The Ohio County Historical Museum is sponsoring a Union Monument Clean Up Day in Union Cemetery behind Rising Sun High School at 8 a.m. Saturday, July 17. The project will end when monument is spruced up and completed.
Keith Robert Lewis only lived a short time, but his legacy lives on. Keith was born Aug.
The Rising Sun Band Booster will present its Shiner Pride Show Your Pride Car Show from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, July 11, along the river and throughout the streets of downtown Rising Sun.
The royalty of the Ohio County Fair were named in May and reigned throughout this week at the fairgrounds. After interviews all of the candidates where they answered questions about their 4-H experience, Alayna Walcott, daughter of Jason and Dawn Walcott, was selected queen, while Olivia Cate, daughter of Steven and Kristie Cate, and Jacob Yauch, son of Dan and Jill Yauch, were selected princess and prince.
The Rising Sun High School has a new assistant principal. Jason Barth has resigned as the girls JV basketball coach and will be promoted to the assistant principal/athletic director beginning Jan. 1. The move was announced at the Rising Sun-Ohio County Community School Corporation school board meeting on June 24.
Ohio County Tourism Inc. will host A Hot Summer Night on Saturday, Sept.
The Rising Sun-Ohio County Park Board held a public information meeting June 22, at the Rising Sun-Ohio County Community Center for a five-year Parks Master Plan. Comments on the agenda included ideas regarding the Rising Sun-Ohio County park system and the most critical issue facing the park system.
The Summer Sounds on Main concerts appeared to have been enjoyed by those who attended with the weather cooperating. Kendal Miller, executive director for Ohio County Tourism, was passing out hand-held fans and greeting visitors who came to enjoy the food and entertainment.
The 2021 Community/Junior College Scholarship application for Cycle II is currently available from the Ohio County Community Foundation. The application can be found on the foundation’s website: www.occfrisingsun.
An early morning fire on Wednesday, June 23, destroyed the interior of an apartment owned by Monte and Darlene Denbo at The Courtyard, 107 Fourth St. A renter, Bill Smith, 60, who is blind, was home at the time was asleep and was awakened by choking from the smoke.