News across Franklin County
BMPL Hub Offering First Maker-In-Residence Opportunity
(Batesville, IN) – Batesville Memorial Public Library (BMPL) is seeking a creative professional from Southeastern Indiana to become the first Maker-in-Residence at its Arts & Innovation Hub. The 12-week residency will give a local artist, [...]
Kiwanis Grateful for Successful AppleFest
(Batesville, IN) – Batesville Kiwanis is thanking the community for making the 35th Annual Applefest a tremendous success last weekend. Beautiful weather, large crowds and a record number of vendors filled Liberty Park both Saturday [...]
Greensburg Football
The Pirates traveled to Batesville to battle the Bulldogs on Friday night. Batesville lead the first quarter 21-0. Greensburg was able to score in the second but the Bulldogs were still running the game 28-8. [...] The post Greensburg Football first appeared on WTRE Radio .
BHS Boys Tennis Blanks L’burg in Sectional
Batesville boys tennis blanked Lawrenceburg 5-0 to open IHSAA sectional play on Wednesday. Match results provided by Bulldog coach Mitchell Taylor are as follows: 1S Jevan Smith defeated Cooper Plumb 6-1, 6-2 2S Carson Meyer defeated [...]
Sports Daily Digest September 30, 2026
Batesville girls soccer played to a 4-4 tie with Columbus North on Tuesday. Addie Reding, Kenzi Lacey, Elia Wade and Hailee Weisenbach scored goals for the Bulldogs. Reding added two assists while Maddie Prewitt had [...]
Sr. Teresa Trick, OSF
Sister Teresa Trick (formerly Sister Bertha Rose), age 98 of the Sisters of St. Francis in Oldenburg, Indiana, died on September 27, 2026, at the Margaret Mary Hospital in Batesville, Indiana. Born in Dayton, Ohio, [...]
Potential Measles Case at Laurel Elementary; Precautions Taken
(Laurel, IN) – The Franklin County Community School Corporation says Laurel Elementary School (LES) has been notified of a potential case of measles involving a student. As of Friday morning, the individual case has not [...]
FCHS Dedicates Wildcat Haven
(Brookville, IN) – The Wildcat Haven was dedicated on Tuesday night at Franklin County High School. It’s a place where students and staff can “remember those we love, care for ourselves, care for others, and [...]
Drug Take Back Event Set for BHS
(Batesville, IN) – It’s your chance to “Clean out, drop off and keep the community safe,” while taking in some in some high school football. The Batesville Police Department and the Coalition for a Drug Free [...]
Residents Pack I & M Open House
(Batesville, IN) – Indiana Michigan Power hosted an open house Wednesday evening at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Batesville on their planned transmission grid upgrades in Ripley, Franklin and Dearborn counties. Residents and affected [...]
Police Blotter 9/30/26
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ISP Detectives Investigating Franklin County Shooting
Early Tuesday morning, Detectives from the Indiana State Police-Versailles Post began investigating a shooting that occurred at a residence near Laurel, Indiana that sent one man to a Cincinnati area hospital for treatment. The initial [...] The post ISP Detectives Investigating…