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Pumpkin Show ride tickets now available

It’s time to get advanced tickets for the 117th Versailles Pumpkin Show rides. The show will run from September 25-29.On Wednesday and Sunday all rides

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Man dies on annual wagon train ride

The annual wagon train ride on Labor Day Weekend was at the beginning of the journey when this photo was taken on Saturday on Railroad Road near Osgood. There were wagons with steel wheels, rubber wheels, with an array of coverings. Horses of every type were carrying riders that included a variety of people just enjoying the ride as usual. But, Sunday evening, something unusual happened when John Gayheart was bucked from his horse and landed on the pavement, hitting his head, killing him. The riders mourn this tragic turn of events.

A yearly wagon train event turned quickly to a tragic scene when John Gayheart, 47 of Osgood, was bucked off his horse and sustained injuries

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Operation Roundup awards over $77,000

Pictured from left: Operation Roundup Trustees Keith Allhands, Judy Copeland, Bridget Leach, REMC General Manager, Keith Mathews, Owen Menchhofer, trustee; Dan Goris, receiving the grant for Jac-Cen-Del, and  REMC Director of Marketing Key Accounts and Business Development Barry Lauber.

Since the start of the Southeastern Indiana REMC Operation Roundup Program in 2011, over $375,000 has been put back into the community thanks to the

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