CONNERSVILLE — One person died in an apartment fire in Connersville on Sunday According to the Connersville Fire Department firefighters were dispatched to a structure fire at The Crossings Apartment Complex located at 3600 Western Avenue firefighters quickly observed flames coming from the patio door of the unit and immediately initiated suppression efforts focusing on both firefighting and the urgent evacuation of the 30-unit wing Five individuals were rescued from a second-story window by the first responders All off-duty firefighters were called to the scene to provide additional support the fire crew located the tenant of the apartment who had succumbed to injuries sustained in the incident The Connersville Police Department aided in evacuating the remaining three wings of the complex to ensure the safety of all residents treating one firefighter for minor injuries and providing care for a tenant suffering from smoke inhalation all residents of the affected 30-unit wing have been displaced due to extensive smoke damage Connersville Fire said the Red Cross coordinated efforts with local churches to assist the displaced residents The Indiana State Fire Marshal's office has been contacted to assist with the investigation into the cause of the fire Western Wayne News The Centerville track teams opened their outdoor season on Thursday the Centerville boys won 76-46 and the Lady Bulldogs defeated the Lady Spartans 91-35.  Jonah Cornett won both the 1,600 meter and the 3,200 meters and ran a leg on the winning 4×800 meter relay team to lead the boys capturing both the shot put and discus.   Kaylynn Wolfal won both the 800 meter and the 1,600 meter and ran legs on the winning 4×400 meter relay team and the winning 4×800 meter relay team to lead the girls Dan Harney is a sports reporter at the Western Wayne News The April 30, 2025 issue of the Western Wayne News is available online, in stores or in your mailbox You can pick up a copy of this week’s issue starting Wednesday around noon at retail locations across the County Subscribe online to the full-color e-edition or to have the print edition mailed to you every week Western Wayne News is hiring! 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Want to change how you receive the paper? Click here to manage your subscription Policies: Privacy | AI Usage | Cancellations & Refunds Indiana she was the daughter of the late William & Bertha O 1951 she became the wife of Clifford Davis Michael the Archangel Catholic Church in Brookville in her leisure time she enjoyed flowers and gardening going out to eat with her friends and family she was preceded in death by two daughters-in-law Mary Ellen Meyer and Kathryn Ann Meyer Corbin Friends & family may visit from 10 to 11:00 A.M 2025 at Phillips & Meyers Funeral Home Vincent Lampert will officiate the Catholic Funeral Rite at 11:00 A.M Memorial contributions may be directed to St The staff of Phillips & Meyers Funeral Home are honored to serve the Davis family to sign the online guest book please visit www.phillipsandmeyers.com This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page were injured in an apartment fire in Connersville early Sunday morning Connersville Fire Department said they received an alarm for a structure fire at 3507 N It was initially reported that several people were trapped in 2nd story apartments they found a fire from a first story apartment that was starting to spread to the 2nd story Crews began searching for people and tackling the fire All eight units in the apartment were empty Other crews found one resident from the apartment the fire originated from standing outside The department said two other people were transported to the hospital from minor injuries caused by jumping from the 2nd story balcony to escape the fire One other person was transported for smoke inhalation and one firefighter was transported for minor injuries "Firefighters did an excellent job containing the fire to the 2 units and preventing spread to the remainder on the building," the department said in a press release (WISH) — Two fires in Connersville over the weekend left one person and three dogs dead Sunday’s fire broke out just before 6:30 p.m Connersville firefighters were called to The Crossings apartment complex at 3600 Western Avenue after calls reported fire in the first floor they spotted flames coming from a first floor patio door all off-duty firefighters were called to assist Crews found one tenant who unfortunately died from their injuries sustained in the fire five other tenants had to be rescued from a second-story window One firefighter and one tenant were taken to a hospital for treatment of minor injuries and smoke inhalation respectively Several people were displaced due to smoke damage inside Investigators have not said what caused the fire or shared the name of the victim The fire department also responded to a residence fire early Saturday Crews were dispatched to the 300 block of West 3rd Street around 6:20 a.m They arrived and saw heavy smoke and flames coming from the back of the building Firefighters had to access the attic space through ladders outside the building after interior stairs collapsed Two people living one unit escaped the building safely with two of their dogs but unfortunately three other dogs died in the fire newly appointed Centerville interim head coach Brian Keiser took his team to Connersville for his debut at the helm The Spartans defense overwhelmed the Bulldogs in a 55-19 loss Keiser declined to offer excuses but instead promised that his team would work to improve.  The Bulldogs defeated the Spartans by 50-43 in a rematch last season at Centerville the Bulldogs returned to the Spartan Bowl and went on to defeat the Spartans by the same score as last year: 50-43.  The Bulldog defense limited Connersville to only five points in each of the first two quarters.  Landyn Keiser led the Bulldogs with 17 points and Jace Hollendonner scored 10 points Jaden Peterson led the Spartans with a game high 21 points and Maddox Rees scored 11 points.