Wayne County Sheriff Randy Retter is asking anyone who might be a victim of a man who admitted to police that he touched women in public and rubbed up against a girl in a local store to share their stories. The suspect, James Duane Brooks, 53, was arrested Friday, June 19, after the sheriff’s department […]
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Northeastern hires superintendent, 2 principals
By Rachel Sheeley The Northeastern Wayne school board hired a new superintendent, a high school principal and a middle school principal at its Wednesday night meeting. Dr. Matthew Hicks, who has served as Northeastern High School principal since fall 2018, is the new superintendent. He replaces Dr. Laura Blessing, who will leave the corporation July […]
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ISP investigating Henry County police action shooting
Henry County Sheriff Richard McCorkle has asked investigators from the Indiana State Police Pendleton District to investigate a police action shooting involving deputies from his department. Shortly after 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 17, Henry County deputies responded to a house in the 300 block of South Main in the town of Kennard for a report […]
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Mid-June update: COVID cases exceed 100 in Wayne County
As of June 17, Wayne County has 104 positive cases of COVID-19, and Reid Health has had 155 lab-confirmed positive cases in its eight-county service area. The hospital has 25 patients in containment areas. Wayne County has nearly caught up to Franklin County with 120 cases. Fayette County has 85 and Randolph County has 68. […]
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Fountain City man dies at U.S. 27 crash scene
A Fountain City man has died after a crash north of his community on Wednesday morning (June 17). At 8 a.m., Wayne County Sheriff’s Department responded to a motor vehicle crash at U.S. 27 North and Bockhofer Road north of Fountain City. The crash involved a Ford F-150 driven by Robbie Lanter, 54, of Fountain […]
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Richmond woman among 4 victims in Union County crash
A Richmond woman was one of four people who died Sunday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash in Union County. Just after 3:30 p.m., Indiana State Police troopers and area deputies were called to the 2700 block of Nine Mile Road for a report of a serious injury two-vehicle crash. ISP Trooper Luke Tipton arrived to […]
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Indianapolis man arrives at Reid with 2 gunshot wounds; search leads to arrest
On the same day an arrest was made on an earlier shooting, another person was shot in Richmond. Richmond Police Department officers were dispatched to the area of South 11th and D streets in reference to a disturbance and shots fired call at 3 p.m. Meanwhile, at 3:08 p.m. while officers were on scene of […]
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BREAKING NEWS: Wayne County Election Night results
Western Wayne Schools will receive more funding and several familiar faces could be returning to county government after Tuesday’s primary election. School levy A majority of voters living in the Western Wayne Schools district (64.5 percent) voted yes for the school levy to increase property taxes to offset declining income for schools as enrollment numbers […]
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Hayden G. McQueen
Hayden G. McQueen, 82, of Pershing, Indiana passed away Monday morning, June 1, 2020 at his home. He was born July 31, 1937 in Rising Sun, Indiana, one of eleven children of Robert and Laura (Howard) McQueen. A graduate of Clarksburg High School, he excelled in basketball and was inducted into the Decatur County Basketball […]
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June COVID update: Indiana passes 35,000 cases, 2,000 deaths; Reid at 138
As of June 2, Indiana has 35,237 cases of COVID-19. There have been 2,022 deaths in the state, according to Indiana State Department of Health. Reid Health has had 138 lab-confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 as of 10 a.m. June 3 in its eight-county service area, and currently has 24 patients in containment areas. A […]