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Submitted photo: South Dearborn educators and students gathered together Saturday, Sept. 8, to construct 14 3D printers to be used by students throughout the district.

Rarely do educators and students get to experience the latest in advanced manufacturing technology. But 3D printing is different. It has been called the third industrial revolution. It ushers in an era of making customizable parts – even body parts...

Left: Former Sunman-Dearborn schools teacher Sam Melton told the Sunman-Dearborn School Corporation board he was disappointed to the board’s decision to approve a policy for concealed carry in the corporation. Right: East Central High School alumni Daniel Busch speaks for a concealed carry policy for Sunman-Dearborn School Corporation Thursday, Sept. 13. The boar of edcuaiton approved a policy to allow some employees to be armed.

Sunman-Dearborn schools OK concealed carry in the buildings

The Sunman-Dearborn Community School Corporation board of education approved a policy to let school employees carry weapons in the school buildings. The board voted 7-0 at the Thursday, Sept. 13, meeting for the policy that will let any employee...

Submitted photo Dearborn County Water Rescue and Greendale Fire Department rescued a stranded man and his grandchild Tuesday from rising water in the Lawrenceburg Township section of the Oxbow.

Man, granddaughter saved from high water

Dearborn County Water Rescue and Greendale Fire Department rescued a stranded man and his grandchild Tuesday from rising water in the Lawrenceburg Township section of the Oxbow. A man driving a pickup truck and his 3-year-old granddaughter became...

Marc Emral/The Register: New East Central High School band director Chelsey Thompson leads the band during the football team scrimmage on Trojan Field.

Rebirth of a band: New leader has big plans for East Central musicians

It was not the ideal way to start as band director at a high school. Chesley Thompson was approved by the board on July 13, just before the start of summer band camp. Russ Zokaites, who was named director earlier that summer, had resigned and taken...

Denise Freitag Burdette/The Register The Wall That Heals was displayed at Baylor Trucking headquarters, Milan, Sept. 5 through Sept. 9.

The Wall is a moving experience

Whether in the light of day, the still of night, or in the middle of a rain storm, a visit to The Wall That Heals has a certain magic. It is a chance to honor the people who gave everything for our freedoms. It is a chance for old friends to...

Submitted photo Lisa deHart Lehner, left, is joined by mother Diana Lehner.

DCF renames scholarship to honor retiring attorney, founder

A Dearborn Community Foundation, Inc., scholarship that annually helps a non-traditional female college student was recently renamed in honor of one of the organization’s founders and sole attorney, Lisa deHart Lehner. The scholarship formerly known...

News Stories

Alleged killer remains incompetent to stand trial

Criminal proceedings against Terry W. Storey, the man accused of the 2017 murder and attempted murder of his next door neighbors, were stayed on Thursday, Sept.

Elaborate tax evasion scheme leads to charges

Two women connected to TC’s Side Street Tavern, Dillsboro, have been charged with three felonies each, involving an elaborate scheme of tax evasion, money laundering and theft, but the primary perp

Nelson Elliott is remembered as a Renaissance Man

Nelson E. Elliott led a full life. He was an auctioneer, realtor, appraiser, educator, broadcaster, salesman, ran a produce and nursery business, and was a volunteer for many non-profits.

Sports

Lawrenceburg sophomore Ashton Lorton (23) scored a three-goal hat trick in the ninth-ranked Lady Tigers' 8-0 EIAC girls varsity soccer win at Connersville Thursday, Sept. 20.

LORTON HAT TRICK LEADS L'BURG IN 8-0 WINNER

CONNERSVILLE - Sophomore forward Ashton Lorton's three-goal hat trick led No. 9-ranked Lawrenceburg to an 8-0 conference victory at Connersville Thursday night, Sept. 20.

East Central volleyball players showed their support for Connersville rival Brooklan Phillips' ongoing battle with bone cancer during Thursday night's conference matchup between the schools at St. Leon. Phillips, a CHS junior, is currently under treatment at Peyton Manning Children's Hospital at St. Vincent in Indianapolis. (EC Athletics)

BROOKLAN'S BATTLE WINS VS. VOLLEYBALL AT EC

ST. LEON - East Central volleyball dedicated its efforts to something more serious - the bone cancer battle of Connersville rival Brooklan Phillips - Thursday night, Sept. 20.

SD, TROJANS COMBINE FOR HURRICANE RELIEF

AURORA - SD Student Government is partnering with East Central to collect donations for Hurricane Florence Relief at Friday’s varsity football game.

Community

Ed O’Neal & The Dixie Melody Boys to perform at Farmers Fair

One of Gospel music’s most popular quartets, The Dixie Melody Boys, will be featured at the Aurora Farmer Fair, l Thursday, Oct. 4.

Nursing, Ivy Tech scholarships available for college students

Dearborn Community Foundation, Inc. is accepting applications for two scholarships: Ivy Tech Community College Scholarship and the Clifford & Gladys Ellerbrook Ender Nursing Scholarship.

Submitted photo Dearborn County Retired Teachers Foundation, Inc., recently awarded 11 educator grant awards to local teachers.

Retired teachers award 11 educator grants

The Dearborn County Retired Teachers Foundation, Inc., recently awarded 11 educator grant awards to local teachers, including, for the first time ever, two from the retired teachers themselves.