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Cards avenge loss, move to final

The Seton Catholic baseball team avenged an early season loss to defeat Randolph Southern 8-2 in the semifinal round of the 1A sectional on Saturday, May 31, on the campus of Earlham College.  Tyson Tremain worked his way out of bases-loaded situations on two occasions and went on to pick up a complete-game win. The Cardinals […]

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Garden tour June 28-29

Richmond Art Museum’s Secret Garden Tour will be June 28 and 29. The annual fundraiser provides participants an opportunity to visit gardens in Richmond and Wayne County. It also includes a Garden Vendor Market for participants to browse lawn and garden booths featuring unique landscape items. Plein air artists will paint the gardens during the […]

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RCS board supports early career experiences

Richmond Community Schools took three steps to offer career opportunities to its high school students. During its May 14 meeting, the board approved a memorandum of understanding between RCS and Indiana University for its College Now program. As many as 32 qualifying students can receive one free-to-them, college-level course per semester in 2025-2026. The board […]

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Students serve as pages for Indiana legislature

William Backmeyer, a Community Christian School student from Richmond, served as a page for State Sen. Jeff Raatz (R-Richmond) during the 2025 legislative session.  Pages spend a day at the Statehouse touring the historic building, observing debates from the Senate floor and interacting with their state senator. “The Indiana Senate Page program is great way […]

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Paper tubes manufacturing adds new Vandor building

A company known for making packaging has moved its paper tubes division to a new location in Richmond. With more space, Vandor Corp. officials say the relocation of its Progress Paper Tubes division to 3800 W. Industries Road provides opportunities for increased production and additional core and tube winding equipment. Vandor makes packaging for continuously […]

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City contemplates upping WCTV money

Whitewater Community Television broadcasts Richmond Common Council meetings live on its cable television and YouTube channels, indicating to the council president when to gavel the meeting into session. During council’s May 19 meeting, WCTV asked council for help. The organization’s contract with Indiana University East has been terminated as of May 31, and its board […]

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100 more housing units coming to downtown Richmond

A nearly $30 million project will renovate five historic downtown Richmond buildings, creating about 100 market-rate apartments and about 20,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The project, which is part of Revitalize Richmond, was brought before Richmond Redevelopment Commission on May 28 for consideration of an economic development agreement, the first step toward using […]