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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Three fire departments rushed to the scene when the call for help came in for an active fire alarm with smoke at Silver Memories south of Versailles. The long-term care facility is home to 25 residents who were all evacuated safely. Three more fire dep …
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Editor’s Note: With April being designated Month of the Military Child, a three-part series, written by Robert Luken, will appear in this paper. We thank him for being willing to share his experience and promote children of military parents. When most …
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South Ripley Elementary, located in Versailles, has announced their enrollment for preschool for the 2021-22 school year, along with kindergarten registration. Enrollment for preschool registration is going on now. It is open to students who turn four- …
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It will take $2M cash for Jordan Knudson, 36, Holton, to get out of jail following his arrest, after he appeared in Ripley County Circuit Court on Monday, March 29. Knudson was charged with Murder in the death of Kristina Jones, 36. She was found at a …
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A community that had been on edge since a brutal murder took place on January 10 could rest more peacefully this past weekend when an arrest was made on Friday, March 26, just three days after a warrant was signed by Ripley County Circuit Court Judge R …
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While police officers take an oath to protect and serve, sometimes they find themselves on the wrong end of the situation as happened in Batesville on November 16, 2020, when they answered a 911 call for help. According to an investigation by the Riple …
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Jeff Hafft Contracting and Construction is working on the demolition project at the building next to where the new hotel and venue hall is on the south side of the square in Versailles. Jeff Hafft, standing to the left, is looking over the project as i …
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The results of a woman driving in the wrong lane, killing a driver in the car she hit head on has landed her in prison for the next five years. Last week, March 16, Shannon Hubbard, 52 of Pekin, IN, was sentenced to five years in the Department of Corr …
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Fundraising efforts underway for professional muralist The Lion’s Club Park on Osgood’s Main Street will undergo a three-phase transformation this summer at the hands of a landscaper and the craftsmen behind Iron Timbers. The project will introduce a m …
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