News and sports in the Whitewater Valley
A blog about what is going on in the Whitewater Valley
Media reports A Kentucky woman died after her kayak flipped on the Whitewater River Saturday, July 3, according to the Hamilton County, Ohio’s Sheriff’s Department reported by WLW-T. Declared dead at the scene was Bobbie Egan, 60, Latonia, Kentucky. According to WLW-T, it happened around 12:30 p.m. when crews responded to the 9100 block of …
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By John Estridge A fourth lawsuit has been added against Franklin County and the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department over the six drowning deaths that occurred March 20, 2020 after an approach to a bridge failed, and allegedly dispatchers failed to respond to warnings of the approach failure. Lisa Hudson, as personal representative for the estate …
By John Estridge and information from media reports There will be a hearing in Franklin Circuit Court at 1 p.m., Thursday, June 10, for the purpose of consolidating the different lawsuits pending against Franklin County governmental entities regarding the six deaths, three adults and three children, from drowning in the early morning hours of March …
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By John Estridge Franklin County Council members are concerned after they were personally named in recent lawsuits filed in the Franklin Circuit Court, and they each received summonses concerning the lawsuits. They asked for and will engage in an executive session on the matter in the near future. This discussion and decision regarding the executive …
From an Indiana Conservation Officer Press Release A Hamilton County woman conducting a SCUBA training event drowned Monday afternoon, October 12. Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating the incident that led to her drowning at Dream Lake within Hidden Paradise Campground in Decatur County. Hidden Paradise Campground is located near St. Paul. At 2:14 p.m., Donna …
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Indiana Conservation Officer press release Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating the death of a man that occurred at Patoka Lake Sunday evening, September 6. The body of Travis Ray St. Martin, 33, of Racine, Wisconsin, was recovered by conservation officer public safety divers Sunday night at approximately 7:34 p.m., after he went missing in the …
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Indiana Conservation Officer press release Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating a near drowning that occurred this afternoon on Lake Shafer near Indiana Beach. At approximately 4:55 p.m., White County Dispatch received a 911 call of a man who was believed to be missing in the water near the Riviera Resort. He had last been seen by …
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From an Indiana Conservation Officers press release At 1:27 p.m., Saturday, August 22, Kosciusko County Dispatch received a call of CPR in progress on an unresponsive juvenile male that was pulled from a pond near the 11000 Block of N 1000 W, near Nappanee, Indiana. The juvenile was transported to Memorial Hospital in critical condition. …
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