville, died Wednesday evening September 23, 2020, at the Brookville Healthcare Center in Brookville. Born August 3, 1946, in Cleves, Ohio, he was the son of the late Virgil D. and Catherine E. (Workman) Hill. He was retired, having worked for many years in a factory. In his …
By John Estridge from ISDH data Numbers related to COVID-19 are still good for the three counties in the Whitewater Valley on Thursday, September 24. There are no new COVID-19-related deaths in Franklin, Fayette and Union counties. Those totals remain: Franklin, 25; Fayette, 13; and Union, zero. Fayette and Union counties each had one new …
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By John Estridge In 1624, the poet cleric John Donne wrote the line “for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee.” While it is claimed he was thinking metaphysically at the time because he had just survived a life-threatening illness, he might have had an inkling to the future of a situation in Franklin …
EVELYN ESTHER CREEK Evelyn Esther Creek passed away peacefully, at the age of 100 years, on September 23, 2020. She was born October 29, 1919, to Ralph and Elizabeth Ferguson in Benton County Indiana. She grew up on the family Heritage Farm in Benton County that her grandfather purchased, from the State of Indiana, upon …
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LEWIS MERLIN “BUD” DAVISSON JR. Lewis Merlin “Bud” Davisson Jr., 65, of Liberty, passed away on Monday, September 21, 2020, at home. He was born on March 29, 1955, in Clarksburg, West Virginia. Bud was one of six children born to the late Lewis Davisson and Betty Schock Davisson. After graduating from high school, Bud went to …
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By John Estridge Brookville’s Trick or Treat will go on as usual. Brookville Town Council unanimously voted to have Trick or Treat from 6-8 p.m., Saturday, October 31. BTC President Mike Biltz said if anyone feels uncomfortable with children coming up to their doors this year because of COVID-19 for those people to not turn …
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By John Estridge from information provided by the ISDH All three counties in the Whitewater Valley: Franklin, Fayette and Union, are now blue. And blue is good. According to the color coding put out by the Indiana State Department of Health, blue is the best a county can do. And, according to its color-coding reference …
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