FC Public Library District Library Corner

Provided by Franklin County Public Library District Library Corner Current Hours: Monday through Friday 1 to 6; Saturday, 1 to 4. Expanded Services: The Libraries are open for “Grab-&-Go: services.  Patrons who want to enter the buildings to select books, movies, magazines, etc. may do so. Computers will be available by appointment.  Brookville’s study rooms will …

FC Court News

Information provided by the Franklin Circuit Court Clerk’s Office Civil Court Divorces Kerry Deborde and Robert Deborde dissolution of marriage granted. Misty King and Terry Alan King dissolution of marriage granted. Default Judgment Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC vs. Karenza M. Hopkins for the plaintiff in the amount of $1,107.53 plus costs.

Old Guy Rant: The revolution risk of mail-in voting

FC resident Larry Wiwi As you likely know by now there are several states moving ahead with mail in voting with the full support of the Democrat Party since it is an opportunity to commit voter fraud on a scale never known before in American politics. The Democrat allies in the mainstream media are already …

Six positive student COVID-19 test results and more than 150 students on quarantine cause FCHS to adopt hybrid schedule

By John Estridge Franklin County High School has six students who have tested positive, causing more than 150 students to be placed on quarantine. According to what Franklin County Community School Corporation Superintendent Dr. Debbie Howell reported on enrollment at the school board meeting Monday night, September 14, there are 726 high school students, with …

Positive COVID-19 tests temporarily shut down football, girls soccer at FCHS

By John Estridge COVID-19 is an ever-changing opponent, and apparently Franklin County High School athletics is learning about that. Due to close contact with a person who tested positive for the virus the Wildcat football team has canceled its next two games: at home against Lawrenceburg Friday night, September 18, and at Greensburg, next Friday …

Fayette County is only county of the three counties in the Whitewater Valley to show an increase in COVID-19 numbers

By John Estridge from ISDH data Fayette County is the only one of the three counties in the Whitewater Valley to show any increases in the COVID-19 positive test results Tuesday, September 15. Fayette County’s positive test results were increased by two, giving the county 400 positive test results. Franklin and Union counties’ totals of …

FC property damage accidents from September 8 through September 14

Information provided by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department September 8 Savannah Henninger, East 5th Street, Brookville, was operating a vehicle northbound on Indiana 1 at 8:35 a.m., when the vehicle in front of her operated by Nancy Moore, West Harrison, stopped for a red light. Henninger’s vehicle rear ended Moore’s vehicle. The accident was investigated …

FC arrests from September 9-September 15

Information provided by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department September 9 Steffamie D. Pettit, 41, Madison, was arrested at the Ripley County Jail at 10:30 a.m., by Franklin County Sheriff’s Department Department Deputy S. Stirn on an arrest warrant. September 11 Jeffrey W. Meyers, 41, Sanes Creek Road, Laurel was arrested at his home at 9:16 …

Obituary for Roy Lee Mullins

ROY LEE MULLINS Roy Lee Mullins, age 79, of Brookville, died suddenly Sunday, September 13, 2020 in the emergency department at McCullough Hyde Memorial Hospital in Oxford, Ohio. Born March 27, 1941, in Breathitt County, Kentucky he was the son of the late Hubert and Hazel Elizabeth (Moore) Mullins. On February 12, 1961, he was united …