Mike Emery

Judge Gregory Horn congratulates Ashley Green after swearing her in as Wayne County’s prosecutor Aug. 28. About 90 people attended the ceremony in the magistrate’s courtroom on the first floor of the courthouse. Green took office Sept. 2, replacing Mike Shipman, who chose not to run for reelection this year. Green released the following statement […]

A Richmond developer plans to complete an east-side subdivision 45 years after six lots were left undeveloped.

Richmond Fire Department will receive nearly a million dollars to provide fire protection next year for Wayne Township and Spring Grove. During its Aug. 27 meeting, the city’s Board of Public Works and Safety approved separate contracts with the township and town. Wayne Township will pay RFD $845,609 in four payments, and Spring Grove will […]

A federal disaster declaration that includes Wayne County makes federal funding available for individuals and public entities that suffered flooding losses.

Available Gateway Industrial Park land will split into three parcels of 41, 22 and 13 acres.

Over the next six years, Jefferson Township taxpayers will pay off a loan that replaced the Hagerstown Jefferson Township Public Library’s roof. During its Sept. 2 meeting, Wayne County council approved 4-2 the library issuing a six-year bond for up to $230,000 that will repay about $150,000 remaining on the $160,000 loan used for the […]

Construction equipment will close a block of East Main Street for multiple days over three weeks.

Wayne County's commissioners delayed action on a contract providing the county health department with a new electronic medical records system.

Richmond has reached a $2 million settlement with the company that stored plastics across three North West F Street properties. The settlement agreement on crossclaims by the city against Cornerstone Trading Group and its owner Seth Smith was filed Sept. 9 in the U.S. District Court for Southern Indiana as part of a class-action lawsuit […]

Eight jurors will begin deciding Sept. 14 if about 3,500 people deserve compensation from the city of Richmond, Cornerstone Trading Group and its owner, Seth Smith, because of an April 2023 plastics fire.