CHANDRA L. MATTINGLY/THE RECORDER & NEWS: A riderless horse from the Indianapolis Police Mounted Patrol waits out of the rain with handlers to escort the late Rising Sun Police Chief David Hewitt’s casket to the hearse after the funeral Feb. 20.

 

Classmates set up Hewitt scholarship
Classmates of the late Rising Sun Police Chief David Hewitt are establishing a scholarship in his name, to begin with the 2021 graduating class. Hewitt was a member of Rising Sun High School Class of 1987, said classmate Camille DeVille Boyken. “We...

Submitted photos: In no specific order, the royalty candidates at the Mardi Gras for CACSEI included: King and Queen Casey Knigga and Toni Minning of Dearborn County; Kate and David Sutter, Jefferson County; Carrie and Joe Fisk, Ohio County; Kim and Paul Adams, Ripley County; and Jennifer and Allen Scudder, Switzerland County. Of the $133,535 raised, over $62,000 came from the king and queen candidates.

Mardi Gras raises $133,535 for Child Advocacy Center
The Child Advocacy Center of Southeast Indiana is thrilled to announce $133,535 in donations from the annual Mardi Gras fundraiser held Saturday, Feb. 23. Now in its fifth year, Mardi Gras has become a huge force for good in the lives of children...

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Promotional map offered to local groups

Attention Rising Sun/Ohio County businesses, attractions, organizations, government agencies, and event organizers!

CHANDRA L. MATTINGLY/THE RECORDER & NEWS: A riderless horse from the Indianapolis Police Mounted Patrol waits out of the rain with handlers to escort the late Rising Sun Police Chief David Hewitt’s casket to the hearse after the funeral Feb. 20.

 

Classmates set up Hewitt scholarship

Classmates of the late Rising Sun Police Chief David Hewitt are establishing a scholarship in his name, to begin with the 2021 graduating class.

Plant sale makes creating a pollinator habitat easy

Planting native wildflowers has never been easier: the Jefferson County Pollinator Action Group is hosting a plant sale this spring, and residents from around southeast Indiana are invited to parti

Sports

Merica kids free throw champs

NOBLESVILLE - Rising Sun’s Peyton and Reese Merica became a rare brother-sister combination to win Indiana Knights of Columbus 2019 Free Throw Championships in their respective age groups Saturday,

ORVC basketball scoreboard 3-14-19

HS boys basketball

IHSAA REGIONALS
Saturday, March 9

Daugherty is hurdles winner in EC Indoor

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Community

The January 2019 Babies

Dearborn County's newest faces - babies born in January 2019

Over 50 - April 2019

Click here for the April 2019 edition of Over 50

Abigail Wallace accepted at U of E

Abigail Wallace, Rising Sun, has been accepted to the University of Evansville for enrollment in the fall 2019 semester.

Obituaries

Linda Metcalfe

Linda Carol (Gibson) Metcalfe, 65, Florence, Ind., died Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, Vevay, is in charge of arrangements.

Irma Whitham

Irma (Courtney) Whitham, WHITHAM, IRMA (COURTNEY)- 98, Vevay, died Friday, March 8, 2019.  Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, Vevay, is in charge of arrangements.

 

Kathy Burton

Kathy Sue (Green) Burton, 65, Moorefield, Ind., died Friday, March 8, 2019. Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, Vevay, is in charge of arrangements.

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