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Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating a single-vehicle ORV accident in a Richmond residential neighborhood that resulted in a juvenile being transported via medical helicopter to Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. At approximately 6:31 p.m. Friday, officers were dispatched to the area of the 2400 block of South A Street in Richmond, a couple blocks […]

First Bank Richmond is celebrating IU Day on Wednesday, April 10, with a $10,000 matching gift opportunity for alumni and friends of the campus. The bank will match – up to $500 per donor – up to $10,000 in total giving to the IU East campus. Now in its fourth year, IU Day is a […]

Contrary to a popular slogan, there is a free lunch—at Bethany Theological Seminary, on April 5 and 9. The two lunches, which are open to the public, will feature talks and discussion that integrate science and religious faith. On April 5, Beth Mechlin, associate professor of psychology at Earlham College, will speak on childhood stress, […]

Supplied by Ally Springett Most everyone knows the story of Victor Frankenstein, the doctor who first shambled out of Mary Shelley’s imagination in 1818. But do you know the story of his grandson, the successful New York doctor who wanted nothing to do with his family history and even went so far as to change […]

Those who want to pay their respects to the leader of Richmond Catholic Community will have opportunities to do so in Richmond and Indianapolis. The Rev. Kevin Morris, 63, died Tuesday afternoon at the scene of a motor vehicle crash in the 3800 block of West U.S. 40 in Richmond. Morris was the pastor of […]

A Richmond priest was pronounced dead and a mom and child were injured after a Tuesday afternoon (March 12) traffic accident on U.S. 40 on Richmond’s far-west side. Officers of the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department responded to a motor vehicle accident in the 3800 block of West U.S. 40 (National Road West) involving two vehicles […]

A 17-year-old local boy has died after a shooting, and another teen faces a charge related to the incident. The shooting took place Monday, Feb. 18, on Richmond’s northeast side near Glen Miller Park. First-shift Richmond Police Department patrol officers and Richmond Fire Department were dispatched to the 2100 block of Grand Boulevard in Richmond […]

Anne M. Houtman, a distinguished educator, scientist, author, and higher education leader, will become the 20th president of Earlham College and the Earlham School of Religion. She will take office on July 1, 2019. Houtman is currently serving as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She holds a doctorate […]

An ongoing investigation led by the Indiana State Police Internet Crimes Against Children task force (ICAC) culminated Tuesday (Feb. 12) with the arrest of a Richmond man on a charge of child exploitation. The investigation began last October when the Indiana State Police received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, […]