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Schneck highlights new self-scheduling, operating room suites

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[email protected] Visiting schneckmed.org, patients can now schedule appointments with certain Schneck Medical Center physician practices online. Also, the Seymour hospital enlarged one operating room suite and...

Cities at risk of losing funding to fight opioid epidemic

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By Todd Rokita When I took office, I vowed to continue Indiana’s fight to hold those responsible for turbocharging the opioid epidemic accountable. The scourge of...

County positivity rate drops to 8.7%

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By Mitchell Banks The Indiana State Department of Health announced Tuesday that 5,275 Jackson County residents have tested positive for COVID-19, an increase of nine...

County positivity rate increases to 9.8%

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By Mitchell Banks [email protected] The Indiana State Department of Health announced Monday that 5,266 Jackson County residents have tested positive for COVID-19, an increase of five...

Schneck offers caregiver support group

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Providing care for someone who is elderly or with Alzheimer’s disease can be incredibly stressful. It's easy to focus so much on your loved one’s...

Companies should require employees be vaccinated

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By Michael Leppert I went off to kindergarten in 1972. I was not yet 5, but I was the sixth of seven kids in my...

Holcomb announces $1.3 million in more funding to distribute life-saving naloxone

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Staff Reports Gov. Eric Holcomb and the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration announced Thursday that the state will fund a $1.3 million distribution of...

Mental health first aid class coming up in Scottsburg

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Staff Reports Purdue Extension is hosting a mental health first aid class at Scott County Partnership, 1092 W. Community Way, Scottsburg. The in-person instruction is from...

County a yellow level threat

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The Indiana State Department of Health announced Wednesday that 5,220 Jackson County residents have tested positive for COVID-19, an increase of 11 from Tuesday’s...

With muted ceremony and empty stadium, Tokyo Olympics begin

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TOKYO — Belated and beleaguered, the virus-delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics finally opened Friday night with cascading fireworks and made-for-TV choreography that unfolded in a...