As two local Overdose Awareness Days observances approach, local health officials encourage residents to pick up free doses of a life-saving medication from no-questions-asked boxes and a vending machine. Naloxone, perhaps more widely recognized by a brand name, Narcan, is used to rapidly reverse known or suspected opioid overdoses. No prescription is needed. “Please carry […]
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Cambridge City photographer’s work featured in gallery show
A Cambridge City resident will have a photography show in a Connersville art gallery. Whitewater Valley Arts Association is displaying Benjamin Allen’s black-and-white photos in an exhibit called “Abandoned.” Allen said he’s been away from his camera for 10 years, and this is his first photography show since college. An opening night reception is set […]
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125 jobs expected at former auto plant
A plastics recycler plans to create about 125 jobs at the former Visteon auto plant in Connersville. NOVA Chemicals Corporation, a Canada-based producer of “sustainable” polyethylene, announced plans last week to create its first mechanical recycling facility at 4747 N. Western Ave. NOVA Chemicals will build out and equip about 450,000 square feet of the […]
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Reid cutting departments, jobs
Noting rising expenses and reduced reimbursements, Reid Health has cut about 25 jobs and is closing three departments, an urgent care and a fitness center. A consultant helped Reid Health Governing Board identify opportunities to streamline organizational operations, reduce costs and improve efficiencies, the health system noted in a news release. On Tuesday, July 11, […]
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Care Pavilion transitioning to new ownership
The longtime medical director of a regional center offering acute behavioral health and residential programs for youth will soon become its owner and plans to expand services to new populations. Dr. Vahid Osman has reached an agreement with Reid Health to assume responsibility for the Care Pavilion, 450 Erie Ave. in Connersville. Osman has worked […]
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Local trio’s art show moving around region
Fiber arts created by three local women will be displayed in three regional galleries between now and November. The exhibit “From Practical to Beautiful: Fiber as Art,” features works by Tracy Burns, Gayle Seibert and Susan Yanos. Burns creates hooked rugs; Siebert is a weaver who adds felted components to some of her pieces; and […]
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Dead man found with gunshot wound in Connersville cemetery
Indiana State Police has begun investigating the discovery of a dead man with a gunshot wound in a Connersville cemetery. According to a news release from Sgt. Clint Brown, Connersville Police Department’s public information officer, CPD officers responded just after 7 a.m. Aug. 17 to a report of an unconscious male in Dale Cemetery. They […]
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Body of missing Connersville man recovered from river
Indiana Conservation Officers have recovered the body of Robert L. Austin, 26, of Connersville, from the Whitewater River. A media release sent late in the evening of Tuesday, July 13, announced the discovery. Conservation officers have searched in recent days for a missing man in the vicinity of Mahan Park, commonly referred to as “Three-Mile Bridge,” […]
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Search underway for missing Connersville man
Indiana Conservation Officers and several other local groups of first responders are searching for a missing man in the vicinity of Mahan Park, commonly referred to as “Three-Mile Bridge,” near Highway 121 in Connersville. After receiving notification from Fayette County Dispatch at approximately 5:45 p.m. Thursday, conservation officers arrived on scene and discovered a vehicle and several articles belonging to […]
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COVID vaccine appointments offered in Connersville, Lynn, Richmond
Area residents now have a few options for locations in Wayne, Fayette and Randolph counties where they can get their COVID-19 vaccine by appointment. Reid Health’s COVID-19 vaccine clinics in Lynn and Connersville will remain open next week as the Richmond location moves to the Wayne County Fairgrounds. Recipients can schedule an appointment outside of […]