Ripley County News

Developer Charlie Gillman's application for 13-lot Hunters Grove Subdivision on 31.5 acres located northwest of the Coonhunters Road and County Road 1400 North intersection gained initial approval from the Batesville Advisory Plan Commission and Batesville Board of Zoning Appeals Feb.

The Indiana State Police Drug Enforcement Section has released statistical information on methamphetamine lab incidents in 2009, and Decatur County was near the top of the list once again.

Mayor Rick Fledderman recently announced that changes have been made to better inform citizens on severe weather.

Ripley County Deputy Jason Dickerson received a tip Feb. 3 that there were marijuana plants being grown at the home of Ernest Pyle, 45, Milan, reported Sheriff Tom Grills.

We're all for government consolidation where it makes sense and where public safety isn't affected.

A local elementary school's investigation is over into whether a fourth grade teacher humiliated two of her students due to their long hair.

The plight of Haitians is on the mind of big-hearted Charlie Israel, who heads up American Red Cross chapters in Ripley and Franklin counties.

The American Red Cross Ripley County chapter has an office in Versailles. "Ripley County has about 400 beds and blankets," the chapter president reports.

The Switzerland County Sheriff's Office is trying to put a stop to rumors about sexual attacks in southeastern Indiana.

Wednesday, Jan. 20, is the first day an individual may file a declaration of candidacy for nomination as a major party candidate to a local office in the 2010 primary elections in Franklin and Ripley counties.

A report of an unresponsive male found in his vehicle in a parking lot across from DJ's Bar and Grill, Milan, was phoned in to the Ripley County Communications Center early Jan.

Police hope an artist's sketch of can help catch the man who a teen says raped her on the side of the road last weekend.

Ripley County Rape Suspect Sketch RIPLEY COUNTY, Ind. -- The Ripley County Sheriff's Office needs your help to catch a man accused of sexually assaulting a teenager.

Police are seeking a man accused of raping a woman who stopped to help him along a Ripley County road.

A Batesville man has been charged in Ripley Circuit Court with battery on a child causing serious bodily injury.

Batesville is taking on an Indiana company and department. Attorney Lynn Fledderman filed a complaint on behalf of the city in Ripley County Circuit Court Dec.

It took three superintendent searches since 2008, but the North Harrison Community Schools board finally found what they were looking for in John Roeder, former superintendent at Sunman-Dearborn Community School Corp., a district with 4,284 students in Dearborn and Ripley counties, according to 2008-09 enrollment figures.

A lengthy investigation into the theft of car parts in Geneva Township in September 2009 led to the arrest of a Holton woman this past week and a search for a second Ripley County resident, police report.

One idea: Marcus McDonough suggested planting a nonash tree close to an ash one, so if the ash is attacked by EAB and has to be removed, there's already another tree nearby.

Four area food pantries have been very busy lately as they serve those in need. The Batesville Area Ministerial Association Food Pantry serves families within the Batesville Community School Corp.