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Earlham College President Anne Houtman announced this morning that all in-person classes will be moved online for the duration of the spring semester, due to growing concerns about COVID-19/ coronavirus. Face-to-face classes will be suspended at the end of regularly scheduled activities on Friday, March 13. Earlham begins spring break on Monday, March 17. Faculty […]

Out of an abundance of caution due to the coronavirus outbreak, Indiana Humanities officials say they have made the tough decision to cancel scheduled events through the end of April, including Thursday night’s INseparable Film Tour screening in Richmond. One of the mini documentaries to be shown was made by Richmond native Ryan Gleeson about […]

Wayne County native Ryan Gleeson, now a Chicago filmmaker, is sharing with Hoosiers all around the state an inside look at how Western Wayne News and Nettle Creek Gazette are produced. Gleeson’s mini-documentary was to be shown in March at Richmond Art Museum as part of the Indiana Humanities’ INseparable Film Tour. However, Indiana Humanities […]

Supplied by IU East In reaction to the Coronavirus COVID-19, yesterday afternoon Indiana University issued recommendations for campus events, guests and classes. These recommendations are aimed to help keep students, faculty, staff and our community healthy. As a result, IU East will postpone the IU Soul Revue performance scheduled for Thursday, March 12. We apologize […]

To ensure the safety of its community, Indiana University has released the following update on the coronavirus (COVID-19): 1. Following spring break, students on all IU campuses will be taught remotely (not in-person) for 2 weeks. 2. Effective immediately and until April 6, department leaders should determine if staff/faculty are able to work from home. […]

Two informational programs planned to help veterans and their families have been canceled. Programs set for Tuesday, March 10 at Richmond Senior Center and on April 14 at Golay Community Center in Cambridge City will not take place. They were being planned by the Veterans Stakeholders Committee, a volunteer group affiliated with the U.S. Department […]

Richmond Community Orchestra encourages area residents to remember to move their clocks ahead an hour Sunday so they can attend a free concert on time. The orchestra will play “Memory” by Andrew Lloyd Webber plus Sibelius’ “Finlandia,” Tchaikovsky’s “Capriccio Italien,” “Slavonic Dance” by Dvorak, Grieg’s “Homage March,” Beethoven’s “King Stephan Overture,” “Overture and Hornpipe” from […]

For the sixth year in a row, Indiana University East is headed to the NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball National Championship, presented by Athletic Care. IU East (23-10) is the No. 5 seed in “Duer Bracket,” one of four eight-team brackets that make up the 32-team field that will compete for the national championship at […]

A nearly two-hour standoff was resolved on Richmond’s south side Thursday evening (March 5) that began after the discovery of a person who had been shot in the leg. At 4:04 p.m., second-shift Richmond Police Department patrol officers and Richmond Fire Department medics were dispatched to an unknown call in the 800 block of South […]

The Veterans Stakeholders Committee, a volunteer group affiliated with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in Richmond, is planning an informational booth at the Richmond Senior Center, 1600 S. Second St. in Richmond, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 10. Officials from the VA will be available to answer questions about VA […]