🇺🇸 PATRIOTISM: These photos were taken of two young boys who were riding bikes last week when they came across a military funeral in Batesville. They stopped to pay their respects to the veteran as TAPS played.
HERO: This is Dearborn County native Kelsee Lainhart as she recovers from being wounded in Afghanistan. The marine is now hospitalized in D.C. and we can't wait to welcome this American hero back to Southeast Indiana! 🇺🇸🇺🇸
#BREAKING
: Batesville native Bryan Hoeing is expected to make his Major League Baseball debut for the Miami Marlins in Los Angeles tonight.
@marlinsminors
#BREAKING
: East Central wins fourth football championship in school history. Trojans beat Northwood 42-14 to complete undefeated 15-0 season. Congrats,
@EastCentralFB
!
Before serving as head coach, Jake Meiners was a standout quarterback for East Central and graduated in 2009.
He just led his alma mater to their fourth ever state championship and has an overall record of 57-9 since taking over five years ago.
Congrats,
@Mr_Meiners
!
Batesville native Bryan Hoeing is expected to return to Major League Baseball this week.
He has just been named the starter for the Miami Marlins Tuesday in Atlanta, per sources.
Hoeing made his MLB debut last season and made a few appearances. He is being called up from
A Seymour native has been identified as the armed bystander that stopped the Greenwood Mall shooting Sunday. 22-year-old Elisjsha Dicken was legally carrying under under Indiana's new "Constitutional Carry" law.
Three people were killed before Dicken fatally shot the mall shooter
This is a continuation of our previous tweet regarding the support across Southeast Indiana for 14-year-old Brady Gabbard who lost his battle with cancer. These were just sent to us a few moments ago.
#LightsforBrady
North Decatur football is advancing to semistate for the first time in school history! The Chargers just defeated Sheridan 29-14 moments ago
@NDcharger_fball
@NDChargers
18-year-old Carson Hughes, of Osgood, is missing at Versailles State Park.
There is a large search operation to locate him.
Jac-Cen-Del High School has opened their doors to anyone for a prayer vigil tonight. (No set time, doors are open now)
Carson is a Jac-Cen-Del student
Another member of the state champion Trojans will play college football.
Standout offensive lineman Noah Schneider announced his commitment to the University of Indianapolis on Saturday night. 📸:
@_stdub
East Central seniors Josh Ringer and Ryan Brotherton signed their letters of intent to play college football on Wednesday.
Ringer will play at Miami (Ohio) and Brotherton will be a wide receiver at Western Michigan
#BREAKING
: Oldenburg Academy girl's tennis has just advanced to the State Finals! The Twisters beat Center Grove moments ago.
There is no class-system in Indiana tennis so tiny OA is facing much larger schools, and also don't even have a home court.
The Marine who saved the life of Dearborn County native Cpl. Kelsee Lainhart during the Kabul attack has been awarded a Bronze Star with Valor.
Cpl. Wyatt Wilson, of Utah, was already wounded when he pulled Lainhart to safety.
@FOX19Tricia
Greensburg grad and current Purdue senior Ellie Acra interviewed Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb at the Statehouse Tuesday for
@812now
. This exclusive story will air on in the coming days.
We want to take a moment to congratulate North Decatur football on their magical season!
Head coach Steve Stirn led the Chargers to their first-ever Regional Championship and semi-state appearance in school history. Way to represent your community!
@NDcharger_fball
@CoachStirn
Local marine Kelsee Lainhart competed in the Chicago Paratriathlon Saturday. She was wounded in the Afghanistan bombings a year ago yesterday. We'll have this amazing story on
@812now
this week.
East Central coach
@Mr_Meiners
talks about the community support the team is receiving. Full story later this week as the Trojans prepare for the State Championship:
Batesville native
@BryanHoeing
is just one step away from Major League Baseball! After a strong start to the season he has been promoted to Triple-A Jacksonville in the Miami Marlins organization.
Lawrenceburg Tigers just won the Regional Championship defeating Southridge Saturday night.
@LBurgFootball
will face Monrovia in the semistate next weekend
After every home Hauser game, win or loss, students form a circle and have a prayer of thanks.
Last night,
@SD_cougars
joined the Hauser students in prayer as well.
@AthleticsHauser
(📸: Sheila Downey)
Southeast Indiana had a big day at the
#SpecialOlympics
Tuesday! 17-year-old Isaac Kramer won a Silver in track, and Alex Kieffer achieved a Gold Medal in bowling! They are 2 of 5 locals who are representing
@SOIndiana
. Go Team Indiana!
Greensburg native Ellie Acra represented her hometown in a big way! Serving as Miss Decatur County, Acra was the first runner-up overall during the Indiana State Fair Pageant. Ellie is a
@GCHSPirates
grad who also is a reporter for us!
Beloved Osgood firefighter, council member passed away this weekend in a crash. He's being remembered for his love of Jac-Cen-Del sports and service to the community.
We stopped by practice at undefeated
@NDcharger_fball
today. We'll have complete story Friday morning but here is a glimpse into the program
@CoachStirn
is building!
AMAZING: In honor of 14-year-old Brady Gabbard who passed away from cancer Friday,
@LBurgFootball
lit up their football field Saturday night and encouraged other schools to do the same. Here is the response (1/3)
#LightsforBrady
North Decatur football
@CoachStirn
earned his 150th career win against Milan yesterday.
The Chargers will continue their historic undefeated season when they host Knightstown in the Sectional Championship Friday.
Jennings County senior
@KeeganManowitz
had a historic night Friday. He scored his 1,000th career point and also broke the school's all-time assists record that was held since 1998.
@PantherPulse01
@PanthersJCHS
Oldenburg has a whole lot of history!
From one historic Indiana location to another, Oldenburg is honored to be part of
@IMS
'
#50Bottles
Only 50 days to go until the 105th
#Indy500
on May 30!
#IsItMayYet
#BREAKING
: East Central Percussion has just won the WGI World Championship in Dayton, Ohio! This accomplishment is the first ever in Southeast Indiana.
@EastCentralHS
@WGItweets
Wow! East Central's
@leothemax90
was just named the
@IHSAA1
Mental Attitude Winner! The
@PurdueTrackXC
commit received the award just one day after fellow East Central student
@hopemfox
received the IHSAA's Girl's Mental Attitude Award.
Greensburg Wendy’s worker saves life of customer by performing CPR. But not his first time stepping up to save a life! Nick Beagle also serves as firefighter. In 2021, Beagle was off-duty when he discovered a man inside of a burning car. He pulled that victim to safety.
Some updates from the family of Carson Hughes:
Interested in purchasing a portrait? As of now, order forms for photos that have been selected by the family, will be available only at the Celebration of Life at Jac-Cen-Del High School on Monday, March 25.
The family has
North Decatur’s Reid Messer has been named the best player in all of Class 1A football in Indiana.
Messer was voted the Class 1A Player of the Year by Indiana Football Digest during an award ceremony Sunday.
The senior scored 36 touchdowns and rushed for more than 1,600 yards
Local Marine Kelsee Lainhart was wounded one year ago today in the Kabul bombings that killed 13 American service members. Tomorrow, she will compete in the Chicago Paratriathlon, and
@812now
will be there to bring you this story.
Dearborn County football will be well represented in the IHSAA State Finals this weekend!
@812now
will have live coverage for both
@EastCentralFB
and
@LBurgFootball
from Lucas Oil Stadium Friday and Saturday: