Nearly all Wayne County high schools neared or exceeded a 90% graduation rate for the Class of 2024. Three local schools surpassed Indiana’s average of 90.23%, which is the highest graduation rate since state officials began publishing data. Indiana’s rate was 88.98% in 2023. Centerville Senior High School Principal Brian Bellew said rates can vary widely […]
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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Bulldogs extend winning streak to 4
The Centerville Bulldog basketball team hosted Union County in a Tri-Eastern Conference game on Thursday, Jan. 30. The Bulldogs raced to a 31-18 lead at halftime and expanded it to 47-30 after three quarters en route to a 60-41 win. Landyn Keiser led the winners with a game high of 18 points, Bryson Brown scored […]
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Bulldogs defeat Connersville in Spartan Bowl
On Jan. 11, 2023, newly appointed Centerville interim head coach Brian Keiser took his team to Connersville for his debut at the helm. The Spartans defense overwhelmed the Bulldogs in a 55-19 loss. In postgame remarks, Keiser declined to offer excuses but instead promised that his team would work to improve. The Bulldogs defeated the […]
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CACS adds grad paths, addresses weather
Centerville-Abington Community Schools board members learned about new graduation pathways through a medical training school and administrators’ criteria for weather-related delays or cancellations. Graduation pathways The board approved a memorandum of understanding with KLR Medical Certification Training School to help CACS meet Indiana’s new diploma requirements. Superintendent Mike McCoy and Director of Student Learning Tammy […]
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Bulldogs survive late Red Devil rally
Centerville and Richmond are not in the same conference, sectional or enrollment class, so when the Richmond Red Devil basketball team traveled west on Highway 40 on Saturday, Jan. 25, to square off against the Bulldogs, some might not have recognized the importance of the game to the participants and their fans. Playing before a […]
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Swartz scores 39 points to lead Bulldog rout
The Centerville Lady Bulldogs hosted the Wes-Del Lady Warriors in a nonconference game on Saturday, Jan. 18. Centerville scored a season-high 73 points, and senior Taelynn Swartz poured in a career-high 39 points in a 73-34 win. Olivia Hunter scored 14 points for Centerville and Kendall Nelson added 11 points. Caroline Caward led Wes-Del with […]
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Centerville sounds alarm on fire bill
Centerville councilors and fire chief say a state lawmaker’s proposal could cost local lives if fire protection territories are dissolved. The same bill would also dissolve township governments. At their Jan. 14 meeting, council President Dan Wandersee discussed a few bills being considered by Indiana General Assembly, especially House Bill 1233 on local government reorganization. […]
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Sensitive student, teacher data stolen
An attack on a software tool that Richmond Community Schools and Centerville-Abington Schools use has potentially exposed undetermined amounts of sensitive student and teacher data to hackers. PowerSchool, a California-based cloud educational software service, notified schools who use the service that a December 2024 compromise of one of its customer support systems had allowed an […]
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Wrestlers both lose 1st-round matches
Tzuriya Phillips (Centerville) and Abigail Gilbert (Hagerstown) both saw their dream of a state championship ended on Friday, Jan. 17 with first-round losses in the inaugural girls state wrestling finals, held at the Corteva Coliseum on the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Phillips, a senior wrestling in the 115-pound weight class, lost to Ysabelle Ocampo (36-0), a […]
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Bulldog boys claim league title
Centerville hosted the inaugural Eastern Indiana Conference swim meet on Saturday, Jan. 18. The conference was formed for schools with conference affiliation in most other sports but not swimming. Centerville captured the boys competition. Oak Hill was second and Hagerstown was third. Oak Hill won the girls competition. Centerville was second, Hagerstown was sixth. Carter […]