Free rides to, from Western Wayne County Jackson Township Trustee’s Office is organizing free transportation for Western Wayne County residents to get their vaccine at Reid Health’s clinic at Wayne County Fairgrounds. Those from Jackson and surrounding townships can call (765) 478-4620 anytime to leave a message with contact information and request round-trip transportation. Trustee […]
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Millicent Martin Emery is a reporter and editor for the Western Wayne News.
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Indiana State Police announce search for missing local woman
Investigators with the Indiana State Police are still attempting to locate a Richmond woman who was reported missing on Saturday, May 1. Mikaela Grace Estes was traveling from Indianapolis to her home in Richmond along Interstate 70 that day. Family members told investigators Estes called and told them she was planning to stop for fuel […]
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UPDATED: Silver Alert canceled for New Castle man
A Statewide Silver Alert has been canceled for a man missing from New Castle. The Henry County Sheriff’s Department was investigating the disappearance of Russell Goldsberry, an 80-year-old white male, 5 feet 10 inches tall, 140 pounds, white hair with hazel eyes, last seen wearing a “US Navy Veteran” baseball hat, blue jacket, pink shirt, […]
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RHS grad named sole finalist for superintendent
A Richmond High School and Earlham College graduate could come home to become Richmond Community Schools’ next superintendent. After a nationwide search starting in September 2020, RCS announced Curtis Wright as its sole finalist on Tuesday, April 27. The public was invited to discuss Wright’s potential future with the district during a school board meeting […]
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Police: Man’s gunshot wound not life-threatening
A Richmond man was injured Monday afternoon after a shooting on the city’s northeast side. Shortly before 3 p.m. Monday, Richmond Police Department’s first-shift patrol officers responded to a report of a shooting at an apartment at 851 N. 16th St. Fragust D. Ford, 42, was located with a gunshot wound to the lower body, […]
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Local man dies in plane crash near Richmond airport
A Wayne County resident’s plane crashed Sunday morning in a field after takeoff, just south of Richmond Municipal Airport along Indiana 227. Judson J. Costlow, 78, of Richmond had taken off shortly before 8 a.m. to visit family in Arizona, according to Indiana State Police Sgt. Coley McCutcheon, the regional public information officer based at […]
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Man dies after SUV collides with embankment, catches fire
A man has died after his vehicle vaulted over an Interstate 70 embankment in Wayne County and caught fire. Shortly before 11 p.m. April 19, Wayne County Sheriff’s Office responded to initial reports of a vehicle fire on Round Barn Road near the I-70 overpass. Richmond Fire Department and Richmond Police Department units arrived and […]
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Richmond man dies after weekend shooting
A Richmond man died Sunday after a Saturday night shooting on the city’s north side. Second-shift patrol officers for Richmond Police Department responded to the 200 block of North 13th Street after a shooting was reported at 10:12 p.m. Police found Chad Mullins, 26, with a gunshot wound to the abdomen, according to a news […]
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Health department offering vaccines in Hagerstown on April 19
Wayne County Health Department will bring its mobile unit to Hagerstown to offer the COVID-19 vaccine. Walk-ins will be accepted between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday, April 19, at The New Testament Church of Christ, 752 W. Main St., Hagerstown. Appointments are not being accepted for this clinic. The Moderna two-shot vaccination will be […]
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WCHD giving Moderna vaccine after state pauses J&J shots
After a few cases of rare blood clots found in the nearly 7 million people who’ve received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for COVID-19, Indiana is pausing its use of that vaccine but will continue offering shots from other manufacturers. Indiana Department of Health alerted Wayne County Health Department not to use any J&J COVID-19 […]