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 […]
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Reid Health opening respiratory clinic in Connersville
In response to the ongoing COVID-19 emergency, Reid Health is opening a second respiratory clinic on Wednesday, April 8. The clinic will be in a wing of the existing Urgent Care facility at 1475 E. Indiana 44 in Connersville. The clinic is only for people with respiratory illness, and will operate much like the first […]
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Connersville police seek clues in shooting
Connersville Police Department responded to the 2100 block of Indiana Avenue in Connersville in reference to shots fired just after 10:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2. Upon arrival, officers’ investigation led them to the door of an apartment complex at 2145 Indiana Ave. Inside, officers located a 25-year-old male, Troy York, who was bleeding from two […]
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Connersville man injured in serious crash near Williamsburg
Wayne County Sheriff’s Department responded to a serious injury crash Friday morning northwest of Williamsburg. At 8:39 a.m., Wayne County officers were dispatched to the area of North U.S. 35 and Brooks Road on an inverted vehicle crash. They located a 2003 Maroon Chevy inverted off the west side of the roadway in a ditch […]
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Connersville man killed in single-vehicle crash
A Connersville, Ind., man was killed Friday, June 7, when police say the Ford Ranger truck he was driving left the right side of the roadway and struck a tree. Indiana State Police troopers were called around 4:40 p.m. that afternoon to Fayette County Road 330 in the area of Everton Road for the report […]
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Connersville man’s body discovered in Preble County, Ohio
A distinct tattoo has helped with the identification of a Connersville man’s body found in a wooded area in Preble County, Ohio. Shortly before 3 p.m. Saturday, March 23, the Preble County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a resident in the 2000 block of Somerville West Elkton Road, which is in Somers Township near […]