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Recycling changes coming

The answer to that recurring question, “can we recycle this?” will soon be changing in Richmond. Richmond Sanitary District will purchase a compactor and a new baler with grant funding it has received, according to Pat Smoker, the district’s superintendent. Smoker updated Richmond Common Council members about his department during council’s Feb. 18 meeting. Using […]

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Quinn named top NCC coach

Richmond High School swimming and diving coach Megan Quinn was recently voted Coach of the Year by her coaching peers in the North Central Conference.  Quinn graduated from RHS in 2019 and joined RHS as boys and girls swimming and diving head coach for the 2023-2024 season. As a high school swimmer, Quinn earned athletic […]

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Cards top potential sectional foe

The Seton Catholic Cardinals traveled west on Highway 40 on Friday, Feb. 21, for a game with potential sectional opponent Cambridge City Lincoln played in the Eagles Nest. Emotions ran high because it was also senior night for Lincoln.  The teams battled to a 13-13 tie at the end of the first quarter before the […]

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Step to save Starr neighborhood history

Fifty years ago, Richmond’s Starr neighborhood was considered one of the best-preserved areas of Victorian-era neighborhoods in the Midwest. Since then, it’s deteriorated to the point it’s been a repeat entry on Indiana Landmarks’ 10 Most Endangered list. Bill Bunch, the executive director of the Wayne County Historical Museum, visited the Jan. 10 Historic Preservation […]

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Judge considers dismissal arguments

A former Richmond Sanitary District worker accused of stealing more than $800,000 from sanitary district deposits and her attorney argue that she was not a public servant performing an official function in her role depositing cash collected through sanitary district transactions. Jennifer Wilson, 48, and her attorney Lisa Rosenberger argued Feb. 12 before Superior Court […]

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Common Council girds itself for blight fight

As Richmond Fire Department chief, Jerry Purcell knew the danger boarded windows on vacant houses posed for firefighters. He began working on a shuttering ordinance to remedy the situation. Now, as a Richmond Common Council member, Purcell has presented an ordinance that amends the city’s unsafe building code for council consideration. On Feb. 10, council […]