Five longtime community leaders are being recognized for their philanthropic service. Wayne County Foundation normally names one winner each year for the Charles A. Rodefeld Award for Leadership in Philanthropy and Community, and the Ruth J. Wickemeyer Award for Nonprofit Excellence. However, to celebrate the foundation’s 45th anniversary, more honorees were chosen. The winners were […]
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Congress candidates invited for April 18 IN Focus forum
Whitewater Community Television is concluding its IN Focus series of candidate interviews. Republican candidates for U.S. Representative (District 6) were invited for the 6 p.m. April 18 program. WCTV is partnering with Wayne County Area Chamber of Commerce and Western Wayne News to increase familiarity with candidates in contested primary election races. Previous programs featured […]
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Milton Minute: Town clerk celebrates first 100 days in office
Milton town council met Tuesday, April 9, with all members and several guests present. Town clerk Amy Smith shared several accomplishments to mark her first 100 days in office: Water update Other news
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Region sharing $35M from READI 2.0
Wayne and surrounding counties aim to increase personal income, housing options, educational attainment and new businesses with a new infusion of $35 million. The East Central Indiana region, which encompasses Wayne, Henry, Fayette, Randolph, Blackford, Delaware, Grant and Jay counties, successfully applied for funds through the second round of Indiana’s Regional Economic Acceleration and Development […]
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Students’ film chosen for Phantoscope festival
Phantoscope High School Film Festival is marking its 17th year — which is approximately the age of its young filmmakers. Richmond Art Museum is again organizing the free public festival Friday, April 19, which is free for the public. A professional Hoosier filmmaker opens the program at 6 p.m. to share insights about his career. Then, […]
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18 students competing in civics bee
The public is invited to cheer on Wayne County’s students competing in the first local 2024 National Civics Bee — and even wear red, white and blue if desired. Wayne County Area Chamber of Commerce has coordinated the bee. It begins at 6 p.m. Friday, April 19, at Indiana University East’s Vivian Auditorium in Whitewater […]
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Elementary school flood found during break
It wouldn’t be vacation time at Centerville-Abington Community Schools without a flood. At CACS’ April 10 board meeting, Assistant Superintendent Sean Stevenson noted that on Wednesday of spring break, half of Centerville-Abington Elementary’s cafeteria flooded before a custodian discovered it. A heating pipe installed in the recent elementary addition burst. Some records in a closet […]
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Council kills housing development plan 6-3
Cheers erupted from the audience after Richmond’s Common Council voted Monday night 6-3 against a proposed rezoning that was needed for a planned housing development to move forward. For close to three hours, attendees and council members spoke passionately about the issues raised by the Smith Hill Planned Unit Development. Those in favor of the […]
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Packed house bolsters LHS football hope
Worries about possibly losing the Lincoln Middle/High School football program and the hiring of a new coach has people “coming out of the woodwork” to help. A crowd jammed the LMHS cafeteria on April 10 for a Meet the Coaches meeting. At the same time, the Western Wayne Schools board met and formally approved Jeremy […]
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Native Hoosier, recent Earlham dad named college’s president
An Indiana native and Indiana University graduate whose child recently attended Earlham College has been chosen as its next leader. As of Aug. 1, Paul Sniegowski, a distinguished biologist and the Stephen A. Levin Family Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at University of Pennsylvania, will become president of Earlham College and Earlham […]