Articles tagged as: Richmond
October 20, 2021
Earlham College announces tuition-free program for some Hoosier students
Richmond's Earlham College said some low-income Hoosier students will pay no tuition to attend the private Quaker college.The new program aims to increase the number of Indiana high schoolers that choose to go to college.
Read MoreOctober 19, 2020
Mother Of Indiana School Shooter Sentenced To Probation
The mother of a 14-year-old boy who fired gunshots inside a Richmond middle school in 2018 has avoided any jail time for failing to take actions that authorities say could have prevented the shooting.
Read MoreAugust 1, 2020
New Exhibit Illuminates Pioneering Indiana Recording Studio
A lot of Americas most important music was recorded in a one-story studio that sat in a Richmond river gorge. The records from those sessions have continued to reverberate for almost a century, influencing Nat King Cole, John Coltrane, Pete Seeger and countless others. But those who study Gennett have found that many still dont know how important the Richmond studio is to the history of jazz, blues, gospel and popular music. The Gennett studio building exists only in photos and record grooves now, but the Indiana Historical Society is drawing together these threads with You Are There 1927: Gennett Studio. The exhibit, which reopened Tuesday, re-creates the recording room and shows photos of musicians and documents like Carmichaels recording contract.
Read MoreMay 18, 2020
Eastern Indiana County Extends Needle Exchange For A Year
Wayne County commissioners voted unanimously last week to extend the program until July 1, 2021. The exchange began in August 2016 in an effort to reduce the spread of hepatitis C tied to heroin abuse.
Read MoreOctober 15, 2019
Mother Of Richmond Schools Shooter Could Face Six Felony Charges
The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office filed felony charges against the mother of a 14-year-old who died by suicide in December after shooting his way into a Richmond middle school.
Read MoreAugust 20, 2019
Indiana Agency OKs Cleanup Plan For Former Hospital Site
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management wants cleanup work on two areas at the former Reid Hospital complex in Richmond.
Read MoreJuly 1, 2019
Gay Pride Festival Attracts More Than 100 in Richmond, Indiana
More than 100 people turned out in Richmond over the weekend for what's believed to have been the eastern Indiana city's first gay Pride festival.
Read MoreJune 12, 2019
Gay Pride Festival Set For Richmond Believed To Be Its 1st
A gay pride festival set for this weekend in Richmond will become what's believed to be the first such event in the eastern Indiana city.
Read MoreJanuary 3, 2019
IDEM: Overturned Truck Killed More Than 40,000 Fish
In June, a truck owned by MOB Carriers, Inc. overturned off of Interstate 70 near Richmond, spilling about 1,000 gallons of a cosmetic ingredient into Clear Creek.
Read MoreDecember 17, 2018
Dennis Intermediate School Remains Closed
School officials say students resume school Wednesday, but classes will meet at the high school.
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