Wayne County News

The Richmond Rose Garden is celebrating its 21st anniversary by joining the Wayne County Area Chamber of Commerce.

CAMBRIDGE, CITY, Ind. -- The nation's economic downturn has had at least one positive impact on the local economy.

Richmond officials were studying the possibility of purchasing the Richmond Water Works Corp.

As the Wayne County 4-H Fair began to wind down Friday afternoon, the focus shifted to the champions.

Authorities said a former teacher in Wayne County, Ind., was arrested after he allegedly exposed himself near a group of children at Springwood Park in Richmond on Wednesday night.

EATON, Ohio -- Two Wayne County men and two Richmond juveniles are in the Preble County Jail awaiting extradition to Wayne County today following a police chase early Tuesday.

Two state road projects planned in Wayne County will be the first to be funded by federal stimulus monies.

Friends, family and supporters of Whitney Jennings are invited to a surprise party-open house to celebrate her 16th birthday on Friday, June 26.

Nearly two-thirds of Indiana's counties had unemployment rates in double digits last month as the state's seasonally adjusted rate increased to 10.6 percent.

The Centerville-Abington Community Schools Dollars for Scholars program has awarded 22 students scholarships for the 2008-09 school year.

The Wayne County Area Chamber of Commerce's annual farm tour is set for Thursday.

Losantville will be a-buzz with the sounds, smells and sights of the annual Summer Festival.

Sarah Drake of Cambridge City was named 2009 Wayne County 4-H Fair Queen tonight at the pageant at Hagerstown High School.

India Cruse-Griffin often uses her talents in art for the good of the community.

A Fountain City man is in the Wayne County Jail this morning charged with drunk driving and leaving the scene of an accident after he allegedly hit another vehicle before crashing his car into a small creek just north of Richmond.

A well-known restaurant in Wayne County, Ind., is closing its doors after 62 years of service.

Two Richmond men survived a wreck with a train early Sunday after their car became stuck on a railroad track and was flipped into a ditch.

A Richmond man has agreed to plead guilty to charges he faced in the shooting death of another man, which took place more than a year ago.

Tuesday at approximately 10:30 pm, Connersville Trooper Ricky Shoemaker was north bound on U.S. 27 just south of the Wayne County Line in Union County when he clocked a small black sports car at 100 miles per hour.

The Wayne County Foundation has awarded $125,608.14 to 25 organizations in the arts and youth categories for their April grant cycle.