Local news and updates from Wayne County, Indiana reportersConnersville

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Connersville, Ind. – Just after 9 a.m. Jan. 7, off-duty Indiana State Police Sgt. Brian Metcalfe stopped at the Walmart store in Connersville just to run in and pick up a few things. As he parked his fully marked Indiana State Police car, he could see a female employee outside in the lot. The employee […]