Trista Lynn Carlisle

Trista Lynn (Fisher) Carlisle, age 46, passed away in Cincinnati on Friday, April 21, 2023.

Gordon “Gordy” Helderman

Gordon Lee 'Gordy' Helderman, age 77, of Brookville died Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at Bethesda North Hospital in Cincinnati.

Thomas Carl Metz

Thomas Carl Metz, of Connersville passed away peacefully on April 6, 2023.

Tennis team progresses

Union County girls tennis fought through a 5-0 loss at Winchester last Thursday.

Pats move to 3-9

Union County baseball suffered a 4-3 walkoff loss at Union City in TEC play last Thursday.

UC golf teams May schedule is crowded

UC Patriots Playing at Winchester last week, Union County defeated Union City, 190-221 on April 18.

Lady Pats shut out NE 8-0, OA 15-0

Union County won back-to-back games last week and didn’t give up a run.

Carly McCashland is Regional Academic All-Star

Thirty-seven years ago, high school seniors from throughout Indiana were the first to be named Indiana Academic All-Stars. This year the program received 276 outstanding nominees from the state’s private and public accredited schools.

Several Senate and House Bills authored by local representatives signed into law

On April 20, as the legislative session wraps up, Governor Eric Holcomb signed nearly 80 House and Senate Bills into legislation, including: 

Hummingbirds in Indiana: A look at these small but meaningful visitors

Hummingbirds are small, colorful birds with unique abilities that make them stand out in the avian world.

FB INSURANCE NAMES Ted Sanford Premier Agent

Ted Sanford, Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance agent, has earned a Premier Agent designation for 2023.

It’s National Library Week and UCPL gives us many reasons to celebrate

It’s National Library Week, and here in Union County we have a lot of reasons to celebrate. The Union County Public Library has been lending books to citizens since the first 100 books were donated by a local woman in 1888.

Timothy Paul Bowers

Timothy Paul Bowers, 50, died Thursday, April 20, 2023, surrounded by his loving family.  

Softballers suffer first defeats, now 11-4

Connersville scored the first six runs Monday, enough to hold off comeback thoughts by Franklin County's previously unbeaten (in conference) softball squad. Final was 7-4. CHS now sits alone atop EIAC standings.

Links update

Franklin County boys golf topped conference foe South Dearborn on the road Thursday, winning 165-213.

Tennis team moves along

Franklin County girls tennis posted a 4-1 home win over Cambridge City Lincoln Monday.

FC baseball roundup

The Wildcats fell twice to the Batesville Bulldogs last week but a sweep of the Richmond Red Devils in a doubleheader on Saturday had FC at 6-4 on the season.

FC track seeing success

Thursday the Wildcats competed at the South Dearborn Invitational. Twelve teams attended the event, including five EIAC teams.

Kitchen inspections throughout Franklin County

Franklin County sanitarian David Fehlinger visited 58 food-serving establishments in the first quarter of 2023.

Openings at Health Department

Two positions within the Franklin County Health Department now need filled following the recent tendering of resignations from Paxtyn Drew (nurse) and Lisa Meier (secretary/registrar). Each is accepting positions elsewhere, with Meier moving to another governmental department.