Among several topics discussed and business attended to at the May 20 meeting of the Ripley County Council, many citizens present were most concerned about appropriating funds for the repair of the historic covered bridge in Otter Creek Township …
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A Complaint and Demand for Jury Trial document was filed in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana New Albany Division by Abraham Hildebrand via his attorneys, John Haskin & Associates against the Ripley County Sheriff’s Offic …
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Two of the three helicopters landed at the scene, and another man was airlifted from Margaret Mary Hospital after being transported by ambulance A crash that occurred last Thursday, May 9 involved three vehicles, four people were seriously injur …
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From the battlefields of World War I, weary soldiers brought home the memory of barren landscape transformed by wild poppies, red as the blood that soaked the soil. By that miracle of nature, the spirit of their lost comrades lived on. The poppy became …
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Pictured above Barb Peabody and her father, Bob Hurelbrink, pause for a photo. It was an ordinary day as bus driver Tricia Kappes picked up students on April 23 until she turned on a road south of Versailles. She could see something in the dista …
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In 1803, Meriwether Lewis began a journey at the request of then President of the United States of America, Thomas Jefferson, to explore the land which made up the bulk of the recent Louisiana Purchase. After having his boat built in Pittsburgh, Pennsy …
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The keynote speaker for the event was Suzy DeYoung, an amazing woman who has begun a journey of helping others through food service. Her story was inspiring as she humbly told how she went from being an outstanding chef in the Cincinnati area, to “resc …
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As the Me Too movement spread like wildfire on a large screen and virally throughout the nation, some people wondered what it was all about and others knew exactly because they are part of the movement. As a prosecutor, Ric H …
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Thanks to everyone who submitted photographs for brightening up our pages with these images of spring.By the numbers: 886 total votes (169 votes for winner, 162 for runner-up)
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The Court of Appeals has reduced the sentence of Versal Strunk, 32, formerly of Versailles, from the maximum of 50 years to 35 years in prison. This was after reviewing a sentence imposed on Strunk from Ripley County Circuit Court Judge Ryan Kin …
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