Late Tuesday afternoon (Aug. 10), Wayne County Sheriff’s Office announced it has located Phillip Pitcher Jr., a 16-year-old boy from Milton, Indiana, whose whereabouts were sought earlier in the day. However, the sheriff’s office also is still seeking Adrea Strickland, a 16-year-old female from Hagerstown. Her disappearance was announced June 11. She has brown hair […]
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Millicent Martin Emery is a reporter and editor for the Western Wayne News.
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Delta variant has arrived in Wayne County, health department says
Wayne County Health Department was notified Monday of the county’s first COVID-19 sample testing positive for the Delta variant (B 1.617.2). Only a fraction of all sample are sent for DNA speciation. “We have been operating for several weeks as if we have had the Delta variant in Wayne County already,” explained Christine Stinson, executive […]
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Silver Alert canceled for missing New Castle man
A Statewide Silver Alert has been canceled for a New Castle man. New Castle (Indiana) Police Department had investigated the disappearance of David Mise, a 63-year-old white male. Mise is 5 feet 11 inches tall, weighs 390 pounds and has white hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing a light blue polo shirt, […]
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Muffins sold at Walmart, other stores being recalled for potential Lysteria
Several brands of muffins are being recalled from convenience and grocery stores around the country. Give and Go Prepared Foods (U.S.A.) Corp. has announced a voluntary nationwide recall of certain muffin products due to the potential for the products to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections […]
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Updated: Silver Alert canceled for missing New Castle man
A Statewide Silver Alert has been canceled after New Castle Police Department investigated the disappearance of David Heaston, a 33-year-old white male. Heaston is 5 feet 10 inches tall, 220 pounds and has brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a light colored T-shirt and khaki shorts. Heaston was missing from New […]
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Clues sought after shots fired into car from a car
Richmond Police Department is seeking information about a person who reportedly fired three or four rounds from a car. Second-shift patrol officers responded to the 300 block of North 13th Street on Tuesday, July 13, after receiving a call that reported shots being fired. Dispatchers received two shots fired calls. Officers located a car in […]
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Body of missing Connersville man recovered from river
Indiana Conservation Officers have recovered the body of Robert L. Austin, 26, of Connersville, from the Whitewater River. A media release sent late in the evening of Tuesday, July 13, announced the discovery. Conservation officers have searched in recent days for a missing man in the vicinity of Mahan Park, commonly referred to as “Three-Mile Bridge,” […]
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Election filing deadline for CC independent candidates earlier than expected
Wayne County Clerk Debra Berry and the county’s Voter Registration staff are alerting Cambridge City residents that the deadline to file paperwork for a town council seat could be earlier than they expect. An error on a state form means the deadline is one day earlier for independent candidates than stated, but the state will […]
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Secret Garden Tour set for this weekend around Wayne County
Richmond Art Museum’s annual Secret Garden Tour fundraiser is returning Saturday and Sunday, June 26-27. The unique event gives area residents the opportunity to visit lush gardens of local landscape artists throughout the community. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 on tour days. Self-guided tours are available from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday […]
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Funnel cakes and vaccines: COVID shots available at Wayne County Fair
Where can area residents get a COVID vaccine? Here are a few of the options in the coming days. Wayne County 4-H Fairgrounds Wayne County Health Department is offering free COVID-19 vaccines from 3-9 p.m. daily from Monday, June 21, through Friday, June 25, at its mobile unit at the fair. WCHD’s mobile unit will […]