In the Tuesday, October 28, 2025 issue
Little Soul’s cemetery dedication to be held Sunday
The Tanglewood Little Soul’s Cemetery is the only dedicated area in a Ripley County cemetery for miscarried remains and has an area to also memorialize those babies miscarried. Everyone is invited to the dedication ceremony this Sunday, November 2 at 3 …
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Wade runs to first state finals
Anytime a state finals appearance is earned in Southeastern Indiana it is quite the feat. When a freshman does it on her first try, it’s a rather impressive feat. Ava Wade is that impressive and the Batesville freshman earned her spot in the biggest cr …
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Cutie captured at Webfest
It was a beautiful day and turnout at the Webfest event held on Saturday, Oct. 25, at Weberding Carving Shop in Batesville. Pictured left is Aubrey at 20 months, who stopped to have her photo taken as she was looking at all the pumpkins and mums. She made sure to grab a cookie to enjoy as she was enjoying time with her grandma Martha Fisher, of Greensburg. She is the daughter of Jessica and Nathan Eckstein of Sunman. The Weberdings enjoy putting on this event as this is the start of their holiday season. They gave out 315 carved pumpkins, 480 hotdogs, cookies and popcorn. They also had handcrafted trees for the kids to decorate. Be sure to watch out for their holiday scenes as they are all real treat for Batesville and the local communities.
Bulldogs knocked out of Sectional 30
Batesville football devised a new game plan and delivered a gutsy performance last Friday night at home but a high-octane offense courtesy of Franklin County finally powered up in the second half and the Wildcats exploded for a 33-14 win in the opening round of Class 3A Sectional 30.
Webfest is held at Weberding Carving Shop
Pictured left to back is Owen Hardeback, age 4, Damien Hooten, age 14, Kaleb Hardeback, age 12, Faith Voegele, 10 and (front right) Ava Hardebeck, age 9 of Batesville, having fun decorating and carving their Halloween faces on the carved out pumpkins that were given free at the Webfest event on Saturday, October 25 at Weberdings.
