Henry County crash results in one death

Information from ISP Pendleton District Public Information Officer Sgt. John Bowling Henry County – A single-vehicle crash in Henry County Thursday night, July 30, claimed the life of a 31-year-old Shirley man. Henry County Sheriff’s Department deputies and Indiana State Police troopers were called to the 6500 block of Grant City Road, just north of Indiana …

Mt. Carmel Police Department in Franklin County receives a new police car thanks to a USDA Rural Development Grant

From a thank you message Mt. Carmel Police Department wants to thank the Mt. Carmel town board members for their work on a 80/20 USDA Rural Development Grant. We would like to thank Jolissa Bates, grant writer, along with Marcia Comer with the USDA. All of this would not be possible without everyone’s involvement. The …

UCCCJSD passes amendments to the re-entry school program

By John Estridge Seventy-one people participated through Zoom in the Union County College Corner Joint School District Board of Trustees special meeting Thursday night, July 30, to make changes to the corporation’s re-entry plan. About another 10 people were masked up and in the audience. Numbers of known positive cases in Union County have gone …

Franklin County positive COVID-19 cases increase by another six in one day, meaning the positive case number has increased by about 55 percent since July 1

By John Estridge Before I write this short article, I want to go out of my reporter mode and enter into my fired editor mode. After I was fired, and the shutdown hit, I watched and read the news like it was a World Series game, and the Reds were in the World Series. I …

Wayne County man killed as result of head-on collision in Henry County

An Indiana State Police press release Kyle Beckman, 34, of Greens Fork, has succumbed to injuries he received in a head-on crash on a Henry County road Wednesday morning, July 29.  Beckman was airlifted to a hospital in Indianapolis this morning after his Honda Accord was hit head on by a Ford Explorer. About 8:42 …

Union County marriage licenses from January 1, 2020 to June 29, 2020

These are Union County marriage licenses from Jan. 1 through June 29 supplied by the UC Clerk’s Office Dillon Adam Proffitt, 23, and Kaitlin Dawn Buttery, 23. Andy McCormick, 46, and Patty Ann Bennett, 47. Samuel Chance Johnson, 38, and Jessica Marie Dawson, 31. Jason Paul Lackey, 48, and Tammy June Wrenn, 53. Zachary Martin …

FCCSC delays start date for in-person learning by one week; more than 300 students opt for online learning option

By John Estridge Franklin County Community School Corporation (FCCSC) will begin in-classroom learning with a start date one week later than planned. FCCSC Board of Trustees made the decision Wednesday afternoon, July 29, during a special school board meeting. The starting date is now Wednesday, August 12, when it had been planned for Wednesday, August …

2020 FCHS graduate Kyle Seibert is arguably youngest person to ever file for school board candidacy in county’s history

By John Estridge Kyle Seibert is a 2020 Franklin County High School (FCHS) graduate who was also the senior class president among holding many other offices. He received an associate degree in general studies while attending high school. And Seibert, 18, is arguably the youngest candidate in the county’s history to run for the Franklin …