Wayne County Treasurer Nancy Funk reminds residents that fall property tax payments are due Nov. 12, and there are multiple ways to pay those taxes. Taxes may be paid at the treasurer’s office inside the Wayne County Administration Building, 401 E. Main St. from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Mondays and from 8:30 to […]
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Meal delivery reservations due Nov. 16
Residents of Richmond and Wayne County can request delivery of a Thanksgiving meal from Circle U Help Center. Circle U will stop taking orders on Nov. 16 for meals. Staff and volunteers plan to prepare, assemble and deliver more than 650 meals on Thanksgiving morning. Meals include turkey donated by Reid Health, rolls, sweet potatoes, […]
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Food inspections find soiled areas, drain problems
Inspectors discovered eight critical and 18 noncritical violations during recent routine inspections of local food establishments. The violations ranged from non-date-marked food; employee laundry on the floor; workers handling food without gloves; prep areas and containers heavily soiled with food debris; too-warm coolers without thermometers; non-draining sinks; slow floor drains; and dried food on a […]
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Wayne County votes: Election 2024 results
11:15 p.m. Votes, school board races outcomes are in When the vote count for Wayne County came in at 10:39 p.m. there were few surprises, in part because of the small number of contested races. Clerk Debbie Berry said Wayne County had good voter turnout with a lot of absentee ballots that took a long […]
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Dublin firefighter injured after tanker truck rolls
A Dublin firefighter was injured when the tanker he was driving rolled over after responding to a field fire. The accident occurred on the afternoon of Saturday, Oct. 26. Bentonville Fire Department had responded to a large field fire and combine fire north of Bentonville in Fayette County. Bentonville requested mutual aid from Dublin, Cambridge […]
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School system requests resident feedback
Richmond Community Schools is asking the community for input on the future of the school corporation, its leadership and its educational programs. Administrators have posted an online survey at surveymonkey.com/r/RCS_sp that allows RCS staff, students and families as well as other residents to answer a series of questions about priorities and performance. “The Board of […]
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27 local groups receive portion of $270K
Youth-focused organizations and schools in Wayne County received a portion of about $270,000 in Stamm Koechlein Family Foundation grants. SKFF’s board is supporting 27 organizations and schools in Wayne County and one each in California and Missouri. The board also invested more than $25,000 in local nonprofit education and development. The 2024 grant cycle brings […]
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Photos: Halloween fun at Morrisson-Reeves Library
Families attended the Fangtastic Fall Festival at Morrisson-Reeves Library, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, in Richmond, Ind. The event featured trick-or-treating and information from local organizations. View photos of the event captured by Joshua Smith in our gallery below.
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Wayne County students among Model Legislature leaders
Eastern Indiana Model Legislature has concluded its 51st year after meeting in Indiana General Assembly’s chambers in Indianapolis on Sept. 25. Richmond Jaycees started the program in 1973. Current participating schools are Centerville, Hagerstown, Northeastern, Union County and Winchester. Each school has 30 students represented with a total of 100 students in the House of […]
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Coffin site ties events to ‘All That She Carried’ book
The Levi and Catharine Coffin State Historic Site is hosting events as part of Indiana Humanities’ One State/One Story initiative based on the book “All That She Carried” by Dr. Tiya Miles. The book chronicles Miles’ work interpreting “Ashley’s Sack” that had been passed down through an enslaved Black family, according to a news release. […]