Three Wayne County high schools have homecoming this week, Centerville, Hagerstown and Northeastern. Homecoming at Lincoln will be next week, Sept. 12-16; and at Richmond, Sept. 19-23. Centerville Centerville will crown its homecoming king and queen during halftime at the homecoming game against Winchester on Friday. King candidates include Wade Lambright, Caleb Rose and Cameron […]
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Family Recovery Court aims to change behaviors
A year after a Wayne County court started a non-traditional program, its Family Recovery Court is seeing some success and is hoping to grow. Wayne County Family Recovery Court expands the traditional role of the non-criminal court from hearing, mediating and ordering solutions. The Family Recovery Court aim is to change behaviors of parents whose […]
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Saturday update: Officer transferred to Richmond-area hospice
Richmond Police Department Officer Seara Burton was transferred from the Intensive Care Unit at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio, to a hospice facility in the Richmond area on Saturday. “She will continue receiving excellent care and be surrounded by her family,” according to a news release from RPD Chief Mike Britt and Majors Jon […]
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RPD responds to South 10th Street shooting
Richmond Police Department’s first-shift patrol officers were dispatched to the 500 block of South 10th Street on Friday after a report of a person with a gun. While officers were responding, they were advised a person had been shot. Tyler Qualls, 31, of Richmond was located with a gunshot wound to his left hip/buttocks area. […]
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Little League World Series Commemorative Issue now available
Don’t miss your chance to pick up the special Little League World Series Commemorative Issue of the Western Wayne News. The Aug. 31 issue is now available at these local locations until lunchtime Tuesday, Sept. 6: Cambridge City: Country Mark, Cambridge City Market, Dollar General, Lumpy’s Café, Speedway at 1 and 70. Centerville: Village Pantry, […]
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5 p.m. Thursday: Mayor says Burton still alive, surrounded by family
Richmond Police Department Officer Seara Burton is still alive and being surrounded by family as of early Thursday evening. At about 5 p.m., Richmond Mayor Dave Snow shared, “Although she was removed from life-sustaining efforts this morning, she is still with us. We know the time of her passing is imminent; however, right now, her […]
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Officer Seara Burton to be taken off life support Thursday
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 […]