Citing challenges for a very large start-up organization, local officials gave Liberation Bioindustries its second extension for a $250,000 financial incentive. During its Feb. 2 meeting, Economic Development Corp. of Wayne County voted to give Liberation another year to get construction finished and open its 36-acre facility in Richmond’s Midwest Industrial Park. Liberation expects total […]
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Milton council works to resolve ARPA mishap
Milton’s town council is seeking to resolve an issue regarding funds received through the American Rescue Plan Act. During a Jan. 28 executive session, the council decided to prepare a Request for Reconsideration to the U.S. Department of the Treasury after the federal body issued a notice of recoupment for the council’s failure to report […]
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2 challenge Dwenger
Brad Dwenger, who represents eastern Wayne County as a county commissioner, faces two challengers in May’s primary. Howard Price filed last week for the District 1 opportunity, joining fellow Republicans Dwenger and Mark Hoelscher on the ballot. Price ran for Richmond mayor in 2023. He returned to Richmond after serving in the Air Force and […]
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911 calls decrease slightly in 2025
Law enforcement calls for service rose nearly 10% during 2025 despite 911 calls decreasing by 649. According to the Wayne County Emergency Communications Center report, officer-initiated activity, such as business checks, delivery of court paperwork, civil process service and special patrol activities all rose from 2024. The 40,032 calls to 911 fits within the annual […]
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Cheer squads score team-bests at nationals
Three hip-hoorays for the cheerleading squads that competed at the National High School Cheerleading Championship last month. Centerville and Hagerstown’s high school competition squads, and the North Stars recreational cheer team, all won bids to the multiday event at Disney World in Orlando. CHS scores magical top-10 finish Centerville’s squad of 20 returned to the […]
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New candidates emerge for state races
Voters will have more choices for candidates to represent Wayne County at the state level on their primary ballots. On Thursday, Feb. 5, Republican Pete Zaleski announced his candidacy for Indiana House of Representatives District 56. That filing came two days after fellow Republican Adam Blanton filed to run against his former boss at the […]
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RPD: Taxi company misses inspection deadline
One of Richmond’s four taxi companies has not complied with Richmond Police Department inspection requests. Officer Aaron Stevens, RPD’s administrative resource officer, reported to the city’s Board of Public Works and Safety during its Feb. 5 meeting that M&C Taxi did not comply with a scheduled Jan. 5 inspection date. It also failed to meet […]
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Council allocates additional $50K for mail costs
Wayne County Council allocated an additional $50,000 on Feb. 4 to cover postage costs this year. Clerk Tara Pegg prepared a presentation for a joint meeting of council and county commissioners. The evening joint meeting replaced the scheduled morning council and afternoon commissioners meetings because of a conflict with an Association of Indiana Counties meeting […]
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RP&L’s reliability rises during 2025
Power outages are never convenient, especially when the temperature’s minus-4 degrees. Richmond Power and Light customers experienced that inconvenience a slim percentage of the time last year. The utility’s average service availability index, the ration of customer hours when service was available to total hours of demand, was 99.9851%, according to statistics General Manager Tony […]
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Water line, future projects focus of council
Town manager Chris LaMar’s updates on current and potential city projects were the bulk of the discussion at the hour-and-a-half-long Hagerstown council meeting on Feb. 2. LaMar addressed the latest on the town-wide water line project and council’s questions on issues of concern. Progress on the water line project has advanced, with Pearl and Harrison […]