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FC’s COVID-19 positive test results increase by two to 253
By John Estridge with numbers from the Indiana State Department of Health Franklin County’s number of COVID-19 positive tests went up by two since Friday, August 14, to 253. The Indiana State Department of Health updated the number of deaths in FC to 19. Union County’s numbers remained unchanged since Friday with 42 positive tests …
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Patoka Lake waterfowl hunting seasons announced
Indiana Department of Natural Resources press release Wildlife Management staff at Patoka Lake have selected the 2020-2021 waterfowl resting area access dates for the 2020-2021 Migratory Waterfowl Hunting Seasons. Patoka Lake’s 8,800-acre water body and 17,200 acres of land offers waterfowl hunters abundant opportunities to hunt open water, tributaries, marshes, and fields for various migrating …
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Solar farms coming to Whitewater Valley?
By John Estridge Franklin County Area Plan Commission members did not have any hearings on their agenda Wednesday night, August 12; however, they discussed several items they wanted to add to the county’s zoning code. And one of those was about solar farms. In the audience listening to the conversation about solar farms was Dr. …
Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill is another voice in the state calling for a special legislative session regarding COVID-19
From a press release from the Indiana Attorney General’s Office with a preface from the Fired Editor Fired Editor’s Note: Some legislators and others are calling for Gov. Eric Holcomb to call a legislative special session to deal with items related to the COVID-19 pandemic. On Thursday, Aug. 13, I wrote an article about the …
Police officer flown to Indianapolis hospital after accident on I-65
ISP press release from Sgt. Stephen Wheeles, Public Information Officer, Versailles District Friday morning, August 14, the Indiana State Police responded to a two-vehicle crash on Interstate-65 in Jackson County that resulted in a Crothersville Police Officer being sent by helicopter to an Indianapolis hospital with serious injuries. Crothersville is a town of 1,500 people …
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FC’s deaths related to COVID-19 increase by four and positive test results also increase by four; UC’s positive test results increase by one
By John Estridge off data from the ISDH website Franklin County’s death toll related to COVID-19 increased by four to 19. However, not all of the deaths have been picked up by the Indiana State Department of Health website. It also shows FC has four more COVID-19 positive test results putting that figure up to …
Four more COVID-19-related deaths reported in FC
From a FC COVID-19 press release Four more deaths attributed to COVID-19 in Franklin County were announced today by the Franklin County COVID-19 Task Force in its weekly press release. It was posted on the FC Health Department Facebook page. The deaths are a female in her 70s and three males: one in his 50s, …
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FC early voting location and times for general election
FC Clerk’s Office press release GENERAL ELECTION FRANKLIN COUNTY EARLY VOTING Locations and Times Franklin Co. Courthouse, Brookville Conference Room 105 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. the following dates: (Unless otherwise specified) October 6 – 9 October 13 – 16 October 19 – 23 October 26 – 30 Saturday, Oct. 24th ………….…………. 8 a.m. – …
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