Several volunteer fire departments collaborated to extinguish a house fire, and donations are now being accepted on the residents’ behalf. At about 2:20 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 24, Milton-Washington Township, Dublin and Cambridge City volunteer fire departments were dispatched to a structure fire in the 9000 block of Chapel Road in rural Milton. The first unit […]
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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Coach, substitute teacher shows that he’s got talent
Darren Ridenour, a substitute teacher and swim coach for Centerville’s senior and junior high schools, won the second “Centerville Staff’s Got Talent” fundraising competition on Jan. 17. His performance of an original song received the most audience votes. Second place went to Tiffany Leger, who teaches high-ability EXCEL fourth graders, for her performance of “Fight […]
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Red Devils dominate Bulldogs 71-30
It had been nearly 20 years since Richmond and Centerville had met in boys basketball—last played on Nov. 27, 2004. On Saturday, Jan. 20, that changed when the Centerville Bulldogs accepted an invitation to travel to the Tiernan Center to face the Richmond Red Devils. In the last meeting between the two schools, which are […]
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Centerville considers purchases
Citing the potential benefits of license plate readers after recent incidents, Centerville Police Department received town council’s support to purchase one and will seek additional Wayne County’s help to buy another. Police Chief Ed Buchholz said security cameras around town have gathered evidence for everything from homicide trials to porch swing thefts. Buchholz heard about […]
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Custodian secures purse with $8K inside
Someone nearly lost $8,000, but an honest custodian saved the day. Tyler Risch, a Centerville Senior High School custodian, secured a purse left at an elementary choir concert in CSHS’ Kehoe Auditorium. The purse had $8,000 in cash inside. During Centerville-Abington Community Schools’ Jan. 11 board meeting, Assistant Superintendent Sean Stevenson said Risch had handled […]
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Another vehicle damages Americana Pizza
A semi crashing into Americana Pizza last April led to extensive renovations that closed the Centerville eatery for nearly eight months. Then, less than three weeks after Americana’s Dec. 11 reopening, another vehicle collided with the west side of the pizzeria and caused damage. That wreck took place at about 12:07 p.m. Dec. 30, despite […]
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Lady Knight five-peat
The Northeastern Lady Knights won the Wayne County basketball tournament for the fifth consecutive year, dominating the Centerville Lady Bulldogs 69-23. The deep and talented Lady Knights opened the game on an 18-3 run and never allowed Centerville to gain traction. Six different Lady Knights scored in the first half as Northeastern increased their lead […]
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Bulldogs unseat Knights as champions in intense game
When five-time defending champion Northeastern walked on the court Saturday night to face the Centerville Bulldogs there was a lot on the line. The Bulldogs beat the Knights in a November overtime thriller to halt a 25-game Knight Tri-Eastern Conference win streak. Northeastern figured it was payback time. The ‘Dawgs were eager to show that […]
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Cardinals finish 10th, Bulldogs 13th at Wettig
The Seton Catholic and Centerville boys basketball teams participated in the Bob Wettig Tournament hosted by Richmond High School on Thursday, Dec. 28 and Friday, Dec. 29, with both teams splitting their four games. The Cardinals lost their opening round game to eventual runner-up Heritage Christian by the score of 55-53, before defeating Indianapolis Shortridge […]
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Bulldogs pull away late to defeat Tigers
The Centerville Bulldogs traveled to Hagerstown on Thursday, Dec. 14, for a Tri-Eastern Conference matchup with the Tigers. Both teams were coming off back-to-back losses that included blowouts to state-ranked teams and were looking to return to the winner’s circle. Playing in front of a large vocal crowd, the teams played even for three quarters. […]