By Dr. Darrell Brimhall, Franklin County public health officer I’ll get straight to it. We need to start wearing masks when in public. Initially, I was against this for many reasons. If 80 percent of our communication is non-verbal and I’m in the office, I don’t want to be this faceless beady-eyed Brimhall looking at …
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Glory of God please come down
By Adrienne Greene Q: I’m studying something known as the “glory of God.” What do you know about it? A: We often associate the glory of God with the way Catholic and Anglican art has presented it to us: a golden halo surrounding spiritually-special people. But that idea is only one tiny expression of …
Tangled up in unemployment filing blues
By John Estridge While I was on hold for 50 minutes with the Indiana Department of Workforce Development (Unemployment), I was wondering if the person who wrote the instrumental song that was playing almost the entire time — only to be interrupted by robo messages about other things that might be wrong with my claim …
FC property damage accidents from June 30 to July 16
These are property damage accidents in Franklin County from June 30 to July 16. These reports were supplied by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department. July 1 was apparently an extremely bad day to be driving around on the county’s road system. On June 30, around 10:25 p.m., Thomas Franks, Oxford Pike, Brookville, was traveling west …
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FC’s Great Mask Mandate Debate may be over with state mask mandate
By John Estridge The Great Franklin County Mask Debate may be very short-lived. Gov. Eric Holcomb issued an executive order Wednesday afternoon, July 22, mandating masks statewide. It goes into effect, Monday, July 27. Failure to wear a mask in the mandatory areas could result in a criminal charge, as a class B misdemeanor, which …
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FC Commissioners respond to Health Board mask mandate
By John Estridge During the Tuesday, July 21, Franklin County Health Board meeting, FC Commission President Tom Linkel was on speaker phone. He initiated the long, passionate discussion on mandatory masks in the county, by stating he was not in favor of mandatory masks. Linkel put out an official response to the unanimous health board …
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FC Health Board makes the wearing of masks by residents and visitors mandatory in public
By John Estridge Franklin County Health Board members voted unanimously to make wearing masks in public mandatory for residents and visitors to the county. The Tuesday, July 21, vote came after a nearly one-hour, passionate discussion on the subject. Health board members voted on a motion that said “we require the public to wear a …
Masks are mandatory in Franklin Co.
FC Health Board voted unanimously to make masks mandatory in public for all residents and visitors to the county. Article to follow in just a bit
Annual Benjamin Oglesby Memorial Car Show goes off without a hitch
By John Estridge Things are more than a little different in the world during 2020. But an annual car show for a good cause went off without a hitch Sunday, July 19, at the Brookville Town Park. More than 260 vehicles were on display at the annual Benjamin Oglesby Memorial Car Show. Ben’s brother, Andy …
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FC arrests from July 13-20
July 13 Jonathan C. Bingham, 34, Dilsboro, In., was arrested on a warrant around 1:37 p.m., at the Ripley County Jail by Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Ron Gordon. Daniel R. Massey, 40, South County Road 300 East, Connersville, was arrested at 2:40 p.m. at the Dearborn County Jail by FCSO Ron Gordon on a warrant. …