News and sports in the Whitewater Valley
A blog about what is going on in the Whitewater Valley
An Editorial by John Estridge This is something I promised myself and a good friend of mine I would never do again: Write an editorial about the Brookville Town Council. Being concerned by the – I’m grasping for the right adjective here – ludicrous, insane, puzzling, inexplicable, dastardly, unbelievable – actions by our Brookville Town …
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By John Estridge The Brookville Police Department is being investigated by the Indiana State Police following a Suppression Hearing in Franklin Circuit Court 2 on Tuesday, July 19, leading to charges against two Brookville men being dismissed. According to a press release provided by the Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office and FC Prosecutor Chris Huerkamp, the …
By John Estridge The Brookville Police Department will unleash another code blitz on the town on Friday and Saturday, July 30-31. Mitchum announced the new blitz near the end of the July 13 Brookville Town Council meeting. Earlier this year, the police department did the first blitz in the town’s history, and although several people …
By John Estridge A Brookville family was sitting on their porch on Main Street early Thursday evening, May 20, when they saw one of their vehicles drive by on Main Street. The woman behind the wheel waved to them. After a vehicular chase involving the Brookville Police Department, Randi Meyer, 34, was arrested and later …
By John Estridge Brookville Police Chief Terry Mitchum seemed more than a little incredulous the Brookville Town Council members, specifically Brooke Leffingwell and president Curtis Ward, are pushing to put tracking devices on the town’s police vehicles. Council wants to put tracking devices on all of the town-owned vehicles as a way of gathering data, …
By John Estridge Brookville Police Chief Terry Mitchum cleared up some misunderstanding and confusion surrounding a set of police-activity-related fees he suggested at the Brookville Town Council February 9 meeting. At the February 9 meeting, Brookville Town Council President Curtis Ward read the proposed charges and changes Mitchum sent to that meeting in written form. …
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By John Estridge A Franklin County woman wanted on a Level 2 Felony warrant out of Dearborn County was stopped in Brookville Friday morning, October 9, at the intersection of 5th and Long streets. When she got to the Franklin County Security Center, police allege they found more than 10 grams of methamphetamine on her …
By John Estridge A Brookville man was arrested and charged with a felony after police said he pulled a knife at the Midtown and threatened the bartender. Paul S. Bryant, 52, was charged with Intimidation, as a Level 6 Felony. According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, written by Brookville Police Department Officer Sam Williams, …
By John Estridge At the Tuesday, September 8, Brookville Town Council meeting, members proposed taking the compliance code duties away from the town administrator and give them to the Brookville Police Department. During the last council meeting in August, some local residents were critical the process for getting a property in town cleaned took too …
From FCSD Sgt. Adam Henson Franklin/Ripley County Traffic Safety Partnership announced today its participation in the national Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over enforcement mobilization. Now through Labor Day, officers will be conducting overtime patrols, seeking out drunk drivers and showing zero tolerance for anyone driving impaired. The patrols are supported with funds from the …