Youth-focused organizations and schools in Wayne County received a portion of about $270,000 in Stamm Koechlein Family Foundation grants. SKFF’s board is supporting 27 organizations and schools in Wayne County and one each in California and Missouri. The board also invested more than $25,000 in local nonprofit education and development. The 2024 grant cycle brings […]
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Photos: Halloween fun at Morrisson-Reeves Library
Families attended the Fangtastic Fall Festival at Morrisson-Reeves Library, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, in Richmond, Ind. The event featured trick-or-treating and information from local organizations. View photos of the event captured by Joshua Smith in our gallery below.
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Flashing stoplights raise council’s concern
At the end of an otherwise uneventful 14-minute Richmond Common Council meeting, member Bill Engle raised a question about a flashing stoplight experiment that is irritating some motorists. Engle said that constituents in his district contacted him to ask why the traffic lights across North A Street near North 12th Street in downtown Richmond were flashing […]
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County vote centers now open
Haircuts, manicures and vehicle maintenance often require an appointment and reminders, and voters might want to take the same care in setting their own time to vote. Wayne County voters can cast ballots for a few hours on any day except Sunday, Nov. 3, before Election Day, which is Tuesday, Nov. 5. Some voters already […]
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Construction firm chosen for performance venue
Cambridge City’s council has awarded a bid for its new outdoor performance venue. Council conducted a special meeting Oct. 21 to review the two bids for the project. It will be built behind Cambridge City Volunteer Fire Department’s station at 127 W. Maple St., adjacent to Creitz Park. Council decided to award the base bid […]
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Pardon our dust: Building projects coming soon
As Wayne County’s commissioners advanced three major infrastructure projects for county buildings, they also began wrestling with how to schedule them in a way that doesn’t disrupt government operations. During their Oct. 24 meeting, commissioners awarded a wiring project to Northern AV Group of Indianapolis. The work will involve running new cabling to each employee […]
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Stabilizing Queen Anne house remains concern
A month after deciding a historic Queen Anne-style house along East Main Street should be saved, Richmond’s Historic Preservation Commission had a short discussion about the house Oct. 15. The house at 1828 E. Main St., on the northwest corner of 19th and East Main streets, has been saved twice. Commission members have met with […]
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Council trims county’s general fund budget to $38 million
With 6-0 votes Oct. 16, Wayne County Council approved the county’s 2025 budget and Wayne Union Recycling’s budget. Council worked since hearing six hours of departmental budget requests July 17 to trim the general fund budget. That budget was estimated on the Department of Local Government Finance’s Gateway website at $40,325,920. Council passed a general […]
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Wayne County students among Model Legislature leaders
Eastern Indiana Model Legislature has concluded its 51st year after meeting in Indiana General Assembly’s chambers in Indianapolis on Sept. 25. Richmond Jaycees started the program in 1973. Current participating schools are Centerville, Hagerstown, Northeastern, Union County and Winchester. Each school has 30 students represented with a total of 100 students in the House of […]
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Town grappling with building code mistakes
Mistakes in applying the town building code are haunting the Hagerstown Town Council, according to discussion during an Oct. 14 special meeting. About a dozen residents of the Graceland Heights subdivision attended an Aug. 5 council meeting to ask why they had been without power for several days after a storm. Town officials said they […]