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Indiana is home to thousands of abandoned cemeteries. Who’s responsible?

State law requires township trustees to maintain graveyards, but obstacles exist By Carson GerberFPI News GALVESTON – Allen McCloskey, a 92-year-old grave digger in Galveston, said he was feeling nosy when he decided about 15 years ago to track down an old abandoned graveyard near his home. Someone had mentioned the site to him decades…

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Foundation awards community grants

Information SubmittedRISING SUN – The Ohio County Community Foundation awarded a total of $44,270.38 in Community Grants to 11 local non-profits during the second grant cycle of 2026. Each organization could request up to $5,000.The following grants were funded through the Ohio County Today & Tomorrow Endowment Fund, created by the city of Rising Sun…

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Sports

Knights’ football season ends in a quick fashion

Marc Emral/The Register South Dearborn’s Mason Lane tackles Batesville’s Ajon Herbert during the Knights’ sectional loss Oct. 23.Marc Emral/The Register Knights’ quarterback Hunter Jones runs around the right end for a gain. Marc Emral/The Register South Dearborn’s Jackson Johnson tackles Batesville’s Dylan Shane during Oct. 23’s sectional game at South Dearborn.Marc Emral/The Register Knight Jackson…

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What precautions you should take if your garden flooded

John McMahan raises hogs, chickens and organic vegetables on his family’s northern Bartholomew County farm. Recent heavy rains and strong winds reduced his fields to muddy bogs and damaged his sweet corn and tomatoes.

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The Community Newspaper

By Jeremy Gulban Publisher CherryRoad Media When I was growing up in the early 1980s, we had a weekly newspaper in our town. There was a woman assigned to cover our little neighborhood. I remember…