Agricultural producers and private landowners interested in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 2020 general signup must make an offer of acres or schedule an appointment to do so with their local U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) service center by Friday, February 28. The general signup – which opened in December – is available to producers […]
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IU EAST BASKETBALL ROUNDUP FOR FEB. 26
MEN RICHMOND, Ind. – The Indiana University East men’s basketball team advanced to the semifinals of the River States Conference Championship with a victory against Midway University on Feb. 26. Bishop Smith scored a game-high 29 points to pass Tyler Fangman (2011-15) to become IU East’s all-time leading scorer with 1,918 points in his career. […]
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Schools announcing delays for Feb. 27
Area school districts announcing a two-hour delay for Thursday (Feb. 27) include: Centerville-Abington Community Christian The Excel Center-Richmond ICAP Head Start-Henry County Nettle Creek New Castle Community Schools Northeastern Wayne (no morning latch key and preschool starts at 10:15 a.m.) Randolph Eastern Randolph Southern Richmond Community Schools – Buses will run two hours later than […]
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Digital subscriptions just $35 per year for both papers!
Stay up-to-date with news from all around Wayne County in the Western Wayne News and Nettle Creek Gazette. Digital-only subscriptions are just $35 and include BOTH of our newspapers. You’ll see the PDFs of all pages late Tuesday morning as papers are being delivered to local stores and taken to the post office for Wednesday […]
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IU East basketball roundup – Feb. 22
MEN PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Garrett Silcott scored a career-high 30 points as the Indiana University East men’s basketball team wrapped up the regular season with a 91-67 win at Carlow University on Feb. 22. IU East concludes the regular season 20-10 overall and 14-2 in the River States Conference. The Red Wolves finished second in […]
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IU East establishes 5 school records at track/field contest
KENT, Ohio – The Indiana University East track and field teams continued their success two weeks after the River States Conference Indoor Championships. The Red Wolves won two events at the Kent State Tune-Up on Feb. 22, while establishing five school records. Justin Lowe reached a national qualifying standard in the 400 meters as he […]
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New programs, meetings on WCTV Feb. 23-29
The following public meetings will air live or in replay on Whitewater Community Television’s WGTV cable channel 11. For more information, call (765) 973-8488 or visit www.wctv.info. Replays of government meetings are available on WGTV Online, WCTV’s Video on Demand site. The following is a list of new and special programs for the week of […]
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Northeastern superintendent confirms employee on administrative leave
Northeastern Wayne Schools Superintendent Laura Blessing shared this message Thursday, Feb. 20, with Hometown Media Group: “While an administrative employee of Northeastern Wayne School Corporation is currently on administrative leave, Northeastern Wayne School Corporation does not comment on personnel matters at this juncture. The School Corporation will share information it can legally release when such […]
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Two Vehicle Crash Claims Life of Richmond Man
Cambridge City – A Richmond man was killed this morning when the SUV he was driving drove left of center on SR 1 and hit a box truck head on. Pendleton Troopers and Wayne County Deputies were called to SR 1, just north of Delaware St. in Cambridge City, around 11 a.m. this morning for […]
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Wayne County monitoring health of recent traveler to China
Wayne County Health Department is monitoring the health of an individual who recently traveled to China in accordance with guidance established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in response to a global outbreak of novel coronavirus. The traveler is not showing any signs of illness at this time. Dr. David Jetmore, who […]