Wayne County’s commissioners are considering options for its employee insurance program. Dunn & Associates, the third-party benefits administrator based in Columbus, discussed the insurance program with commissioners July 17 during their weekly meeting. Commissioners conducted the meeting simultaneously with Wayne County Council’s daylong budget meeting. Commissioner Jeff Plasterer said the county’s insurance program is healthy […]
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Group: Graduates won’t get into state schools
Some state lawmakers and a music organization are urging Hoosiers to share concerns about the state’s proposed new high school diploma rules by Tuesday, July 30. State Sen. Jeff Raatz (R-Richmond) sponsored House Enrolled Act 1243 this year, which expanded Indiana Department of Education’s ability to design more flexible high school diploma requirements to consider […]
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Indiana Fever legend making local visit
A WNBA champion and four-time Olympic gold medalist will share an inspirational message at Boys & Girls Clubs of Wayne County’s annual Smart Futures Dinner. Tamika Catchings has agreed to be the guest speaker for the Oct. 10 fundraiser. Catchings, a University of Tennessee graduate, was the third pick in the 2001 WNBA draft. She retired […]
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Dublin mural volunteers help brighten county
Local communities soon will have 11 new murals, thanks to the Wayne County Mural Program Competition. One of those is a community mural, which was painted Saturday and Sunday on Dublin Community Club, 1764 S. Foundry Road, Cambridge City. The creation led by Joy Hernandez of Indianapolis brightens the gray building that’s home to Dublin’s […]
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Zoning requests will return to council
About 20 opponents and supporters of a proposed South 37th Street development attended the July 15 Richmond Common Council meeting, but they did not have a chance to speak. An ordinance to rezone 80 acres south of Backmeyer Road between South 37th Street and Garwood Road for a planned unit development was presented to council […]
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Williamsburg grows its community celebration
As some community festivals find it harder to keep going, Williamsburg Community Days is growing, slow and steady. This year’s two-day celebration stayed busy all of Friday and started out that way Saturday. Four or five men watched from a picnic table under a tent as a crowd came and left the Williamsburg Lions Club’s […]
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Picture honors RPD officer’s memory
Officer Seara Burton’s mother, Jennifer Miller, stretched to place a blue flower next to her daughter’s picture on the End of Watch: Ride to Remember trailer. Burton is one of the 380 officers killed in 2022 and 2023 whose sacrifice is being remembered by the Beyond the Call of Duty tour, which began June 1 […]
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Animal welfare solutions need funding
Sara Pizano told about 60 people July 18 that Wayne County’s animal welfare problems are not unique. They’re the same problems the animal welfare strategist finds in communities across the country. The good news, Pizano said, is that there are solutions. “I promise you that everything you’re facing here is common to every other organization […]
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Driver, friend live their racing dreams
Presley Sorah isn’t the only Cambridge City lad who is living the dream on a national racing circuit. Among the crew helping him is a lifetime friend, Gavin Newton. “Presley and I have been two peas in a pod since fourth grade,” Newton said on July 18 as he readied Sorah’s No. 12 Camry for […]
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4 Wayne County bands in contests’ Top 10
Two Wayne County bands again placed in the Top 5 during the second weekend of regional band contests leading to Indiana State Fair’s Band Day. Ten schools competed Friday, July 19, at Jay County Fairgrounds. Centerville finished second (66.175 points) to Muncie Central (68.425). Jay County was third (61.25); Winchester, fourth (57.85); and Yorktown, fifth […]