By John Estridge Brookville Town Council member Chuck Campbell was charged with felony Battery on a Public Safety Official (Franklin County Sheriff’s Department deputy) and Resisting Arrest, while his wife was charged with Resisting Arrest. According to a Franklin County Sheriff’s Department Narrative, FCSD Deputy Dakota Huntsman responded to Riverfront Apartments in Brookville at 11:24 …
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Brookville Town Council receives Stop Work Order on Zimmer Building
By John Estridge from The Franklin County Observer According to the Franklin County Observer, the Franklin County Area Plan Commission issued a Stop Work order at the former Zimmer Building Wednesday night, July 13. The reason for the Stop Work order is the contractor and/or town officials did not secure the needed-by-law building permits before …
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Brookville Town Council member arrested for Battery on a Public Safety Official and Resisting Arrest
By John Estridge Brookville Town Council member Charles E. “Chuck” Campbell Jr. was arrested for Felony Battery on a Public Safety Official and Resisting Arrest. Campbell, 62, Maple Grove Road, Brookville, was at Riverfront Apartments when he was arrested. The arrest came at 1:49 a.m., Tuesday, July 12. The arresting officer was Franklin County Sheriff’s …
Fired Editor and Brookville Town Council
By David Fields UC resident Out in the Country
Out in the Country by UC resident David Fields: Poking your noses in
EDITORIAL: What is the truth for those associated with BTC or Is the truth out there?
EDITORIAL BY JOHN ESTRIDGE Today we are going to play a new game. The purpose of this game is to find out if anyone affiliated with Brookville Town Council has at any time in their respective lives told the truth. And if they have told the truth sometime somewhere, which story may or may not …
Damaging mud coming off Million Dollar Hill following construction at the top of the hill
By John Estridge James Cox is the third generation of his family living at the bottom of Million Dollar Hill off Indiana 101 just north of First Financial Bank. The recent heavy rain has left a mass of mud in his yard. The mud went all the way across Ind. 101 to the St. Michael …
Franklin County Commissioners do not want to work with Brookville Town Council on possible OCRA grant
By John Estridge Franklin County Commissioners told Franklin County Economic Development President John Palmer they are interested in going after the HELP grant, but they do not want to partner with the Town of Brookville. Palmer made the presentation at the Tuesday, September 21 Franklin County Commissioners meeting. And, from the first, Palmer suggested the …
EDITORIAL: How a $1.2 million bond to buy a golf course was increased by King Curtis to $2.2 million in three weeks
AN EDITORIAL By John Estridge Luke Combs, in what may be the best, most sincere lyrics ever written for the iconic song, “Beer Never Broke My Heart,” set the stage for Brookville Town Council President Curtis Ward with part of one line: “Politicians lie.” It was as if Combs and his two co-writers knew Curtis …
Part VI of the BTC August 24 meeting: The Purchase Agreement with very little Editorial Comments and no glib comments whatsoever because the agreement is too depressing
By John Estridge EDITOR’S NOTE AND EDITORIAL COMMENT: This is the sixth of a multi-part transcription of the August 24 Brookville Town Council meeting’s pertinent parts relating to the Golf Course Purchase, Zimmer Building Purchase and Frisbee Golf Course. I wanted to break this down into parts because it will be a very long piece, …