In the Tuesday, April 13, 2021 issue
Ledford wins 2021 Ripley Publishing Excellence Award
In her four-year career as a Jac-Cen-Del girls basketball player, Paige Ledford has won just about every award there is to be won and achieved just about every achievement there is to be had. But just in case she needed one more accolade to her impress …
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Milan’s Maitri Patel named Indiana All Star
Maitri Patel, 17 a senior at Milan High School is one of 40 seniors from throughout Indiana who have been named 2021 Indiana Academic All-Stars, a program of the Indiana Association of School Principals (IASP). In addition, 50 other students were recog …
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South Ripley Prom Royalty announced
Pictured from left are: King, Cody Samples; Queen, Sarah Taylor, Princess; Lindsey Stephen and Prince, Leonardo Aldini. Students enjoyed the prom with the Enchanted Forest theme over the weekend. Editor’s Note: We invited Milan, Jac-Cen-Del and Batesville to share their prom royalty with our paper by sending photo to wburnett@ripleynews.com
April: Month of the Military Child
In my first article, I wrote that when I interviewed for a teaching position with the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS), I knew very little about this educational system which is dedicated to educating the children of our military who are stationed overseas. I hope that this article will help the readers to learn more about this very unique educational system.
COVID-19 testing site closed down in Osgood
On Thursday last week, the COVID-19 testing site located in Osgood was shut down. In a press release it noted, “Ripley County was made aware of unprofessional, inappropriate behavior by the employees of the Indiana Department of Health’s contractor at a state sponsored testing site in the county (which was located at the Ripley County Fairground Park in Osgood).This site has been closed in response to the county’s request.”
