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City contracts for work on bicycle path’s Phase 2

After a pandemic delay, wheels are again turning toward completion of Richmond’s Loop bicycle path. Phase 2 of the Complete Streets Loop Project was originally scheduled for 2022 construction; however, the Indiana Department of Transportation requested the project be rescheduled for November 2023 bidding and 2024 construction. The city’s Board of Public Works and Safety […]

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Council has little room for increases to 2024 budget

Wayne County Council members spent more than six hours July 19 listening to 2024 departmental budget requests. After only about a half-hour, requests for additional funding already exceeded the extra funds available for 2024. Department heads explained and defended the requests they had submitted, but the county expects only about $680,000 in additional property tax […]

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How can Wayne County residents live longer?

Wayne County residents can expect to live about six years less than an average American and about four years less than the average Hoosier. The county’s life expectancy is 72.9 years, according to the Indiana Department of Health. That’s 90th among Indiana’s 92 counties. A new Health First Indiana program gives the Wayne County Health […]

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County recorder requests security wall for office

Wayne County Recorder Debbie Tiemann hopes to be proactive about the safety of her staff and the confidential records her office maintains. She discussed with Wayne County’s commissioners July 12 constructing a security wall for her department’s office space in the Wayne County Administration Building’s west wing. Tiemann has funds available to pay for the […]

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New RP&L control house now in place

Richmond Power & Light has a new control house at its U.S. 27 location. The control house was delivered in two pieces that were lifted by crane onto a foundation. Now, RP&L staff is working to make the new control house operational. Tony Foster, RP&L’s general manager, provided the control house update to the RP&L […]