The Lincoln Golden Eagles basketball team traveled east on Highway 40 on Friday, Feb. 28, to close out regular-season play against longtime rival Centerville. The Eagles were no match for the Bulldogs, who pulled away midway through the first quarter en route to a 75-46 win. The Bulldogs used a balanced offensive attack to challenge […]
Local news and updates from Wayne County, Indiana reportersCenterville
Centerville, Indiana is a town in Center Township, Wayne County that describes itself as “an American town in the heart of the midwest.” Famous for its antique shopping and as home of the annual Archway Days festival, Centerville is fun to visit, beautiful to live in and easy to get to from US 40 or via interstate 70.
The Western Wayne News covers updates from Centerville’s Town Council as well as Centerville-Abington Community Schools and their sports teams. Read below for the latest articles, meeting coverage, government activities and education news by our local reporting team.
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Arabians end Bulldogs’ 9-game winning streak
Pendleton Heights, a 4A school, traveled to Centerville on Wednesday, Feb. 26, for the first meeting between the two schools in boys basketball. The game was tied after the first quarter, still tied at halftime and the two teams were only separated by one point entering the fourth quarter. The Arabians, members of the Hoosier […]
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Red Devil places 5th in 50 freestyle
Owen Fowler from Richmond High School, Carter Ramsey from Hagerstown High School, Devon Whaley from Centerville High School, and the RHS 200-yard freestyle relay team of Greyson Farmer, Fowler, Layton Smith and Braxten Whited joined the impressive field at the 88th annual IHSAA state swim meet held at the Indiana University Indianapolis Natatorium. The meet […]
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High School academic teams’ meets focus on 20th Century Ireland
Hoosier high schools have begun their academic meet competition season, and several schools in Wayne, Randolph and Fayette counties have won at least one subject during their first three competitions. Indiana Academic Super Bowl program is sponsored by Indiana Association of School Principals. Since 1987, teens enhance their research and study skills by delving into […]
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Hot ’Dawgs crush host Titans 67-28 in TEC
The goal of every high school basketball team is to be playing their best entering postseason play. The Centerville Bulldogs appear to be on target. The ‘Dawgs traveled to Tri High on Friday, Feb. 21 for a Tri-Eastern Conference game with the Henry County champion Titans. What was expected to be a tossup game was […]
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Youth sports sign-up deadlines approaching
Several Wayne County nonprofit youth sports organizations are concluding their registration for summer programs in the coming days. Some organizations can offer information about financial assistance upon request. Nonprofits are invited to send information about upcoming activities to contact@westernwaynenews.com.
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Bulldogs defeat Indians
The Centerville Bulldogs traveled to Union City on Tuesday, Feb. 18, for a Tri-Eastern Conference game with the Indians. The hot-shooting Indians hit five 3-pointers to build a 17-14 advantage at the end of the first quarter before the Bulldogs fought back to take a 31-28 halftime lead. The Bulldogs pushed their advantage to 48-43 […]
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Record-breaking day lifts Fowler
Richmond High School senior Owen Fowler is going to the state finals on Friday, Feb. 28, and Saturday, March 1 to compete in two events, and he is going in style. Fowler won both the 50 freestyle and the 100 freestyle at the New Palestine sectional on Saturday, Feb. 22, to qualify, shattering the RHS […]
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CACS monitoring ‘detrimental’ legislation
Centerville-Abington Community Schools officials are closely monitoring several state lawmakers’ bills that Superintendent Mike McCoy calls “detrimental” for public schools. One plan to reduce property taxes could reduce CACS’ operations fund by $1.3 million over the next three years. However, McCoy said at the Feb. 12 board meeting that that bill had been gutted in recent […]
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Centerville library might move for a year
Centerville Public Library’s request to temporarily move into the former town hall is under consideration. At its Feb. 11 meeting, council heard about the approximately $1.2 million of renovations planned at the library building. Those projects include entryway lighting, addition of a bathroom and updates to another, removal of a back stairwell to add more […]