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Majority of Indiana counties at orange COVID level this week, Wayne better at yellow

In a week when Hoosiers are still digging out from a significant winter storm, Governor Holcomb’s news conference brought welcome news regarding Indiana’s COVID-19 positivity rates.  The color-coded maps “look the best they have in months” according to Dr. Kristina Box, Indiana’s State Health Commissioner Wednesday, February 17. No counties were at the red level […]

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Healthcare workers fear post-holiday virus surge

Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb’s weekly news conference, November 18, was led by Dr. Kristina Box, Indiana’s State Health Commissioner, as the Governor and his wife quarantine at home per COVID-19 guidelines. Several members of his security detail tested positive for COVID the day before. While neither the Governor nor his wife have symptoms, they have […]

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Sidewalk Talk: COVID-19

Western Wayne News went to the streets to ask questions about COVID-19. The following questions were asked:  1. Have you or anyone you know been impacted by the Coronavirus? 2. What are your thoughts about a vaccine, and do you plan to take it when it becomes available? 3. We are all tired of it. […]

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Sidewalk Talk: Ways of Voting

https://youtu.be/ybP_WyNQ1-g Western Wayne News went to the streets to ask questions about voting this upcoming November. We asked the following questions: 1. Have you, or do you plan to vote this year? 2. How are you planning to vote (mail-in, absentee, in-person)? 3. Do you have any concerns on voting this year? Kenny Stockton 1. […]

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Arrest made in local woman’s 1986 disappearance

Fayette County Sheriff’s Department announced an arrest Thursday, July 9, in the 1986 disappearance of Denise Pflum from eastern Indiana. Pflum, then 18, disappeared from Connersville on March 28, 1986, but her case remained unsolved. On Thursday, Shawn M. McClung was charged with voluntary manslaughter, a Class B felony, after an investigation led by Sheriff […]