After three weeks in critical condition, Richmond Police Officer Seara Burton will be taken off life support Thursday, Sept. 1, police announced Wednesday evening. “Despite the very best efforts of all the doctors and nurses at Miami Valley Hospital, Officer Seara Burton’s injuries have been determined to be unrecoverable,” according to a statement made by […]
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1 seriously hurt after car, semi collide; local man flown to hospital
A Milton man was flown to a regional hospital with serious injuries after his car collided with a semi on Indiana 1. On Thursday afternoon, Wayne County Sheriff’s Office responded to a motor vehicle crash with entrapment at the intersection of Beeson Station Road and Indiana 1. Their initial investigation indicates that Luke Suttles, 39, […]
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Parade planned Saturday to celebrate Little League team
The Hagerstown Little League All Stars World Series team will be welcomed by a hometown parade at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27. The parade will begin at Hagerstown Elementary School (299 N. Sycamore St.), continue west down Main Street and then all the way to the Little League park at 15940 Turnpike Road. Main Street […]
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The magic ride comes to an end
The improbable run by Team Great Lakes (Hagerstown, Indiana) came to an end Tuesday afternoon, with a 10-0 loss to Team Mid-Atlantic (Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania). The players and coaches will return to Hagerstown with their heads held high. They have forever placed their names in the record of outstanding athletic achievement in Wayne County, Indiana. They will return to […]
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Little League World Series Action
Lady Luck abandons Team Great Lakes in the sixth inning. Trailing 2-1, Team Great Lakes (Hagerstown, IN) had the bases loaded in the bottom of the sixth inning and no outs, before Nolan Cheeseman delivered a single to tie the game at 2-2. With two outs, Clark Thornburg hit a flair that would have driven […]
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WWN’s tribute to ‘Uncle Jim’ Buhl
By Brenda McLane Western Wayne News is sad to report that just before deadline, we received word that Cambridge City resident Jim Buhl lost his battle with breast cancer on Aug. 22. As I write this, it is hard to summarize all he has meant to his family, friends, church and the community. This soft-spoken […]
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Cambridge City semi driver pronounced dead after I-70 crash
Cambridge City area residents are mourning the loss of Billy Ray Ervin Jr., husband of the town’s Clerk-Treasurer Sherry Ervin, who died Sunday morning in a single vehicle roll-over crash on Interstate 70 in Indianapolis. At 8:47 a.m., Indiana State Police dispatchers began receiving 911 calls about a semi roll-over crash in the westbound lanes […]
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How do I submit a 2022 election letter to the editor for publication?
Here’s Western Wayne News’ full-length policy for letters to the editor. (We’re running an abbreviated policy in our print publication). WWN welcomes letters to the editor in advance of the Nov. 8 election and about other topics of local interest throughout the year. Letters about an issue in the fall election or in support of […]
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Monday’s Little League game to start at 5:20 p.m. on ESPN2, local radio
Team Great Lakes (based in Hagerstown, Indiana) captured an electrifying 8-7 walk off win over Team Midwest (Davenport, Iowa) in opening-round play Thursday in the Little League World Series. Preston Allred scored the winning run in the bottom of the sixth inning in the David vs. Goliath matchup when an errant throw sailed over the […]
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State bringing free monkeypox vaccines to county Aug. 19
Indiana Department of Health plans to offer a free monkeypox vaccine clinic from noon to 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19, at Wayne County Health Department, 100 S. Fifth St., Richmond. Wayne County is one of three locations where a clinic is being offered. No appointment is necessary. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends […]