Ripley Publishing Co. readers are going to be seeing a new face and name in the Osgood Journal and The Versailles Republican. Tracy McKittrick, sophomore at Jac-Cen-Del High School is our new student contributor to your county news sources.

Ripley County Treasurer, Lisa Vestal, would like to remind property tax payers that their property taxes are due May 10.

More COVID-19 response funding has been channeled into Ripley and adjoining counties. Through the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRS), 80 Hoosier communities will collectively receive more than $18.6 million in federal grant funding to support mental health service, child care services, public Wi-Fi locations, food bank/pantry services, along with grants and loans for small businesses to retain employees. This is the third phase of the COVID-19 Response Program.