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Police stepping up seat belt enforcement in November Decatur County, IN. Decatur County Traffic Safety Partnership (TSP) will be increasing seat belt enforcement patrols now through the end of November as part of the national […]

GREENSBURG, IND The Childrens Advocacy Center of Southeastern Indiana has hired Emily Hankins (right) to serve as a Child and Family Advocate at our new Greensburg Center. Hankins has a BA in Criminal Justice from […]

Today’s Veterans Day parade will be at 5 PM in downtown Greensburg. Formation will begin at Gilliland Howe parking lot at 4:30. Due to COVID, this year parade participants will be in their vehicles. Spectators […]

Every year on Nov. 11, Americans recognize Veterans Day to honor and give thanks to the brave men and women who have served our country. First declared Armistice Day in 1919 by President Woodrow Wilson, […]

HEALTH DEPARTMENT UPDATES STATEWIDE COVID-19 CASE COUNTS INDIANAPOLIS The Indiana Department of Health today announced that 5,156 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 224,374 […]

Robotics equipment. Whiteboards. Graphing calculators. Writing learning centers. For nearly 20 years, the Decatur County Community Foundation has been helping Decatur County educators purchase items like these through Thank-A-Teacher Grants. There are a lot of […]

The Treasurers Office will be closed Wednesday, November 11th for Veterans Day and Thursday and Friday, November 12th and 13th for Balancing.

Indiana Department of Health reports 4879 new positives bringing the number to 219,338. 63 more Hoosiers have died bringing the number of deaths to 4481. Decatur County has 848 positives (32 new) and 6413 tested […]

Link takes you to Governor Eric Holcomb’s latest executive order. https://www.in.gov/gov/files/Executive-Order-20-47-Eighth-Renewal-of-Emergency-Declaration_2.pdf

Westport Town Council met on Monday. The council signed the funeral deeds, payroll vouchers, adjustments, and monthly bills. There was an update on the Westport Water Projects. There was a report sent out by Commonwealth […]