Superintendent Ryan Middleton shakes hands with Bailey Hon as she accepts the coveted high school diploma. Both were all smiles. The class of 2019 from Jac-Cen-Del were proud owners of diplomas when commencement exercises ended Saturday, June 1 …
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The class of 2019 held their graduation on Saturday, May 25th. The Milan High School gymnasium was packed as 105 students marched in the procession to their seats to await the calling of their names for their diplomas. After the playing of the Star Spa …
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All a family from the Milan area had left of their son were pictures and memories after a World War II disaster that was ultimately kept a secret for many years. Recently Linda White Baurley of Milan, Bob White, Rising Sun and Gene White of Franklin, g …
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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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