Tag: Rita Price Simpson
AKRON – Tim Keffaber has been ‘Riding With Rita’ for over two decades, and the two have become household names in the local sports industry.
AKRON – Thoughts on a Tippecanoe Valley legend, Jeff Shriver.
AKRON – Rita Price got a well-deserved moment Wednesday night on the court that adorns her name.
AKRON – Hall of Fame announcer Rita Price will be honored Wednesday during the Valley-Warsaw boys basketball game.
AKRON – Tippecanoe Valley renamed its basketball court Rita Price Simpson Court.
MENTONE — The town of Mentone welcomed a new grocery store on Friday, March 1, as Raber’s Kountry Store, LLC held a ribbon cutting to commemorate its grand opening at 105 S. Morgan St., Mentone, south of the town’s storied concrete egg. “This has a huge impact for the town,” said Rita Price, representing the …read more.
INDIANAPOLIS – Rita Price and Chuck Freeby are among the 2019 inductees for the Indiana Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame.
AKRON — Tippecanoe Valley High School will be the host site for a scholarship fundraising dinner on Saturday, Sept. 29 to benefit the Rita Price – Bill Patrick Scholarship Award Fund, a component fund at Kosciusko County Community Foundation. This scholarship will be available to TVHS students. The public is invited. There is no admission price …read more.
MENTONE — People may not recognize her at first sight, but once she starts talking people are able to immediately place her as the voice of basketball. Rita Price-Simpson has worked for WRSW for over 50 years. She began working for the radio station while she was still in high school and has broadcasted sports …read more.
Dear Editor, Many years ago, the Mentone Chamber of Commerce held a Halloween celebration with a costume contest. Then, several of the downtown merchants decided to be open for trick or treat, along with the people in town. In the last few years, the fire department decided to open its doors for treats and the United …read more.
Rita Price Simpson and Tim Meyer were honored as the 2014 Kosciusko Chamber of Commerce Woman and Man of the Year. The awards were presented at the 103rd Annual Kosciusko Chamber of Commerce membership dinner. Price Simpson was the first woman basketball announcer in the state of Indiana and has been the only broadcaster to …read more.
WARSAW – One of the great voices in Kosciusko County will finally be heard as an official local legend this weekend. Rita Price has been a prominent voice of high school sports in the area since 1976, and after reverberating some of the greatest moments in local sports lore, Price will have her name called …read more.
The Kosciusko County Community Foundation celebrated its 2012 annual meeting today with more than 100 foundation friends at the Atwood Community Center. Foundation Executive Director, Suzie Light, welcomed everyone to the meeting and expressed the importance of the Atwood community to the Foundation’s history. Light said that the Community Foundation received gifts designated for the community …read more.