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Intersection Approach Closed Next Week
(Batesville, IN) – The City of Batesville’s 2026 paving project continues next week with work around Hoene Avenue. Workers will dig out the approach to Hoene from 2nd Street on Monday, September 28 to alleviate [...]
Police Blotter 9/24/26
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BIS Principal Cassidy Stepping Down
Dana Cassidy (Photo: BCSC) (Batesville, IN) — Batesville Intermediate School Principal Dana Cassidy will step down at the end of 2026 to accept a position in nonprofit leadership. Batesville Community School Corporation announced the move [...]
BHS Boys Tennis Blanks South Dearborn
Batesville boys tennis team defeated South Dearborn 5-0 on Wednesday evening at the Dawg Pound. Official match results, provided by Bulldog coach Mitchell Taylor, are listed below: Varsity 1S Max Walter defeated Brandon Roberts 6-0, [...]
205 Lilly Ln – Batesville
Friday, September 25 – 9AM-4PM Saturday, September 26 – 9AM-4PM Located in Farmington Estates.
Road Closure Planned Near Brookville
(Franklin County, IN) – INDOT says a portion of U.S. 52 in Franklin County will be closed early next month. Beginning on or around Monday, October 5, crews will shut down U.S. 52 near Brookville [...]
Police Looking for Missing Man
(Brookville, IN/Hamilton, OH) – Police in Southwest Ohio are looking for a man who disappeared this week after leaving Brookville Lake. The Hamilton Police Department says Todd Payne is 50 years old, six feet tall, [...]
Edna Bernice Goodin, age 79 of Brookville
Edna Bernice Goodin, 79, of Brookville, Indiana passed peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, at Hospice of Cincinnati – Blue Ash. Bernice was born on November 10, 1946, in London, [...]
Earl H. Bossert, 77, Brookville
Earl H. Bossert, age 77, of Brookville, Indiana died Wednesday, September 23, 2026 at Margaret Mary Community Hospital in Batesville, Indiana following a brief illness. Born November 20, 1948, in Oxford, Ohio, he was the [...]
Jill Lynn Mullins, 61, Brookville
Jill Lynn Mullins, age 61, of Brookville died Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at Bethesda North Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio following a brief illness. Born April 10, 1965 in Batesville, Indiana she was the daughter of [...]
BMS Sweeps XC Races with Decaturs
Batesville Middle School cross country hosted and won both the boys and girls meets with North and South Decatur on Tuesday. It was the Bulldog girls 21; the Chargers 44, and the Cougars 66. Batesville’s [...]
Police Blotter 9/22/26
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