News and sports in the Whitewater Valley
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MARQUIS “MARK” D. HIGGENBOTHAM Marquis “Mark” D. Higginbotham, age 69 of Batesville, passed away on Monday, October 25, 2021, at his home. The son of Earl and Thelma (Federle) Higginbotham was born on June 6, 1952, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mark as he was known to his friends and family, graduated from Western Hills High School in …
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VICKIE FARMER Vickie Farmer, 72 of Connersville, passed away on Monday, October 18, 2021. She was born on August 7, 1949, in Connersville, to the late Marvin Mitchell and Paulie Long. Vickie worked at Hassler Dry Cleaners and was a bartender at the Boardwalk. During her time married to the father of her children, Jerry, …
LOIS ANN HUNTER Lois Ann Hunter, 72, of Laurel, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday morning, October 26, 2021, at Rush Memorial where she had been a patient for the past week. She had been in failing health and under a physician’s care for the past two years. Lois was born December 18, …
ERICA NICOLE DAILY Erika Nichole Daily, 32, Greensburg, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 25, 2021. Erika’s life would seem too short by many, but those who were touched by her life understood the quality of existence far exceeds the quantity of time in which one lives. Her smile, infectious laugh and caring heart brought …
TARA MARIE BOWMAN Tara Marie Bowman, age 41, of Greensburg, died unexpectedly Tuesday, October 26, 2021. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be posted as they become finalized.
By John Estridge Retired Franklin County Sheriff Ken Murphy did the research. He found out how to appeal the Brookville 2022 Budget to the state agency designed to approve or not approve local government entities’ budgets. It takes 25 signatures on a petition. Ken and myself took it around and got the required number of …
Provided by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department October 13 James Wines, Germantown, Ohio, was operating a vehicle at 5:22 a.m. westbound on U.S. 52 when he attempted to make a right turn onto Holland Road south. He observed a deer standing on the middle of the road and had to swerve to miss the deer. …
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Provided by the Franklin Circuit Court Clerk’s Office Criminal Possession of a Syringe Jada A. Farler pleaded guilty as a Level 6 Felony and was sentenced to 18 months in the Franklin County Security Center (FCSC) with 17 months suspended to probation. She was given jail-time credit of 15 days. She was fined $250 and …
BERTHA MAE “BERT” CHRISTIANSEN Bertha “Bert” Christiansen, 82, passed away Monday, October 25,, 2021, at The Chateau of Batesville in Batesville. Bertha Mae Kaldenberg was born in Des Moines, Iowa on August 21, 1939, to Henry Matthew Kaldenberg and Regina Elizabeth (Garretson) Kaldenberg. On March 18, 1960, she married her husband of 61 years, Lloyd Edward …
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By John Estridge Some Brookville town residents and myself are circulating a petition for the Division of Local Government Finance to hold a public hearing concerning the proposed 2022 Brookville Town Budget. It is a simple petition: “Pursuant to Indiana Code 6-1.1-17-16.1, the undersigned taxpayers of the Town of Brookville, Franklin County, Indiana do hereby …
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