The Indiana Department of Environmental Management is encouraging eligible Hoosiers to apply for free well water testing through the 2026 Groundwater Monitoring Network. IDEM Commissioner Clint Woods says that by taking part in the program, homeowners gain valuable insight into their own drinking water, while the infor...

Daviess Community Hospital held a ribbon cutting ceremony Friday for its Women's Health Center, which is designed to enhance access to comprehensive obstetric and gynecologic care for women across southwestern Indiana. Located on the second floor of DCH at 13-14 East Walnut Street in Washington, the Women's Health Cent...

Our Community Foundation has awarded a $250 second-semester Teaching Innovator Grant to Washington Community Schools. The grant will support Nurturing Nursery Rhymes; a program used in classrooms to promote cognitive development and literacy. Washington Primary Teacher, Shelly Padgett, accepted the award and was named ...

Vincennes Lincoln High School has opened a new culinary arts kitchen equipped with commercial‑grade grills, fryers, and other professional tools. A grant from the Southern Indiana Education Center funded the renovation. The upgraded space expands the school's culinary program and gives students hands‑on experience ...

The Daviess County Highway Department advises that County Road 300 South is closed today between Highway 257 and County Road 325 East for a culvert replacement project. 300 South is expected to reopen to traffic around 3:00 p.m. Meanwhile, the highway department says 450 East between 450 South and Glendale Road is now ...

The Indiana Department of Transportation says State Road 54 near Sullivan is scheduled to be closed today (Friday) at the railroad crossing near St. Clair Street. The closure is necessary for the repair of the crossing. Work is expected to take one week to complete, depending on the weather. The official detour will be...

The Town of Odon has issued a Boil Order for water customers impacted by a water line break Thursday. The break occurred on North East Street. Water customers who were without water at any time Thursday will be under a Boil Order until further notice.

The Daviess County Sheriff's Department arrested a Washington man Thursday for Operating a Vehicle Without Ever Receiving a License. 39-year-old Juan Alfaro Chicas was released from the Daviess County Security Center on $5,000 bond. An Indiana Department of Natural Resources officer arrested a Loogootee man in Daviess ...

Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears announced Thursday that two sitting sheriffs and a jail matron have been formally charged with multiple felonies following separate investigations by the Indiana State Police. Among them is Dubois County Sheriff Tom Kleinhelter who has been charged in connection with a 2024 theft and...

The FBI Indianapolis Office has joined the Owen County Sheriff's Office and Indiana State Police in the search for a missing Owen County teen. 17-year-old Lexie Mitchell was last seen around 12 p.m. on March 31st at her home in Cunot in Owen County. Lexie has long red/auburn hair, blue-green eyes, and was last seen wea...

Dubois County had the lowest unemployment rate in Indiana in January at 2.3%, 1.3% lower than January of last year. Gibson County's jobless rate was 2.5%, 1.2% lower than the year before. Daviess County's January unemployment rate of 2.7% was eight tenths of a percent lower than January of 2025. Martin County's rate of...

The Triple A Motor Club says the average price of gas in Indiana on Friday rang up at $4.05 per gallon, 8¢ lower than Thursday and 10¢ lower than Friday's national average of $4.17 per gallon. It was also 12¢ higher than a week ago, 56¢ higher than a month ago, and 86¢ higher than a year ago. M...

Preparations are underway for the 49th Annual Vincennes Rendezvous, taking place May 23rd and 24th at the French Commons behind the George Rogers Clark National Historical Park. This year's event marks the 250th anniversary of the United States featuring authentic merchants, food booths, and battle re-enactments celebr...

A U.S. Congressman is calling for Indiana to stop holding ICE detainees. Democratic Congressman Andre Carson toured the Miami Correctional Facility on Thursday. The prison is located about 11 miles north of Kokomo in Bunker Hill in Miami County This is the same facility where two detainees have died in the past two mon...

The Indiana State Police were out in force in March, conducting over forty-one thousand traffic stops and making more than four hundred drunk driving arrests. But they did more than just write tickets-troopers also assisted nearly twenty-seven hundred stranded motorists. Whether using marked Mustangs or aviation, the I...