Last year, a local non-profit eliminated their waitlist of children who needed a court appointed special advocate (CASA) to ensure the best decisions possible for them were being made in local court cases. Southeastern Indiana Voices for Children are l …
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The Ripley County Commissioners met on July 13. Local taxpayer Janet Glasman attended the meeting to discuss a noise ordinance. Glasman stated the noise on the property next to her started about May this year. The neighbors are riding 4-wheelers, playi …
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Thursday Sunman enjoyed their last Food Truck day of the summer at the Community Park. Each Thursday in July, volunteers from the community teamed up with members of the Church on Fire Ministries (Batesville and Harrison campuses) to provide free hot l …
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According to information from Ripley County Clerk Ginger Bradford, forms are available in the clerk’s office for anyone wanting to declare candidacy for school board member candidacy – and positions are open at all four county schools. Batesville has t …
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Light Start to the WeekAll is calm in the world of high school sports early in the week and given the state of the world, that’s a good thing. We will be highlighting our area fall sports teams with season previews next week, starting with girls golf o …
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On June 29, the Ripley County Commissioners heard updates from county departments, as well as individuals. Resident Kim Johnson attended the meeting to introduce herself and make the commissioners aware she was interested in the housekeeping job. At th …
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“Right now it’s looking good for graduation,” noted Superintendent Rob Moorhead at South Ripley School Board of Trustee’s meeting Monday night, July 20. He cautioned that while they have done extensive planning and have a plan approved by Ripley County …
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The Ripley County 4-H Fairgrounds will be eerily quiet this month with the county fair canceled but 4-H members will get somewhat a taste of normal when a revamped livestock auction takes place this Friday afternoon. The live event takes place at 3 p.m …
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According to information from the Ripley County Health Department, there are some hotspots in Ripley County where people could have contracted the coronavirus from if they attended any of these events. If you attended the Milan 4th of July parade there …
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The 2020 Jac-Cen-Del High School graduation was held despite the looming storm clouds and previous storm that showed what was inside the clouds just minutes before the event was set to take place on Saturday, July 11 at the high school. “We got notific …
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